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In case your CPA or accounting department hasn’t already mentioned it, there is a VERY important tax deduction you should know about this year. It’s Internal Revenue Code Section 179, and it allows your business to deduct the cost of up to $500,000 in new equipment for your business – even if you have purchased it using a qualified leasing program.
This deduction was designed to help small and medium sized businesses get the
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Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is becoming more readily available, and perhaps you've even looked into the benefits that an IP-based platform could provide to your business. This quick checklist - How to Sell Management on a New IP-Based Phone System - will help whether you are the decision maker or just helping with the research.
From the financial benefits an IP phone system can deliver, to easier-to-use features and functions for increased employee efficiency, this list can provide you with many important items to consider when upgrading your business communications system.
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Business telephone systems have come a long way in the last 30 years. Remember those "secretary" phones with the row of lighted buttons to transfer calls within the office? The fact that our cell phones have more capabilities than the computers that sent Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong to the moon is nothing short of astounding. However, exploring the broad spectrum of choices available today doesn't have to be a daunting task.
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Virtualization...Mobility...Unified Communications...TeleCollaboration...Cloud Services...
For most people, the vast array of business communications solutions can be dizzying and confusing. If you know the definitions of these terms and how they can have an immediate and dramatic impact on your communications system and overall business performance, then you’re ahead of the curve.Virtualization, for instance, is the biggest change in telephony technology since VoIP – and that is only a few years old.
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Telephony systems and services hosted by a carrier are becoming prevalent in today’s business landscape. Moving what was an in-house, capital expense to an outsourced monthly operational expense is a compelling argument for many businesses.
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Part 3: Putting it all together
Now that you’ve probably narrowed it down to 2 or 3 vendors and have spent some time going over what you need, you can take a few minutes to sit back and relax.
These guys are going to head back to their computers and start putting together proposals and power point presentations, diagrams and system requirements, maybe even talking with a few people they know at the phone companies along the way to try and negotiate a better rate on your service contract.
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Recently at the Mitel Business Partner Conference 2011 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida on June 3, 2011, BluePrint Technologies Inc. and all regional subsidiaries were recognized by Mitel for outstanding business performance, customer satisfaction, increased revenue performance, technical expertise, and overall growth.
We received MITEL’s highest level of “Diamond” status for the third consecutive year as one of only three (3) Diamond level Channel partners in all of North America.