Is it Time to Upgrade to a Cloud-Based Phone System?
In this blog we are going to discuss the several benefits of switching from legacy phones to a cloud-based phone system. At HWC Consultants, we help our clients with this transition. As a result, they experience better communication and substantial savings.
Depending on the size of your organization, landline and legacy phone systems can cost you thousands – or hundreds of thousands – of dollars each year for services you may be underusing or not using at all. Simply by having HWC build your organization an inventory of your phone systems, you could reduce those costs greatly. Additional savings and value can be realized by switching to a cloud-based phone system.
Additional benefits of switching to a cloud-based phone system include:
Mobility
Cloud-based systems allows your employees to be anywhere, and never lose access to the same features and functionality of their office phones. Whether it be from a computer or mobile device, as long as they have internet access, the phone system is at their fingertips.
Scalability
Cloud-based phone systems are highly scalable, allowing organizations to add or remove users as needed quickly and easily. Unlike legacy phone systems, you pay only for the extensions and phone numbers you need.
Security
Cloud-based phone systems offer a range of security benefits that help organizations mitigate risks and protect their communication infrastructure against various threats. The benefits include:
Data Encryption
Redundancy and Disaster Recovery
Regular Updates and Patches
Centralized Management
Authentication and Access Control
Understanding your organization’s phone systems can be challenging, but at HWC Consultants we have a detailed framework to manage a successful phone system upgrade. We take the following steps to provide you with the information you need and to determine the best solution for your needs:
Build an inventory of your existing lines and services.
Analyze usage to determine services to cancel vs. migrate.
Optimization Planning.
RFP writing.
Vendor selection.
Implementation.
Whether you’re a school, small organization, nonprofit, large company, or anything in between, HWC Consultants can help. With our telecom optimization audits, we act as an extension of your technology staff by examining your organization’s expenses for cellular, landline, Voice Over IP services, Internet access, and Wide Area Networks. By analyzing each line and circuit to eliminate unnecessary services, examining invoices for billing errors, and identifying better service plans to reduce costs, a telecom audit can help you reduce telecom expenses and negotiate telecom contracts.
Contact HWC Consultants today for a free consultation. We are here to support you every step of the way!