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FIVE BEST PRACTICES TO DECREASE RISK OF INFORMATION BREACH
Just look at some of the big brands that were all hit by recent data breaches in recent years — Target, Sony, Yahoo, Home Depot, JP Morgan — and it appears that cyber-attacks are an increasing threat to all businesses as the severity and frequency of these events are all over the map. The cost […]
What the TELECOMMUTING Trend MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
With cloud services and advanced business systems, it has never been easier and more practical and profitable for businesses to promote telecommuting than it is right now. Virtual teams and remote workers are becoming the norm for some companies and according to 2011 data from Statistics Canada, 11.2 per cent of staff work from home […]
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE WITH ON-PREMISE, HOSTED (CLOUD) AND HYBRID VoIP SYSTEMS?
If you are just starting the process of updating your phone system, you may be surprised with all the options available these days. With Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology advancing and high-speed Internet getting cheaper and more accessible, more businesses are jumping from traditional landlines to VoIP phone systems. Once you’ve made the decision […]
WHAT IS PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE (PBX) AND IS IT Right FOR MY BUSINESS?
We have come a long way since the telephone was invented in 1876. Fast forward a couple of hundred years and there continues to be radical changes in telephone systems where businesses are at the forefront of the technology. No matter what, all business have this in common: they need to direct incoming and outgoing […]
What Is A Cloud-Based (Hosted) Phone System and Is It Right For My Business?
The cloud (a.k.a ‘Hosted’)— we’ve all heard the buzzword but in the case of cloud-based phone systems, it’s not a new idea. It’s really another word to mean the Internet. A cloud-based phone system refers to a phone service where you can make calls, route inbound calls and provide features like virtual voicemail and call […]