Have you ever wondered how huge businesses manage to deal with so many calls? 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 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 your business stays relevant in a fast paced business world. Let's have a look at what it takes to integrate the power of one of these into your everyday workflow.

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. 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. To give you an idea of just how crucial these features can be, consider how your business is impacted by this:

Power outages happen regularly. It is a bit ironic to be considering cutting edge business phone systems, and realise that it's going to be driven by a power supply from a power grid engineered to the needs of the last century. An worse, a modern computerised system can be brought to its knees by a power outage. Luckily many modern PBX systems come replete with their own integrated UPS (uninterruptible power supply") to prevent this from stopping your communications. Even in the event of a blackout, your clients and employees will still be able to count on communications going unimpeded, and the hub of your communications will be left unscathed.

Not all the systems on the market are proprietary. Many commercial options are powered by an open source PBX package. The "Asterisk" project is a suite of high powered, feature rich software PBX tools, very popular with many businesses. The software runs on a standard PC, along with specialized interface cards to connect you to the outside phone system (including everything from standard phone lines, through ISDN or T1 lines.) Features are rich, including robo-dialing, auto-operator menu systems, voicemail, voice over IP, and much more.

Rather than run this yourself, you an also opt for devices powered by Asterisk, of which many can be found. This can give you many of the rapid development, security, and plugin benefits of Asterisk, without the chore and hassle of trying to install and manage the software on a computer, yourself.

No one can say for certain how their business will grow over the coming years. One thing is certain though, communications will forever be the core of any successful business. As you can see, the technology and flexibility of today's business phone systems is astounding. The PBX forms the nervous system of your company, extending into each nook and cranny, delivering vital messages. Without choosing a powerful and business phone system though, that nervous system is left lacking, and your business crippled. Whatever your choice, the benefits brought by some of these new features will undoubtedly bring a serious boost to your productivity and capabilities.

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