Choosing a business phone system can be a daunting chore. Whether you're just entering the market, or a large business upgrading to a new and feature rich Astrisk PBX, the choices have never been wider and the options have never been more impressive.
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.
As with all else, the business world moves at a different pace. Features can make or break your PBX system, 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.
Hiring an operator or receptionist is often times unnecessary, or just unfeasible if you have too many incoming calls. You'll be glad to know that most of the same features can be overseen by many of the current PBX systems. At the most basic level, these "Auto Attendant" features includes options such as allowing your users to navigate a (potentially huge) menu system, reach specific extensions or access information recordings. Now if only they had a phone system that will brew a pot of coffee...
Having your phone system perform automated tasks can save you time and money. Auto-dialing provides a means for the system to place calls (and more) all on it's own. At the most basic level, many of us associate PBX auto-dialing with robo-calls, or telemarketing. However, the systems can do much more than that, with tasks like sending text messages to cell phones automated for informative personal, departmental, or company-wide alerts and notices. Voicemail from important numbers can be forwarded instantly, and many packages even provide text to speech for reading messages to the recipient, such as crucial e-mails, news or stock alerts, and more.
Cisco Systems have the reputation for being one of the leaders in all aspects of networking for years now. Having been known as one of the "four horsemen of the internet," for their powerful and stable routing devices, the same attention to detail is apparent in their PBX systems. With a focus on security and stability, they are a popular choice among many businesses, large and small.
The Cisco "Unity" line of products are a popular choice, for delivering expandability and flexibility at many business sizes, and for meeting a wide variety of needs. They also bring budget PBX power to the market with their SPA-400 and SPA-9000 which can work in conjunction to provide a wide range of features on a small business budget.
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 modern telephony systems a huge edge in today's competitive world.
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