The cost of doing business can be expensive, but  your phone system doesn't have to be. Lowering the monthly burn rate of your business by switching to a great open source PBX like Asterisk and ditching your high cost telephone lines can have big pay-offs. Get into VOIP!

Asterisk can provide your business the tools to improve customer interaction while lowering the cost of your monthly phone bill. Unified messaging, web-interface to voice mail, interactive voice response menus and much more are available to every small business using hardware you probably have sitting around already. Considering the savings in long distance and local call costs over traditional telephone systems, this is a good time to move forward and empower your small business with the same tools the big boys use. For non-profit organizations and small businesses with simple needs, this is an option you should consider. You can read more about Asterisk here.

 

 

One size doesn't fit all and sometimes business needs require fast deployment with turn-key solutions. An excellent choice for the money is Fonality. They deliver a great product for small businesses ready to go with features that add real value to you and your customers. Included with Fonalitys' solution is HUD Pro, a program that runs on your computer and allows you to transfer calls, see who is calling, who in your organization is on the phone and who they are talking to. Managing conference calls is easy and it even provides a chat function for everyone in your phone system whether they are in the same office or not. Seamlessly forward calls to your cell phone when you are not in the office or have your voice mail forwarded to your email. Fonality also provides a cloud based PBX service used in conjunction with your internet connection to reduce the initial startup costs, you'll just need to purchase the phones. Head on over to the Fonality website and read all about their products and services, they are quite impressive.

As with most solutions, there is always some degree of customization required in order to suite the needs of your business. That's were we are here to help with value added assistance and implementation to get you up and running with either solution. Our expertise in these systems will enable your business to better communicate over the worlds most popular social medium, the telephone.