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Top 5 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Phone System
Is your phone system helping your business grow—or holding it back? If you're facing call quality issues, remote work headaches, or rising costs, it's time to rethink your setup. Explore the 5 most common signs it's time to replace your business phone system and learn how TeleSwitch helps you modernize without added costs or vendor bias.
What Is UCaaS? Your Complete Guide
Struggling with outdated phones and scattered tools? Discover how UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) replaces legacy systems with a single, cloud-based platform for voice, video, messaging, and more. In this guide, learn how UCaaS works, what it costs, and how it can streamline communication for growing businesses, while saving money and boosting team productivity.
The Definitive Guide to Doing Business on the Go
With the modern business world becoming more fast-paced and competitive, it's essential to be able to work from anywhere at any time. Cloud communications make this possible, giving users the ability to connect with colleagues and customers no matter where they are. With a smartphone or tablet, you can manage your email, make video calls, share files, and much more. In today's business world, those who can leverage mobile technology will have a significant advantage.
How Cloud Telephony Supports your Business Continuity Plan.
A reliable business continuity plan is essential for companies. When disaster strikes, it's crucial to have a disaster recovery plan in place for your business to continue operations and not lose money. Many businesses turn to cloud telephony for help during these disaster situations. Discover how cloud telephony can support your business continuity and disaster recovery during a crisis and why many organizations are choosing hosted telephony to keep collaboration flowing.
The End of Analog Lines (POTS) is Near
Analog lines, or POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), have been on their way out for a while now. The FCC issued Order #19-72A1 in August of 2019, which requires providers to replace all POTS lines with an alternative service by August 2022. This change is inevitable, and it's essential to understand what it means for your business.
Elevate Your Management with Cloud Communications Tools
The Great Resignation has heightened many managers’ concerns about recruitment and retention. The conversations around this phenomenon and the increase of workplace digitization often prioritize the needs of employees and customers. Customers drive revenue, and employees primarily drive output. Yet managers are the ones who make the decisions that shape both income and production, so their concerns should have equal weight.
MiVoice Connect Rel.19.3 is available
Mitel MiVoice Connect 19.3 is now available, bringing a few new features and enhancements. Among these are an upgraded Connect Client to the latest Chromium version, teleworker support for 6900 IP Phone Series, security enhancements, and more.
9 Reasons Cloud-based is Better than On-Prem for Contact Centers
With digital technology rapidly advancing, contact centers have more options than ever before. Cloud-based software can provide contact centers with the tools needed to reduce costs and overhead while providing customers with impeccable service and support. Here are some of the reasons cloud-based is superior to on-prem for contact centers.
6 predictions on the future of cloud communications
Nothing sparks innovation like necessity. So when you consider the many upheavals we’ve faced over the last two years it should come as no big surprise that we’re also in a golden era of innovation. Here are their six biggest predictions on the future of cloud communications
Mitel & Dynamic E911
Dynamic E911 is a series of technologies and initiatives to update and improve the 911 communications infrastructure and standards. The aim is to improve public emergency communications services, by adapting to modern users’ increasingly mobile and wireless usage patterns.
RingCentral is introducing more flexibility with new Microsoft Teams enhancements and BYOC
Remote and hybrid employees need the ability to work together from anywhere, using any method of communication that best suits their needs. That means having access to messaging, video, and phone—and the freedom to work their way.
Migrating your ShoreTel Phone System to Mitel Connect
Mitel Connect is the new software release that replaces ShoreTel 14.2. Mitel Connect takes your ShoreTel system to new highs with a brand-new software, upgraded switches, modernized phones, improved HQ Director, and a new desktop application designed to increase your productivity and communication.