Communications are one of the things most defining modern society. People are constantly interconnected and exchanging valuable, important information. Keeping these communications flowing, at the heart of your business is the PBX, ensuring employees and clients alike are able exchange information. But what options are there in this ever-changing market?

While evaluating phone systems for small enterprise environment, it's crucial that you consider expandability and capabilities for the future. Getting locked in to a small PBX system which could stagnate over time could leave you in the position of having to spend more in the long run, upgrading an existing service - or maybe that's exactly the point you're at now. Consider some of the options that a modern business phone system can bring you, keeping an eye toward the future.

You might need to see if you have space for the unit you're considering. 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 you have a small office.

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 setups, extended networking, and more. Some can use a standard phone system, 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.

In the world of PBX systems, standout devices are manufactured by Avaya and Nortel. Not only have they lead the market for a number of years, and their product lines range from small business targeted (though feature rich) low end systems, up through enterprise systems capable of handling thousands of phones, calls, and messages at once.

Avaya (formerly a branch of Lucent) systems are known for high quality VoIP integration, even in their entry level systems, as well as the high end systems. Among their offerings are the popular CS-1000 Meridian system, and the higher end CS1500 and CS2100 systems.

The sheer power delivered by computer driven phone systems, like the modern business PBX, can do wonders for your business. After reviewing some of these potential offerings, no doubt you can see how wide reaching these benefits can be. It's my hope that some of the information above will help you determine the best system for your growing business.

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Why do I need SIP in my Contact Center?

When you add Avaya IP Agent with integrated Instant Messaging to your Contact Center, your agents get the tools they need to answer the tough calls. They re able to instantaneously see who is free to help whether that expert is another agent within the Contact Center, a supervisor or manager, or an expert outside the Contact Center.

Now agents are able to immediately provide answers to hard questions from customers. And, it s a valuable learning experience for the agent. The agent gains knowledge and insight into how to answer the hard questions knowledge that would not have been attainable by merely transferring the call to someone else. Next time the agent will be able to answer these questions!

From a customer perspective, the end result of integrating SIP and presence into the Contact Center is a higher number of customers receiving first-call resolution. Increasingly, studies show that first call resolution is an important measure of customer satisfaction. Not only does it create a happier customer experience it reduces the load to your Contact Center. The number of call transfers is reduced , which saves the time it previously took for callers to re-explain their need to a new agent when transferred. You ll see a decrease in overall talk time, enabling you to make better use of valuable agent time. Agents will have more time available to answer other customers faster or to provide other value-added services. For example, agents can proactive contact customers to let your them know about new products or services.

Another popular suite is Avaya Distributed Office delivers rich communication, collaboration and mobility capabilities to branch offices. This centrally managed, SIP-based communications platform easily scales to meet the needs of large enterprises with distributed sites. Advanced applications, such as presence and instant messaging, can now be delivered to every branch, enhancing responsiveness to customers needs. In addition, mobility features support employees on the go, providing effective communications regardless of location. To reduce staff training requirements, Distributed Office offers an optional key system interface. SIP architecture makes scaling to thousands of sites simple, and Avaya can reduce on-site installation time by delivering pre-configured Distributed Office platforms directly to the branch site. In addition, enterprises can leverage intuitive centralized management tools to decrease set up time; manage updates and upgrades; and provision user moves, additions, and changes.