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Start Up Company Phone Systems & VoIP

Starting a company requires IT infrastructure. Knowing what can cut initial costs and grow with your business is essential to long term profitability. Here are 3 tips for choosing a phone system that will work with VOIP service and help control costs. Continue reading

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Snom One Free IP PBX

In October, 2010 snom introduced an version 3.1.1 of its open IP PBX including a free 10-seat version snom ONE free. Given the functionality of their phones, professionals using Linux or Max OS to run their company servers have a lot to look forward to. Continue reading

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Snom VOIP Phones: a Green Review

With my endeavor to create an internal standard for green system design, I decided to do more research on quality and usability. Snom was kind enough to let me demo a Snom 300 VoIP Phone. Here is an overall assessment, read on for details. On quality, the design offers a compact and solid build, perhaps more than similar phones from other brands. My engineers have been surprised that the standard level VOIP phone (the 300 Series features the 320 and 370 as well) is such a well rounded and stable device on technical standards complimented by an intuitive web interface. Continue reading

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A Nationwide Switch to Unified Communications

AT&T has been talking to regulators, quietly, about ending POTs telephony in the USA (Article) with filings in December 2009 and comments to the US Federal Communications Commission as it considers a new broadband plan. That makes this an essential time to plan for your company’s next communications platform. It also means your business has more options available from a greater variety of service providers. But is your tech team ready to take on the responsibility, is it even a part of their role, and what is Unified Communications? Continue reading

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Making the Switch to VOIP Green

While a lot of hype is being made about being carbon-neutral. IT projects are some of the most difficult to manage with ecology in mind. So difficult in fact that many VOIP solution providers just focus on the positive savings and performance of new systems, ignoring their impact. So, what green initiatives do new Open and Proprietary VOIP Systems offer and what are the drawbacks?

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