Southern Communications has implemented NEC's UC&C solution UNIVERGE 3C at Southampton FC, lowering call costs, catering for an expanding workforce and meeting new demands for collaboration following the club's promotion.
Head of IT Matthew Reynolds said: "NEC's UNIVERGE 3C has fulfilled our requirements, added value to our business and dramatically lowered our Total Cost of Ownership. Overall we estimate a saving of over £170,000 per annum for the club thanks to this solution.
"We estimate we have saved each user 15 minutes per day, the equivalent of seven full time staff each year."
For the IT department, the ease of administration has reduced the time to manage the system and halved the time required to fulfil a service request.
The club's Academy has been given greater leverage thanks to talent scouts being enable to film promising players on their iPads.
Southampton FC's CEO Gareth Rogers said: "Our scouts and coaches can now collaborate on the go with the ability to stream live video of potential players as well as recording an entire training session to analyse at a later stage."
The solution also helped enable a greater synergy between St. Mary's stadium and the Staplewood Training Campus.