{"id":4188,"date":"2024-01-09T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avispl.com\/mx\/?post_type=case-study&#038;p=4188"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:51:31","slug":"city-of-independence-migrates-to-cloud-contact-center-platform","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/en\/resources\/case-studies\/city-of-independence-migrates-to-cloud-contact-center-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Independence migrates to cloud calling and contact center platform to enhance community services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero page-block hero--x-small\">\n    \n                        <div class=\"hero__content\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                                               <h1 data-splitting=\"words\">City of Independence migrates to cloud calling and contact center platform to enhance community services<\/h1>\n                    \n                    \n                    \n                    <button class=\"hero__scroll scroll-btn scroll-btn--o scroll-to-main\"\n\t\t\t\t        aria-label=\"Scroll to bottom of the hero section\"\n\t\t\t\t        title=\"Scroll to bottom of the hero section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <span class=\"sr-only\">Scroll to bottom of the hero section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n<div id=\"main-content\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"intro-image-text page-block intro-image-text--sky\" role=\"region\">\n\t<span class=\"intro-image-text__bg\"><span class=\"intro-image-text__bg__inner\"><\/span><\/span>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"intro-image-text__image\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Central Police Building: a large beige structure with flags, grassy forefront, multi-story facade, and a cloudy sky.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-28.jpg 900w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-28-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-28-125x83.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"intro-image-text__text\">\n                        \t<h3 class=\"h3\">Project Overview and Goals<\/h3>\n                                    \t<div class=\"body-content\">\n                \t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The City of Independence, Missouri, sought to enhance and streamline inter-department and constituent service and communications due to outdated systems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">System upgrades became a more apparent need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Government officials had to re-evaluate the use of their on-premise collaboration technologies due to challenging remote work constraints. City officials were utilizing the Microsoft Teams desktop platform for internal communications. Upon further review, the City discovered Microsoft Teams could be used as a solution to enhance remote work productivity and user experiences.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Post-pandemic, the City wanted to transition its entire voice communications and collaboration infrastructure to the cloud to streamline team interaction and provide quality constituent user experiences. Pleased with Microsoft Teams, city officials required that its cloud solution be seamlessly compatible with and expand on its current Microsoft Teams license.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aware of our cloud voice and contact center expertise, the City of Independence called upon AVI-SPL to design and integrate a custom cloud contact center solution.<\/span><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                        \n        <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section    class=\"image-text-columns page-block image-text-columns--grid-icon\"\n    role=\"region\"\n    aria-labelledby=\"image-text-columns-heading\">\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n        \n        <div class=\"image-text-columns__image\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Two people in an office: one works at a cluttered desk with a computer and headset, the other stands nearby.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-9-125x83.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"image-text-columns__cols\">\n                                    <div class=\"text-col\">\n                        <h4 class=\"h6\">Organization<br \/>\r\n<\/h4>\n                        <p><p>City of Independence, MO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"text-col\">\n                        <h4 class=\"h6\">Location<\/h4>\n                        <p><p>Independence, MO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"text-col\">\n                        <h4 class=\"h6\">Market<\/h4>\n                        <p><p>State and local government<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"text-col\">\n                        <h4 class=\"h6\">Solutions<\/h4>\n                        <p><p>AudioCodes, Five9, IntelePeer, Microsoft, Poly<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section    class=\"gallery-slider page-block\"\n    role=\"region\"\n    aria-labelledby=\"gallery-slider-heading\"\n    aria-roledescription=\"carousel\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"gallery-slider__header\">\n        \t<div class=\"gallery-slider__header__text\">\n\t        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Office with partition walls.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-8-125x83.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__text\">\n                        \t<h3 class=\"h2\">Solution<\/h3>\n                                    \t<div class=\"body-content\">\n                \t<p>Custom cloud voice platform utilizing Microsoft Teams and Five9.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Independence comprises the courthouse, fire, police, city utilities call center, and more. The new cloud calling and contact center solution had to enhance constituent user experiences and improve inter-department communication.In addition, the City\u2019s utilities call center has the second highest-used phone number due to monthly payments and inquiries from constituents. As a result, city officials required that their cloud solution feature a robust system that could handle high call volume and routing.<\/p>\n<p>These needs and the desire for systems to co-exist with Microsoft Teams helped AVI-SPL focus its efforts to provide the user experience the City envisioned for employees and constituents.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text-new page-block image-text-new--sm image-text-new--r image-text-new--dark\" role=\"region\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__image__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Wooden wall inside building displays city officials list under Independence Utilities Center. Corridor has beige tiles, glass door.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-4-125x83.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__text\">\n                                    \t<div class=\"body-content\">\n                \t<p>\u201cThat started us down the process of designing and developing what a Teams migration from an unbiased solution looks like,\u201d said Fran Culbertson, AVI-SPL Account Manager. \u201cWhat components and solutions are needed to enhance team and constituent experiences?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AVI-SPL explored Microsoft Teams-compatible platforms and tools that could bring constituent communications to the highest possible standard. The team explored call automation, contact center platforms, session border controllers, and SIP Phones. AVI-SPL\u2019s holistic solution recommendation included IntelePeer, Five9 Contact Center, and AudioCodes to meet the City\u2019s internal and external goals.<\/p>\n<p>IntelePeer\u2019s Atmosphere delivered seamless SIP trunking to the City\u2019s Microsoft Teams\u2019 voice solution. Also, by choosing Atmosphere, the City team realized substantial cost savings since they retired legacy telephony connectivity.