{"id":1356,"date":"2015-04-24T19:48:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T19:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:55:33","slug":"why-flexibility-is-essential-in-your-unified-communications-and-voice-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/why-flexibility-is-essential-in-your-unified-communications-and-voice-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Flexibility Is Essential in Your Unified Communications and Voice Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you invest in a <a href=\"http:\/\/voice.activo.ca\/managed-voice\/unified-communications\/\">unified communications (UC)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/voice.activo.ca\/\">voice solution<\/a>, one of your top priorities must be flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>It can be <strong>difficult to predict the needs of your business<\/strong> and of your employees in the years to come. And to further complicate the issue, technology evolves at such a rapid pace that it is nearly <strong>impossible to know what requirements<\/strong> you might be faced with in the future.<\/p>\n<p>For example, it wasn\u2019t so long ago that the <a href=\"http:\/\/voice.activo.ca\/managed-voice\/flexible-applications\/\">mobility capabilities of VoIP<\/a> were disregarded as unnecessary by many companies. Why would you want the ability to have a business phone at home? <strong>Now \u2013 mobility is essential to the modern workforce.<\/strong> Telecommuting from a home office has become a widespread practice in a few short years.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is the BYOD trend. The amount and variety of devices accessing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/activo-services\/service-provider\/business-grade-internet.html\">business IP networks<\/a> has undergone a vast expansion recently. Tablets, smartphones, and laptops of different models and makes all vie for their share of bandwidth, using features from messaging to video and audio, and more.<\/p>\n<p>While we can make market predictions based on trends, predicting the exact nature of your business\u2019s future needs is a challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your best option, then, is to go for a solution and a provider that offers flexibility. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t want to get stuck with an unyielding solution that can\u2019t transition to meet your changing needs; replacing a system and\/or finding a new provider is a costly and time-consuming endeavor. And not evolving with the times can result in your company losing its competitive edge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of the questions you should ask your vendor when deciding on a UC or voice solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you offer end-user alternatives to the traditional desk phone?<\/li>\n<li>Do you offer mobility features, such as soft phones, voicemail to email, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Do you offer flexible deployments?<\/li>\n<li>Is the system available as a hardware appliance or software on a server?<\/li>\n<li>Is the software available on an industry-standard server or virtualized server?<\/li>\n<li>Do you offer <a href=\"http:\/\/voice.activo.ca\/managed-voice\/\">cloud-based services<\/a>? Do you offer <a href=\"http:\/\/voice.activo.ca\/on-premise-voice\/\">on-premise services<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Do you offer <a href=\"http:\/\/voice.activo.ca\/redundant-solutions\/\">resilient services with hybridized on-site and hosted services<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Are the solutions you offer up-to-date? Will you keep our systems up-to-date?<\/li>\n<li>How do you respond to changing technology requirements?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you are choosing a vendor for your UC and voice solution, don\u2019t forget to consider flexibility as a key deciding factor, along with cost, scale, resiliency, and applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; Activo would be happy to discuss your company\u2019s UC and voice needs and answer any questions you may have about flexible solutions. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/contact.html\"><strong>Contact us today.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Unified Communications and Voice from Activo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/6-features-of-hosted-voip-to-enhance-your-mobility\/\">6 Features of Hosted VoIP to Enhance Your Mobility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/what-is-unified-communications\/\">What Is Unified Communications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activo.ca\/blog\/easy-to-use-mitel-mivoice-conference-phone-video\/\">Easy-to-Use Mitel MiVoice Conference Phone [Video]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you invest in a unified communications (UC) and voice solution, one of your top priorities must be flexibility. 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