
Ask any college student or faculty member today, and they will agree: The state of technology on their campus is important, not only for the learning environment and career success, but as an indication of the competitive posture of the institution overall.
When The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), a land-grant historically black college founded in 1886, migrated from its legacy TDM telephone system to an advanced enterprise IP telephony solution—the UNIVERGE SV8500—it positioned the university as a first-rate educational institution among stakeholders, including students, faculty, alumni and staff, as well as Maryland state officials with oversight responsibility.