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 modern computer controlled business phone systems of today - it's more than just a means of communication - the PBX is how things get done. Let's have a look at what it takes to bring this technology into your company, or upgrade its existing system.

There's a whole lot of options available, when it comes to business phone systems. Determining your specific needs and finding a product which fits them can be daunting. With the huge array of options out there, a good choice here can help avoid upgrades later, after your system is entrenched in your business. The business environment is constantly on the move, you want a PBX that can expand and grow with your needs.

Employee salaries are the price of doing business. However, paying someone just to answer phones, or taking time away from an otherwise skilled employee to perform this menial task is really a waste of funds. The same tasks performed by receptionist on the phone can be taken care of by many of the business phone systems these days, and usually can do it better than a human. 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. Maybe someday we'll even have a phone system that will brew a pot of coffee...

More interesting are auto-dial capabilities, which can be used to provide a wide array of useful functions. 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, especially when blended with modern technology. For example, 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 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 power and quality transfers over noticeably into their PBX systems.

The Cisco "Unity" line of products are a popular choice, for delivering expandability 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 precisely the kind of performance demanded by small businesses, at an affordable price point.

The sheer power and flexibility delivered by computer driven phone systems, like the modern business PBX, can do wonders for your business. But each business has unique needs and demands, and there is really no one size fits all solution. It's my hope that some of the information above will help you determine what will really benefit you in a business phone system.

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