NEW YORK -- Greenwich Technology Partners (GTP®), a world leader in network infrastructure consulting and engineering services, announced today that it has deployed a comprehensive, company-wide IP Telephony solution for Hahn & Hessen, LLP, a distinguished New York City law firm.

Hahn & Hessen was moving its offices to a new location in Manhattan and faced a crossroads; it could get tied into a five-year lease on PBX technology that could soon become obsolete, or invest in converged voice/data technology. Hahn & Hessen chose Cisco IP Telephony as their strategic voice technology and retained Greenwich Technology Partners, a Cisco IP Telephony Specialization Certified partner, to design and deploy the solution.

“Hahn & Hessen is the first law firm in New York City to migrate to an IP Telephony system across their entire organization, proving themselves to be a truly leading-edge legal services firm, dedicated to state-of-the-art client services and IT optimization,” said Shally Bansal Stanley, Senior Vice President, Greenwich Technology Partners.

“GTP’s unique blend of internetworking, voice, and true convergence expertise was pivotal in their selection as our preferred partner,” said Nicholas Lucenko Jr., IT Manager for Hahn & Hessen. “We are already gaining many benefits from this converged solution, chief among which are ease of use, an edge in facilitating customer response, and a mitigation of general operational costs. We now have a platform for hosting enhanced functionality for all of our future voice, data and web-based applications.”

“IP Telephony continues to rapidly evolve into a mainstream business solution, representing a tremendous opportunity for our channel partners,” said Surinder Brar, senior director of Worldwide Channels Marketing for Cisco Systems. “Cisco IP Telephony technology specialized companies, such as Greenwich Technology Partners will play a pivotal role in helping organizations identify the numerous competitive advantages of a converged IP Telephony solution.”

This project required expertise with the nuances of Microsoft’s Active Directory Services and tight integration with Exchange e-mail functions to provide unified messaging services. Thorough preparation and testing by GTP guaranteed reliable operation of the deployed solution, which included Cisco’s Unity Unified Messaging, CallManager softswitch, Conference Connection, Personal Assistant and 3rd Party Forced Account Codes.

“From the initial design and planning to the final days of the project roll out, the dedication and perseverance of the GTP team was evident and confirmed by the success of the installation,” Mr. Lucenko said.

Greenwich Technology Partners