It’s not quite Mission: Impossible and you’re not expected to use your computer while dangling in mid air or wear scanner contact lenses. However, you know from experience that convincing The Powers That Be in your business to invest in a new solution can be a challenge — or a struggle.To be fair, it’s (probably) not that your boss delights in saying no, or enjoys borrowing a phrase from the universal parents playbook: “we’ll look into it at a later date.” It’s a lot more pragmatic and down to earth than that.Simply put, smart bosses — which are the kind...

VoIP is changing how businesses deal within the company and outside the company and hence has been successful in increasing the mobility in various businesses.Mobility in business is the ability to support business by working without physically being in the office and from any location at any instant. Such employees use various means like tablets and mobiles to connect to the cloud-based network. Whereas VoIP also called IP telephony and internet telephony is a cloud-based network for managing a large number of phone calls, SMS, and video calls over internet protocol networks.VoIP technology is currently replacing regular Public Switched Telephone...

Millennials — the people born from around the early 1980s to the late 1990s — now comprise the largest segment of the U.S. workforce. And by 2019, they’ll be the biggest adult population overall, surpassing Boomers and Generation Xers.Given this seismic demographic shift, it’s not surprising that businesses across all industries — from small startups to large enterprises — are aggressively trying to recruit and retain the millennials they need to drive today’s success, and lead tomorrow’s growth.If your organization is vying to onboard talented and high-potential millennials, then you’re well aware that competition is ferocious. But what you may...

Though VoIP technology is the talk of the town in the business world and it is been a decade since this technology took its baby steps still many entrepreneurs think twice before incorporating in it their business. To clear away the confusion, here is a sorted list of possible negative and positive effects VoIP can do to your business, collected through various testimonials and experiences of companies. The one positive effect of VoIP that can’t be ignored is the considerable reduction in cables and wires. Hence cloud-based connections cause fewer maintenance expenditures and stress for installing wires appropriately. Services from...

GREENSBORO, NC, US, April 3, 2018 -- TechTriad, celebrating 20 years as a leading web design firm for small businesses and nonprofits in the Piedmont Triad, has announced that the 15th Annual Extreme Nonprofit Makeover team selected Interactive Resource Center (IRC) as the 2018 Makeover recipient. The project is supported by a grant from The Cemala Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro and the foundations that support the Guilford Nonprofit Consortium.Now in the program's 14th year, the Makeover provides a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves people in Greensboro and the Triad a complete technology makeover - all for free to the nonprofit. The program...

When we analyze a customer’s telecommunications needs and present a customized solution, the first thing we usually hear is: “wow, I had no idea that we could be saving so much!”Of course, there are several reasons why a hosted cloud phone system dramatically reduces telecommunications costs.However, the other side of the coin that we want our customers to understand, is that conventional premises-based phone systems are (and always have been) excessively expensive. Here are the key reasons why:1. Maintenance FeesMaintenance fees for a conventional premises-based phone system can reach into the thousands of dollars a year. What’s more, most businesses...

Although it initially surfaced in the middle of 90s, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) witnessed its phase of major adoption during 2015. Last year it has been anticipated that the VoIP market across the globe will experience an exponential growth in next 5 years. Certainly, the worldwide financial slump had a lot to do with the slow adoption rate but many people might be thinking about the reasons for the resurgence of VoIP now. Among many other a reason, a major one is the presence of high-speed low-cost broadband internet. The presence of fiber optic, high speed broadband now available...

Barcelona, 26th March 2018. An Irish startup based in Cork, Velona Systems has made waves at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC) by announcing their most advanced security solution for online communication. Velona Systems has claimed it to be as effective against security threats as a vaccine. This security system is based on session initiated protocols or SIP. Its inventors have claimed that they are the first to introduce a product based on SIP and focused on threat for any Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system. In case you have been thinking why does it matter so much? Then...

If your organization is thinking of switching to a hosted cloud phone system, then you certainly have a list of questions that our team will be delighted to answer.However, to give you the information you need even faster, we’ve put together a list of Frequently Asked Questions that we’ve received over the years. Ideally, the following will answer some of your questions, and our team will do the rest!Question: What is the number one reason that organizations switch to a hosted cloud phone system?Answer: Every organization is unique, and has specific need priorities, objectives, risks and opportunities. With this in...

Across the country, an increasing number of law firms — from solo practitioners and smaller partnerships, to large multi-practice areas and multi-site enterprises — are making the switch from a conventional landline phone system, to an advanced and innovative hosted business cloud phone system.And since lawyers as a breed are trained to be highly skeptical — which is a good thing! — it’s not surprising that the reasons that they’re making the switch has nothing to do with marketing hype, and everything to do with pragmatic advantages and benefits. Below are the 3 most important:1. Dramatically Lower CostsWhile each law...