Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Driving Factors to Upgrade Your PBX

Your PBX system has been in the past, and with a little care and maintenance & 39; continue to suit your needs in the future & 39;. But the change is on the horizon.
It & 39; not that the PBX features have changed, c & 39; is the technology offer these features, and your colleagues that & 39; interaction is changing.
In end of the selection upgrade your system with voice Not yours. Many of the manufactured products are fully PBX Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and the latest software, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as its new flagship of the other supporting their legacy TDM (time division multiplex) systems.
Whether you have a small or a large system, it is necessary, as a telecom manager, if you understand the latest technologies and plan to begin upgrading d & 39, a system that would be useful & 39; For your company.
Many managers are rebut s by the fact that & 39; them to update their systems of telecommunications - Finally, c & 39; worked well over many years. They are even more disturbed when they are logged in, or discover that the system & 39; that they have achieved at the end of life and & 39; that it is no longer protected by the manufacturer .
What the & 39; key factor for this change? The short answer - Convergence.
Convergence views voice and data on comparable information, as a kernel - & 39; that it is essentially the same function. Passage data from one point d & 39 d & 39; originating in a point d & 39; arrival. Voice communication channels devoted to connect the parties and the communication of data, which is not specialized channels and protocols d & 39; send and retrieve information.
Is it seems the first convergence of different technologies? Not everything, fax revolution of 80 years was a convergence of telecommunications technology, optical scanning technology, and the technology & 39; impression. D & 39; There are countless other examples of the convergence of technologies on the market today.
When you should begin to plan upgrades? The simple answer is, of course: there is no & 39; time as present.
As with & 39; importance of the project, you need to give a presentation on the project, which And immediate benefits future of your company and the culture of the company & 39; bottom line. I go on three factors discuss together to drive at the end of the life of timetables, culture / business district and Company reorganization.
I & 39; ll use Nortel SIP multimedia PC client as a example.
1. Identify your current schedule.
A end of life. PBX systems consist of software and hardware. In certain system, the hardware is a different life at the end of the calendar, on the software and vice versa.
B. They should review all aspects of your telecommunications system software for the cards in the fixed-line telephony and cataloging all concerns.
C. Upgrading the system & 39; first the latest and perhaps most useful to the bottom line constantly updating the various parts of the system.
2. Determine whether new features enable d & 39; improvement of the systems in your company in the telecommunications culture.
A. Nortel SIP multimedia PC client d & 39; example, offers numerous features that are using traditional telephony. He supported the call & 39; video, instant messaging, select filters in real-time d & 39; call, the seminars, the exchange of files, and the white-boarding.
B. Advanced commercial Web pages expresses Web and Co-surfing on the Web with customers, colleagues and associates
C. Virtual Office is always an exciting adventure for the latest VoIP and SIP functionality systems.
3. The growth of the company & 39;, reduction or in connection projects.
A. The growth of the company & 39; is a good time to secure your systems in the telecommunications sector. It could be profitably d & 39; adopt the new features of the system and the creation of virtual private networks (VPN), which in turn reduce your demands on the T1.
B. If your company is reducing & 39; real estate. It could prove to be fruitful for the old systems can be connected to the property, by focusing on the revival of growth and the recent systems.
C. If your company is committed to the projects (infrastructure updates, upgrades of the computer system, etc..) It is important that you as a manager of telecommunications are a part of the process to ensure that & 39 n Newly installed systems announced your vision of the future for your & 39; Pbx department.
Of sure there are d & 39; other factors necessary for the individual companies and L & amp , 39, this article is short on a few factors. Other important factors include the planning, in anticipation of your hand, and the efficient management of & 39; information, the quality and scope.
Anticipating changes in the telecommunications sector and take advantage of these changes to benefit your company are important, to a public authority, Executable plan. In addition efficiently manage l & 39; information, d & 39; ensure a high-quality research and development d & 39; a field d & 39; supports the action creation of a good & 39; - Telecommunications project.
Whether you are new in the research update your system or PBX are well advanced in the process - PbxInfo.com is an excellent place for the conduct of research, ask questions and answers to get a broad spectrum of systems.
* - Nortel SIP multimedia PC client and Nortel are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
Article by Charles Carter
www.cs2communications.com lelia astrid



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