Communication platforms are key to practically every business – especially those that have multiple locations, rely heavily on collaboration tools, require good amount of teamwork and coordination.
Case 1:
A small business might simply want to leverage the power of VoIP keeping in mind the possibilites of adding new collaborative modules and invest in a basic entry level PBX – either an in-house system or in a hosted environment
Case 2:
A mid sized or a large corporation with multiple locations and / or telecommuters will be able to maximize the potential of the system by using:
- Voice 32 to 64 outgoing lines with around 250 to 400 extensions
- Enterprise Email
- Instant Messaging over a closed-user group
- All standard PBX features such as Call Waiting, Forwarding and Voicemail
- Presence Integration to determine location of callee enabling to route calls to a mobile device
- Customer Relationship Management Suite integration
- Advanced features such as Automatic Call Distribution, Interactive Voice Response Menu
- Custom solutions integrating other business applications may be of interest to this segment
Business and functional segment chart:
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PBX |
Application Integration |
Presence management |
Customer management tool |
| SME |
x |
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x |
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| Mid-sized + |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Specialised verticals* |
x |
x |
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* Sample verticals and uses:
- Health clubs – integration with club management software for automated reminder system
- Fax service – fax-to-email service
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