Communicating is essential for any business or organization to function properly, and in today’s fast-paced technology-driven world, it can be hard to get everyone together in the same room at the same time for a meeting or training session. A video conferencing system can be the perfect way to bridge the gap in communications for [...]
Today’s economy calls for flexibility and creative management in the workforce while still maintaining high levels of productivity. Workers expect to be able to work from home for flexibility’s sake, and employers expect work to be done on the road for productivity’s sake. Technology is here to answer that call in the form of an [...]
The Internet has brought about a great many changes in the ways humans interact and keep in touch with one another; instant messages, emails, live video chat, and so on. One often-overlooked part of this major improvement is the rise of VoIP phone systems. VoIP stands for Voice over IP, which means that the phone [...]
In today’s fast paced world, keeping everyone in your company on the same page and immediately up-to-date is of the utmost importance. Between traveling salespeople and executives and people working from home, it can be challenging to come up with a communications model that provides the cohesiveness today’s progressive workforce demands. The use of unified [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Before you sign on the dotted line, make sure that you understand all the fine print. Here are some questions [...]
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 [...]
