Is your company considering a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system? If so, how do you decide which system to purchase and from which vendor? The 2013 Edition of the IP Phone Comparison Chart compares the VoIP phone series offered by seven major providers on various features—including the types of models available, types of platforms supported, advanced features, target environment, among others. Download comparison chart.
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Is your company considering a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system? If so, there are at least two options to consider: hosted VoIP and VoIP Private Branch eXchange (PBX). This PDF gives you a high-level view of how each of these options fares on service maintenance, features, upfront costs, and extras, among other considerations, so you can gauge which is the right one for your business. Download it now.
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When looking to acquire an initial customer relationship management (CRM) solution or replace an existing deployment, a host of considerations must be made, not the least of which is choosing between an on-demand or on-premise solution. Both the on-demand and on-premise models have pros and cons, as well as risks and rewards. Download this white paper and know what you need to consider before making a final decision.
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Many changes brought about by advances in IP communication technology, growth of cloud-based services, among others, are transforming business telephony and affecting businesses both large and small. These changes can be seen as both challenges to deal with and opportunities to improve employee communications. Read up on a list of key drivers of change, along with some ideas about how to deal with and/or take advantage of them.
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This guide provides a chart that compares 22 enterprise phone systems, in categories such as product and buyer types, pricing, how to purchase the systems, and partner ecosystems, and also gives information about the financials and founding year of each vendor.
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A growing number of businesses are now grappling with the decision to implement new telephone systems based on voice over IP (VoIP) technology. However, while the primary goal is generally saving money, there are a wide variety of features and functions that must also be considered. This report provides a quick guide to the top five most common services that you should expect from a VoIP-based business phone system.
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Many businesses have been successfully using cloud-based applications for years, but following this path for communications is much more recent. For some businesses cloud communications just means VoIP telephony, while others include applications such as video, text, chat, messaging, email, conferencing, etc. This guide addresses five key questions to help you determine how the cloud aligns with your business communications needs—including reasons to use the cloud, who the cloud is best for, whom you should partner with for cloud communications, when moving to the cloud is best, and how your business should deploy cloud communications—along with a frame of reference for identifying the right conditions for cloud adoption.
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Whether your company has recently migrated from legacy telephony to VoIP or whether it has been on the VoIP path for some time, consideration of unified communications UC makes sense. While some businesses will be perfectly happy moving over to VoIP, others will want the richer set of benefits that come with UC. Once the decision to go with UC has been made, businesses have to choose between retaining their premise-based environment for communications applications and adopting cloud-based UC. This guide will help you to evaluate these options, and give a review of the market landscape of UC providers.
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VoIP uses internet protocol data packets to transfer voice, fax, and other data over the shared network, rather than the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN), which is based on copper wires carrying analog voice data over the dedicated circuits. VoIP, in contrast to PSTN, uses what is called packet-switched telephony, whereby the voice information travels to its destination in individual network packets across the Internet that are assembled and then converted to voice. Learn the basics of VoIP by reading this white paper, which includes explanations of coding and protocol for VoIP, and a look at quality and myths about VoIP.
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The appeal of VoIP is straightforward: By converging voice and data into a single, unified network, businesses can lower costs and increase productivity, as the scaled-down VoIP infrastructure is easier and less expensive to maintain. Read this white paper to gain a competitive advantage with VoIP’s four “secret weapons”: rich media, mobility, unified communications, and virtual workplaces.
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Cutting-edge technologies such as LTE and 4G networks are transforming the way employees communicate, and VoIP services are being adopted by an increasing number of organizations. The challenge for companies today is finding a VoIP solution that best meets business needs, budgetary constraints, and technical requirements. This report can help companies narrow down their options quickly and efficiently, through four simple steps.
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One of the most important trends these days in unified communications (UC) is extending these capabilities to the contact center. Generally in the past, UC deployments have been focused on employee communications, but contact center agents utilize many UC features and a strong business case can be made for implementing UC in your contact center. This guide addresses the main considerations to support this business case for companies of all sizes.
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Enterprise service buses (ESBs) make information and interactive services accessible to a wide range of distributed applications and users. They handle information routing, permission management, version control, and resource allocation. The movement of data through an ESB is handled by messaging technology. Download this white paper to learn about a messaging infrastructure for any enterprise-class ESB.
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There are lots of possible reasons you might want to switch to a new phone system. The old one might cost too much or be too troublesome to operate and maintain. It might not be flexible enough. It might not be reliable enough. Or it just might not have the kinds of features and capabilities that you need in today’s competitive business climate. This guide offers some points to consider in determining what kind of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone system you need.
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Even the most basic business will have communication needs that cannot be met by simply providing each employee a phone. Communication is critical to success in business, and high-quality, feature-rich phone systems are a critical part of a communications suite. There are several options available to business users. The technology you will use will be governed by your specific requirements. This guide is designed to take the guesswork out of your decision.
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This study assesses key technology vendors participating in the IT education market as a line of business (LOB) to support the sale of their technologies. Based on IDC's research, observations, and interviews with many of the key participants in the market, this document provides several dozen practices or approaches to successfully building, maintaining, and growing a training business. Know the key research findings.
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There are so many choices out there on phone systems that it can be very difficult to make an educated decision without dedicating days or weeks researching all of the vendors and options available. Rather than learning the hard way, know some of the common problems that people often run into when buying a new business phone system so you understand the obstacles you will face in your buying decision and how to get around them.
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As your small business grows, are you ready to abandon your conventional landline and make the switch to a VoIP phone system? If you’re searching for ways to trim costs at your small business, you may want to consider opting for a hosted VoIP (also referred to as virtual PBX) phone system. Before choosing a hosted VoIP provider, it helps to compare key features and benefits that hosted VoIP systems offer. Read further.
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Is your company paying too much for its phone service? If you’re using a big service provider and still making calls over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN—the traditional landline system), it probably is. Did you know you could slash up to 50% off of your company’s phone bill by changing to Voice over IP (VoIP)? In this paper, we’ll discuss what VoIP is, and how it can save your business money if you switch to it.
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Are you spending more time than you anticipated shopping for a new business phone system? This comprehensive listing reviews leading phone systems on the market for small-size businesses; medium-size businesses (includes both on-premises and hosted solutions); and enterprise-level businesses. This guide will |