New VoIP Alternatives

More and more businesses are taking a closer look at alternatives to a Premises-based IP PBX.

Is your business looking for solutions to:

• Upgrade to VoIP without a large capital outlay?
• Enhance support for remote locations, without increasing staff?
• Provide sales representatives and other mobile workers cost effective communications and features that will help them be more responsive and maximize your company's revenue potential?
• Eliminate forklift upgrades?

If so, you should consider evaluating Hosted IP PBX Services (also known as Hosted VoIP) when you make the move to an IP PBX. These services, available from service providers, offer a network-based alternative to buying, managing, maintaining and upgrading an IP PBX . You can learn more about the benefits of Hosted IP PBX services, trends in VoIP, best practices and service provider offerings here.

John Macario
President, Savatar

Savatar is a management consulting company that helps telecommunications clients succeed in selling VoIP solutions to the SMB market.

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A Buyer's Guide to IP PBX Options
This paper defines new telecommunications options to help you work more effectively with vendors and clarify their offerings. It also provides guidelines that will help you successfully navigate these options based on your business requirements for communications systems and services. It focuses on the three principal IP PBX options that are available today:

• The purchase or “do-it-yourself” approach
• Managed IP PBX services
• Hosted IP PBX services

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