From internal communications between employees, to collaboration with remote branches, to incoming calls from clients or customers, the backbone of a business phone system is their PBX, or "Private Branch Exchange." From the rudimentary days of the old plug-in, manually operated switchboard systems, to the vast, feature rich business phone systems of today - it's more than just a means of communication - the PBX is how your business stays relevant in a fast paced business world. Let's have a look at what it takes to bring this technology into your company, or upgrade its existing system.

It's not like deciding on your long distance carrier or cell phone. In those markets, the options are limited and it's mostly one size fits all.

But a PBX is an entirely different decision. Businesses have many different needs and specific desires when it comes to communications. This is one of those decisions that changes everything, determining your ability to scale with future needs and expansion, your ability to leverage the power of the internet in your communications network (with technologies like VoIP,) and your ability to remain bulletproof and immune to services outages, with things like battery backup UPS systems and remote administrative capabilities. With your business phone system playing such a vital role, let's take a look at a thing or two that you might need to keep in mind.

Cabinet space and installation requirements are far too often overlooked. A business PBX can vary in size from tiny to huge. A dazzling array of features is no small comfort if you fail to account for the amount of space the unit will take up, especially if space is a consideration.

You'll also need to take into consideration what your current infrastructure is, in regard to telephony. Many business phone systems will take special proprietary connections and wiring, extended networking, or wholly gutting your existing phone system to make way for the new. Some can use a standard phone system already in place, or even your basic computer network - though you may also end up sacrificing features for flexibility and convenience. Many times, the proprietary setups use their special connectors and wiring to deliver more data and extra features.

Among the most popular and powerful PBX systems on the market, are those delivered by Avaya and Nortel. Not only have they lead the market for a number of years, and their devices can fit the needs of everything from small business targeted (though feature rich) low end systems, up through devices designed for huge business networks, systems capable of handling thousands of phones, calls, and messages at once.

Avaya (formerly a branch of Lucent) systems virtually all feature strong internet capabilities, with powerful VoIP services built in. This is true in their entry level systems, as well as the high end systems. Among their most popularofferings are the popular CS-1000 Meridian system, and the higher end CS1500 and CS2100 systems.

Modernizing your current system, or installing your first, it doesn't matter. Upgrading your business phone system to harness the power of the current offerings is a no-brainer. Delving into the multitude of features provided by today's PBX systems is exciting and can bring huge rewards in terms of increasing your business's capabilities, productivity, and overall ability to communicate, whether it be with customers, or inter-office communications.

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