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 to stay in contact with one another. Before diving in though, there are a few things you should consider.

How you go about buying an integrating a PBX into your business will depend largely on what sort of features and services it provides, as well as how you plan to host it. How much growth do you expect, and how long should the system continue to serve you? Would you benefit more from having it on site, or having a third party host it? What kind of infrastructure do you have in place already, and can you use it in the new system?

Answering some of these questions can be vital to finding the perfect fit for your business, and its PBX. Let's look at one example of a key feature choice that could add a lot to your business's phone system, and far too often overlooked.

Cabinet space and installation requirements are far too often overlooked. A business PBX can vary in size from that of a small rackmount computer, all the way up through the size of a refrigerator. 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.

Cisco Systems are one of the most trusted names in business PBX systems, delivering high quality and flexibility, to their networking expertise.

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. Another popular choice are 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.

"Can you hear me now?" isn't something you want your customers or employees to have to utter. Making sure you're prepared to deal with any communications needs that may crop up is serious demand of modern business. Your selection of a business phone system will ensure that you're capable of seamless integration with other modern technology, keeping your business agile and responsive to the market's demands.

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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 have the tools they need to answer the tough calls. They re able to immediately 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.