A hosted or cloud-based Voice over IP (VoIP) phone system offers a number of advantages. If you’re already using VoIP-compatible phones, which many organizations are, capital costs are minor. Operational costs are also reduced because management and maintenance responsibilities shift to a third-party service provider. You pay as you go for the services you need, […]
Debunking 4 Fears About Cloud Phone Solutions
For all of the benefits of cloud phone solutions (and there are many, including scalability, flexibility, and mobility), there’s no avoiding the fact that many people remain somewhat skeptical of the cloud. Typically, those business leaders’ concerns revolve around a handful of key issues: reliability, security, control, and risk. The truth, however, is world-class cloud […]
Amplify employee communication
Using email to conduct important business always starts with the best intentions – saving everyone time. Just think back to the last time you used email to solve a significant business issue or answer detailed questions from an important customer. But sometimes email creates a disaster of miscommunication. Tone, intonation, and emotion get lost in […]
When Disaster Strikes: Looking to the Cloud for Business Continuity
It’s a Monday afternoon. Calls are rolling in, there are countless voicemails to respond to, and business is humming along. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Paul the sales manager knocks on your door with a perplexed look on his face. “Do you know what’s wrong with the phone system?” he asks. “There’s no dial tone, no access […]
Doing Nothing Can Be Costly
Recently, we met with a public entity that was still using a telephone system that they had purchased in 1994. It seemed to them that it was doing an adequate job for them and there was no reason for them to change it. Sure there were features that they would like to have that it didn’t support, […]
