This Much I Know (About the Business VoIP Industry)

This Much I Know (About the Business VoIP Industry)

Note: This week's post comes from Vince P of NP Information Systems. Thanks for post and the kind words Vince!  Where is Business VoIP Going as an Industry? One of my clients asked me the oth

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4 Lame Excuses Why You're Not Making the Switch to Business VoIP

4 Lame Excuses Why You're Not Making the Switch to Business VoIP

There are a three main reasons why you should move your business to a business VoIP system.  1.Cost Savings A business can save from 10% to over 50% on their monthly phone bill by moving to VOIP. 2. Improved Productivity Remote and mobile phone integration, unified messaging (voice mail in email), and superior call handling are just a…

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5 Benefits of Unified Communications You Can Get Right Now

5 Benefits of Unified Communications You Can Get Right Now

According to Wikipedia, Unified Communications is defined as:  "Unified Communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging, voice, video, data sharing and call control with non-real-time communication services such as voicemail, e-mail, mobile messaging and fax. It's a set of products and capabilities that provides a consistent unified user interface and…

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5 Questions to Ask Your Next Business Communications Vendor

5 Questions to Ask Your Next Business Communications Vendor

You've got lot of choices these days with business voice communications vendors. And you'll get a lot of data companies who'll say they can install your business phone system. But often they don't have the expertise, experience or relationships needed to handle this mission critical application called voice communications.   To help you find the b

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Reduce Operating Costs with Unified Communications

Not surprisingly, many companies have cost saving expectations when considering a new business phone system. In this informative webinar excerpt, Digium talks about recent Gartner and Aberdeen surveys of companies and how they've really improved productivity and saved big money with a unified telecommunications system.   Video Transcript Gartner Study on Unified Communications So starting…

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A Short History of Open Source Telephony

A Short History of Open Source Telephony

In the beginning, there was a monopoly - AT&T. In those days, businesses couldn't buy their business telephone systems They had to rent them from AT&T!With their monopoly status, AT&T had little incentive to innovate. Remember the flashing red light to indicate incoming calls and the buttons at the bottom for different lines?  Competition Created InnovationIn…

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