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content page-block\" role=\"region\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"body-content\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Improving the constituent experience with cloud calling<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe City wanted to provide a better service to its constituents. So, everything from service to constituent interaction had to be logged and recorded. For the city utilities call center, we looked at several solutions. But we ultimately landed on Five9 CCaaS Contact Center,\u201d said Culbertson.<\/p>\n<p>Five9 Contact Center enabled agents to manage team and constituent interactions, provide real-time reporting, save reports for on-demand review, and store call recordings in a centralized cloud portal. Five9 features and functionality provided a better user experience by enabling city utilities call center agents to interact more efficiently with constituents and internally. The new contact center enabled numerous communication channels to accommodate customer preferences, including IM, email, chat, SMS, and voice messages.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text-new page-block image-text-new--sm image-text-new--dark\" role=\"region\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__image__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Maintain the Independence Utilities Center lobbys modern design: wooden ceiling, lit sign, tiled floor, and backlit reception desk.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-3-125x83.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__text\">\n                                    \t<div class=\"body-content\">\n                \t<h3>Managing high call volume and routing<\/h3>\n<p>AVI-SPL engaged AudioCodes for seamless cloud call routing between locations using high-availability virtual session border controllers (SBC). In addition to SBCs, AVI-SPL deployed AudioCodes SIP phones, Voca speech routing, and SmartTap 360 Live. These products natively connect to Microsoft Teams. SmartTap 360 Live helped police, fire, and others record all online voice, video, and IM communications.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to ensuring city officials could communicate from IP phone to platform, AVI-SPL supplied agents with 150+ Poly voice headsets. Poly headsets gave agents more agility and flexibility in how and where they addressed team and constituent requests.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content page-block\" role=\"region\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"body-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cPoly offered headsets for every end-user requirement,\u201d noted Culbertson. \u201cWhether the need was in the call center or for a mobile worker, Poly offered a Microsoft Teams-compatible option. They are always the industry leader in developing and supporting the best-in-class headset products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AVI-SPL designed a holistic voice cloud calling solution that offered seamless connectivity and new capabilities for City of Independence IT members, officials, and constituents. The solution was simply and systematically integrated with the help of our Microsoft Teams-certified professional services teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the requirements that we had laid out, which primarily was a seamless single interface for our users for all of their communications needs, including their chat, their messaging, telephone system, we wanted it all in one place,\u201d said City of Independence Manager Chris Johnson. \u201cThe solution that AVI-SPL initially presented was exactly what we needed,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cIt hit all the checkboxes for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text-new page-block image-text-new--lg image-text-new--r image-text-new--dark\" role=\"region\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__image__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Modern three-story building with large windows, grid facade; cloudy sky, two cars, dry grass, and few trees in the foreground.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avispl.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/FC-17-125x83.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text-new__text\">\n                                    \t<div class=\"body-content\">\n                \t<h3>Implementation: AVI-SPL institutes simple, seamless, staggered cloud migration<\/h3>\n<p>AVI-SPL determined that a multi-phase migration process was the most efficient way to transition city voice solutions to the cloud.\u201cWe architected a pathway that could smoothly and conveniently move groups to the cloud, taking stress off the client and ourselves,\u201d said AVI-SPL Collaboration Solution Engineer John Lanan. \u201cInstead of moving 5000 people to the cloud simultaneously, we could pull 100 or 500 in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to the City of Independence\u2019s size, departments, and number of phone lines, AVI-SPL technical experts worked hand in hand with city officials to organize and implement new systems. Together, our teams successfully migrated \u00a0\u00a0voice systems to the cloud. Consistent client communication, trust, and working around multiple project schedules and the City\u2019s other projects helped the AVI-SPL exceed the city\u2019s project goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe knowledge AVI-SPL brought to bear on cloud systems for this project was critical to our success,\u201d said City IT Manager Chris Johnson. \u201cWe were able to depend on them and trust them. It was huge for us as we worked through the project.\u201d<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content page-block\" role=\"region\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"body-content\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Results<\/h3>\n<p>The City of Independence\u2019s Microsoft Teams centralized cloud calling and contact center solution delivered speed, efficiency, and user-friendliness, enhancing work experiences. In addition, the transition to the cloud made it possible for the City\u2019s IT team to streamline practices by applying the right technologies for each need.\u201cOur focus is providing our customers the best level of support,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just about being fast and timely. It\u2019s about providing the right solution in the right manner so our employees can use it without additional support cycles. A big benefit of a common platform that centralizes service management is that our users can become proficient. Modernizing and moving to a system that\u2019s designed to be user-friendly has been critical for us. And our teams love its convenience and increased tool access and capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City employees and officials are not the only individuals seeing the benefits of migrating to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy investing in a new cloud calling and contact center system now, we\u2019re enabling and providing greater, more efficient, and communicative critical government services to the citizens of Independence,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>AVI-SPL collaboration technology experts can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/solutions\/voice-cloud-calling\/\">support the management of or migration to various voice cloud calling and contact center platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/avispl.mx\/solutions\/voice-cloud-calling\/\">Contact us today<\/a>\u00a0to explore how our cloud-calling and contact center design, integration, migration, and management capabilities can help you.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4204,"template":"","class_list":["post-4188","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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