Written By Jesse Muraya
Unified Communications is a business and marketing concept describing the integration of enterprise communication services such as Instant Messaging, Voice( including IP Telephony), Mobility Features, Audio, Web & Video Conferencing, Call Control, Desktop Sharing, Data Sharing and Speech Recognition with non-real-time communication services such as Unified Messaging (voicemail, email, SMS & fax).
Unified Communication allows an individual to send a message on one medium and receive the same communication on another medium for example one can receive a voicemail message and choose to access it through email or a cell phone. Uninterrupted communication is the first thing an organization needs to have to get the total potential out of its employees and to achieve this, communication tools such as Cloud Based PBX comes into play.
Cloud Based PBX
Cloud PBX is a business phone system that is hosted entirely on servers in offsite data centers and powered over the internet. PBX – Private Branch Exchange
Benefits Of Cloud Based PBX
1. Feature Rich
Cloud PBX comes with several features that make it more relevant in today’s scenario. Features such as Instant Messaging, desktop Sharing, Web Conferencing, Call Recording, Call Reporting, auto attendant make it a complete PBX solution.
4. Disaster Recovery
Cloud PBX is highly flexible in terms of using the internet because it can be accessed from anywhere, also in case of Disaster the call can be rerouted to a new destination easily.
2. Ease of Collaboration
Cloud PBX is a collaborative solution because it brings every employee on a single platform and it helps in collaboration for example if there is any problem or issue then experts can join in the discussion from anywhere. Uninterrupted communication leads to effective problem solving.
5. Scalability
As per the need you can always add additional lines, this makes it a lot easier for a greater number of employees to get connected and make a common platform for all the employees. For every new employee you just need to have an extra line on the hosted PBX.
3. Enterprise Mobility
Cloud PBX is a platform that can work with on the move meaning an employee of an organization can work from anywhere in the world and still maintain being on the same platform. In case if your business shifts from one location to another then you don’t need to shift any physical setup since your PBX is already available on the internet.
6. Harmonized Platform
Cloud PBX is so designed that it brings every employee on a common platform with a login ID and password.
In conclusion moving to cloud you get several promising benefits in a single setup such as higher productivity, manageability, much low costs business continuity and a benefit of including every employee with their core competences on a single platform.