Can Skype Cloud PBX benefit your business?
Does your business need an enhanced communications system? Do you regularly hold meetings with participants in multiple locations? Or would you like to make substantial cost savings and enjoy increased business efficiency?
In previous posts, we’ve discussed how most companies manage their telephones via a PBX (private branch exchange) system; essentially hardware acting as a private telephone switchboard. What many of these companies don’t know is that Skype for Business Cloud PBX is ready to replace traditional phone systems.
It delivers the functionality of onsite phone systems. In fact, you can integrate and make calls to, and receive them from, landline numbers. You can even transfer your existing phonebook to the Skype for Business Cloud PBX platform.
It also offers an array of beneficial functionalities that normal phones can’t handle. For example, it coalesces voice communication with instant messaging, email, video, audio and conferencing – all of the everyday essentials demanded by modern business.
It’s a unified communications system that offers distinct advantages over not only traditional phones, but also VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) or other web-conferencing solutions – such as WebEx or GotToMeeting. Indeed, it can replace them, at a lower cost, and with added business convenience.
For example, the system is seamlessly integrated with the Office 365 suite, Microsoft’s cloud-powered platform. This means participants of a meeting can share the same Microsoft calendar and documents – and even co-author them from different locations. A handy screen-share function allows you to present those documents while you’re discussing or tweaking them collaboratively.
This fully-fledged package doesn’t require integration with hard-to-source third-party software or additional gear. All you need is an internet connection and a PC or office phone. This means you can make and receive calls from anywhere; you’re not office-bound (as long as you can get online using across a variety of devices, such as smartphones, PCs, and tablets).
Skype for Business’s handy ‘Presence’ function allows users to display their availability through a user-friendly colour-coding system. You can let participants know if you’re on another call or in another meeting – all from within your Microsoft Office applications, like Outlook or Word.
Amazingly, Skype for Business Cloud PBX is cheaper than less functional competing systems. You can try it out with a monthly rolling contract, which means you’re not making any long-term commitment if you don’t like it.
Additional options or ‘Call Plans’ bring more advanced packages to the table. These include PSTN calling packages, which allows each individual user to make and receive calls to domestic landlines and mobiles for up to 1,200 mins per month. You can also use MP3 voicemails. The PSTN International Calling plan gives users 600 mins of international calls, as well as the standard 1200 mins of domestic landline/mobile calls. The collective number of minutes used are also pooled across all users in your organisation.
We truly believe this unrivalled enhanced-communications solution deserves your serious consideration. It’s cheaper, for starters, and the advantages presented by its diverse functionalities can only lead to more streamlined, efficient and effective conferencing.
With no long-term commitment involved, you’re free to trial the Skype for Business Cloud PBX without worrying about convoluted set-ups and new equipment.
-- Published by Clearcloud Services, 2017