Your Guide To Unified Communications
Unified communications is all about bringing together modern forms of communication. The goal of this technology is to provide easy access to data for employees who work in a single environment.
Implementation of Voicemail and Auto Attendant
If you are going to implement voicemail into your business telephone system, you will need to make sure that it comes as an option or added feature when you sign up. Having a telephone system with voicemail greatly reduces the cost of business communication in general. The benefits are worth ensuring that your system has …
Advantages of Using Voicemail and Automated Attendant
There advantages to using voicemail & automated attendants. They are crucial parts of your overall business telephone system & bridge the gap that is created when you cannot tend to customer needs. Voicemail is the most basic application every growing company needs in their phone infrastructure.
Automated Attendant Features
Automated attendants may be part of a voicemail system, but they are multidimensional on their own. Imagine all the things a person could do to manage your calls. The auto-attendant does it better. It can be used as a standalone or multilevel configuration.
Voicemail Features
The features on your voicemail system depend largely on who you have decided to use as a host and what they have offered you. The good news is that most voicemail services are fairly standard, so you will not miss much if you just get the basic voicemail and attendant functionality.
Voicemail / Automated Attendant
Since then, voicemail and automated attendant have evolved. Currently, voicemails are digital recordings of outgoing and incoming messages. These messages are managed by an on-site or an off-site system.
Implementation of a Cloud Based System
The first step towards implementing a hosted cloud based system is to find a company that you trust that has the system you want. These companies offer different packages according to your needs, and they will charge you a monthly fee for using them.
Limitations of Using a Cloud Based System
A hosted cloud based system may be the most affordable and scalable of the current telephone systems on the market, but it does have its limitations. It is important to understand these before you invest in this type of system, as it can affect the way your business works.
Advantages of Using a Cloud Based System
There are advantages to using hosted cloud based systems. It is these benefits that make this system the most logical solution for small to medium sized businesses. For a understanding of why this kind of system would work best, here are the main advantages of installing a hosted cloud based system.
What is a Cloud Based Telephone System?
A cloud based telephone system is hosted, much like VoIP PBX systems are. This particular system is also called an ‘Internet phone system’ as it is permanently connected to the Internet. In business, few modern systems are as cost-effective or multifunctional as a cloud based telephone system.
VoIP Standards and Protocols
VoIP systems use Internet Protocol to send voice ‘packets’ over an IP network. This means the VoIP can be used on ANY data network that uses IP. Not only does VoIP work on the Internet, it can also work on intranets and local area networks. How does it work? Your voice signal is first digitized, compressed and converted into an IP packet.
Risks of Using VoIP
As mentioned earlier, there are certain risks involved with using VoIP technology, and these risks will only strengthen with time.