How to Automate Procedures, Step by Step

As we said in our previous post, there’s no shortage of benefits to process automation. When you let software handle tasks, you speed up your workflow, save money and improve both internal morale and customer satisfaction. Given just how much of a competitive

The Innovation of Automation: What Automating Tasks Can Do for You

At the heart of any useful piece of technology is the concept of making a complicated process easier. Few trends in digital tech exemplify this idea better than automation, or having a machine perform most (if not all) of a task on their

What is Telephony, and Which Type Is Most Effective?

Better understand modern approaches to voice communications At its simplest, telephony just means the technology we use to talk to one another at a distance. In reality, of course, we all know the definition is much murkier. These days, examining phone systems means

Securing Your PBX Against Cyberattacks

The 5 Most Common PBX Hacking Methods & How to Counter Them

Your CRM is (Almost) Useless Without Integrated Communications

The missing piece for customer data is tracking how you talk to them If you frequently interact with customers, then I don’t have to tell you about customer relationship management (CRM) software. You or your sales team are probably already intimately familiar with

Dogs, Skunks & the Importance of Communication

How Work Culture Affects Communications (and Why That Matters in Sales)

What to Expect When You’re Protecting Data

One way to sum up cybersecurity is with the oft-paraphrased words of Joseph Heller: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”

What Is VoIP? Why This New Tool May Transform Businesses

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is all but essential for modern business communications. Still, many professionals likely wonder “what is VoIP?” — whether they mean what VoIP stands for or what older technologies it replaces. To address these questions and more, let’s take

Making the Cloud Less Nebulous With Real-World Value

Especially since the pandemic, transitioning applications and communication systems to the cloud has been a top priority in business. After all, the value of this setup is obvious, made all the more clear by lockdown periods: With a cloud-based setup, location no longer

Zoombombing & Russian Misinformation

As anyone who’s ever run a webinar knows, an online presentation gives you a lot to worry about even when your technology actually cooperates. Managing an audience on top of giving your own prepared statements takes skill even in the best of circumstances,

Phishing and Further Forms of Fraud: How to Stay Safe from Online Scams

On the internet, fraud comes in many forms. From suspicious “special offers” all the way up to royalty of dubious origin, scams are so common for online users that plenty have become woven into the folklore of the world wide web. Despite all

Women in Tech: Claire Baker, Chalvington Group

We’re talking today with Claire Baker, managing director of the Chalvington Group. The company had its origins in the company her father, Melvyn Baker, set up in the ‘80s, and he’d go on to create a telecommunications arm called Chalvington Communications to better

What the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Means for Companies With Russian Exposure

As Russian tanks move onto Ukrainian soil, we have to ask what the impact will be on operations for companies within Russia and beyond. Companies like Microsoft, Google and RingCentral all have extensive operations within the country, and it’s clear that they’re going