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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

Flexible VoIP connectivity, survivability and quality monitoring for a distributed Lync deployment

Background

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (www.fst.com/en) is a global organization that provides customers with high-quality, custom-engineered sealing products and processes. Headquartered in Weinheim, Germany, FST is one of sixteen subsidiaries of the Freudenberg Group, with a presence in over 20 countries worldwide. FST’s European operations include over 8,000 employees in 9 countries.

"As a company specializing in customized solutions, we have to spend quite a lot of time with our customers," said Steffan Haas, Head of IT Infrastructure. "This means company employees spend a lot of time out of the office resulting in high travel expenses." With communications and travel costs rising out of control, Freudenberg’s CFO tasked the company’s IT team with finding a solution that would keep employees in touch with their customers, while reducing the number of in-person visits.

FST contracted with the telecommunications consultant Glück & Kanja Consulting AG (www.glueckkanja.com) to find an optimal solution that would include instant messaging, audio and video conferencing, ad-hoc online meetings, presence services, instant messaging, and desktop sharing. The consultants, following a careful analysis of FST’s requirements, proposed a company-wide deployment of the Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Unified Communications platform.

As a software-only platform, Microsoft Lync requires interoperable communications hardware to complete its enterprise offering. FST needed additional hardware components that would provide seamless and reliable connectivity between the new Lync platform, existing PBXs and public telephony networks at its offices across Europe.

  • Customer contact

    Maintain close employee contact with customers while reducing the overall number of in-person visits

  • Seamless connectivity

    Seamless and reliable connectivity between the new Lync platform and existing PBXs and public telephony networks

  • Unified communications

    Include instant messaging, audio and video conferencing, ad hoc online meetings, presence services, and desktop sharing

  • Survivability

    Survivability for remote branch offices

"Freudenberg’s selection of AudioCodes solutions was critical to its Lync implementation strategy. As part of AudioCodes’ One Voice for Lync program, its Mediant gateways and Survivable Branch Appliances ensured a smooth migration from FST’s legacy systems, seamless interconnectivity between Lync and the PSTN and the potential for scaling up capacity when needed in the future."

Michael Breither, UC Lead at Glück & Kanja

Solution

Under Glück & Kanja’s guidance, FST selected AudioCodes as the sole provider of Lync voice connectivity hardware. Explaining their decision, Michael Breither, UC Lead at Glück & Kanja said, "Freudenberg’s selection of AudioCodes solutions was critical to its Lync implementation strategy. As part of AudioCodes’ One Voice for
Lync program, its Mediant gateways and Survivable Branch Appliances ensured a smooth migration from FST’s legacy systems, seamless interconnectivity between Lync and the PSTN and the potential for scaling up capacity when needed in the future."

FST deployed a number of AudioCodes components to complete its Lync 2013 voice deployment:

  • FST’s offices employ the AudioCodes Mediant 1000 and Mediant 800 Media Gateways to provide connectivity to the PSTN and legacy PBXs. Both the Mediant 1000 and 800 are certified for interoperability with Lync 2013 reducing the time required for commissioning and testing. The Mediant 1000 offers a modular, "pay-as-you-grow" architecture, supporting up to 120 analog and digital voice channels and 150 SIP sessions. The Mediant 800 supports up to 60 analog or digital voice channels and 60 SIP sessions.
  • For its branch offices, FST chose the AudioCodes Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA). The SBA is a Lync-certified media gateway hosting Microsoft’s SBA software, ensuring continued access to Lync services – placing and receiving voice and data calls – during WAN outages. AudioCodes offers the SBA on both the Mediant 800 and Mediant 1000 hardware platforms.
  • Freudenberg uses AudioCodes MediaPack Analog Gateways for connecting legacy telephones, fax machines, and PBXs to the Lync servers.
  • The AudioCodes Session Experience Manager (SEM) monitors the quality of voice-over-IP calls within the enterprise network and over the trunks connecting it to service providers. With SEM, Freudenberg’s IT managers receive a detailed view of voice traffic quality, allowing them to quickly identify, fix and prevent issues that can affect the VoIP calling experience.

  • Session Border Controllers (SBC)

    Los Session Border Controllers (SBC) Mediant de AudioCodes brindan una excelente conectividad, seguridad y garantía de calidad para redes VoIP de empresas y proveedores de servicios.

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  • Media Gateways digitales y analógicos

    Las series Mediant y MediaPack de Media Gateways VoIP de AudioCodes proporcionan tecnología de voz superior para conectar equipos legacy con redes de telefonía IP y sistemas PBX basados en IP.

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  • MediaPack 1xx

    La serie MediaPack 1xx de puertas de enlace VoIP analógicas de AudioCodes son dispositivos independientes y con una excelente relación costo-beneficio que proveen una tecnología de voz de primera calidad para conectar teléfonos, máquinas de fax y sistemas PBX heredados con redes de telefonía IP y sistemas IP-PBX.

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  • Survivable Branch Appliances (SBA) para Skype for Business

    La familia de AudioCodes de dispositivos para la supervivencia de sucursales (SBA) es una línea de CPE integrados de clase empresarial diseñados para garantizar el acceso a los servicios de datos y voz de Skype for Business en caso de una desconexión de la WAN.

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  • One Voice Operations Center

    One Voice Operations Center (OVOC) de AudioCodes es una solución basada en web para la administración de redes de voz que combina la gestión de elementos y dispositivos de una red de voz, el monitoreo de la calidad de la experiencia y el enrutamiento de sesión en una única interfaz intuitiva basada en web.

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Results

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ Lync 2013 and AudioCodes installation is currently used by over 2,000 employees. The company plans to expand its Lync deployment to cover 5,000 users at 11 offices across Europe.

AudioCodes’ solution has enhanced FST’s Lync deployment by offering:

  • Smooth migration of legacy telephony and fax equipment to Lync
  • Fully Microsoft-certified voice-enabling solutions
  • Reliable and scalable PSTN connectivity
  • Survivability for remote branch offices

"AudioCodes’ seamless interoperability with Lync made FST’s deployment easy," commented Holger Bunkradt, Senior UC Consultant at Glück & Kanja. "The Mediant gateways’ flexibility and scalability are very impressive and were crucial to the success of the project. As a result, we can use the same platforms at all FST’s offices, helping reduce training costs and manage spare parts more efficiently."

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