Is Your Business Expecting the Unexpected? While email and chat are increasingly becoming preferred communication channels, many of today’s customers insist on being able to pick up the phone and get in touch with a business — whether it’s to ask questions about a potential product or service, get support for a prior purchase, or for any other reason.But what happens in the event of a power outage caused by a disaster, or even a shorter — but certainly noticeable — brownout resulting from the country’s aging and over-burdened utility infrastructure?Well, if you have a conventional phone system that uses an...

[caption id="attachment_3880" align="alignright" width="241"] Cloud Telephone Systems Make Your Small Business Look BIG[/caption]Being at the helm of a large multinational enterprise has its perks, like incentive stock options, zipping around in a corporate jet, and team building getaways to an executive dude ranch (we’re not kidding).Yet with this being said, it’s also a great time to run a small business; especially since they account for a whopping 99.7% of all businesses in the U.S., and have provided two-thirds of all new jobs since the 1970s. So yes, big businesses get featured on magazine covers, but small business are — and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Leading hosted telecommunications firm Carolina Digital Phone has concluded a multi-phase VoIP phone system implementation for nonprofit organizations in the Greensboro, NC area, including: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro (both main office and ReStore outlet), Housing Consultants Group (multiple locations), Greensboro Housing Coalition, and Community Housing Solutions, respectively.The project, which commenced in late 2017, involved moving the aforementioned nonprofit organizations into a new shared location that had been renovated with a modernized internet and telecommunications infrastructure. Carolina Digital Phone’s in-house team of experts installed 64 seats, 6 fax bridges and 2 sidecars, which are auto-attendant extensions that enhances VoIP phone system functionality and usability. The team also provided on-site testing and...

In the past across most industries and sectors, remote workers were the exception (and we’d all hear them brag at parties about their glorious office-less job). However, these days remote working isn’t just trending, but it’s the norm!3 Out of 4 Workers Will Be Mobile by 2020 According to research from IDC, the number of mobile workers in the U.S. will grow to a staggering 105.4 million by 2020, at which time approximately 3 out of every 4 employees will work at least part — if not all — of the time away from the office.Given the surge in remote working,...

North Carolina, 12th March 2018.The global market for VoIP services is driven by the contributors of the VoIP industry who have focused intensely on introducing VoIP solutions among both individual and corporate sectors of the consumers. This has resulted in progress in different aspects particularly in cloud-based models and network infrastructures. Open-source and copyrighted platforms are continuously endorsing the inclusion of innovative technologies, which has led consumers to demand for a customized solution in order to minimize the expenditure associated with their communication needs.According to a study by Future Market Insight (FMI), this tremendous progress in the international VoIP market...