Unified communications solutions can save time and help control costs, while improving productivity and competitiveness:
Unified communications can save money in several ways:
The benefits to our customers by implementing Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions include:
The Benefits for a Small Office Phone System
Small office phones are capable of far more than simply handling calls. When your small office phones are connected to a telephony system on an Internet Protocol (IP) network, your small business can access the same tools as a large enterprise. And yet, many small office phones and IP-based phone systems are built to meet the needs and budgets of small businesses.
Advanced small office phones on IP networks help you offer better customer service, enable employees to
work from anywhere, and improve collaboration. Here are just a few of the benefits small office phones can provide your business:
- Improved customer contact. With customer contact center technology combined with advanced small office phones, you can offer customers a variety of ways to contact you: phone, fax, email, or "click-to-chat."
- Enhanced mobility. Advanced small office phones, especially wireless IP phones, provide access to your data and phone network from the sales floor, warehouse, conference room, or anywhere there's a broadband Internet connection.
- Improved collaboration. Adding advanced small office phones and communications systems to your IP network gives you the tools necessary to conduct phone, video, and web conferencing through a single, easy-to-use interface.
- Reduced costs and improved productivity. IP phone systems help save you money on phone charges. A combined voice and data network simplifies installation and management, further reducing costs. Unified messaging reduces time spent managing messages. And voice and web conferencing enhances productivity while reducing travel costs.
Today, a small office phone system is increasingly part of a converged network—an Internet Protocol (IP) network that seamlessly ties together voice, data, video conferencing, wireless, instant messaging, and other business-critical communications tools and applications.
A small office phone system on a converged network makes basic as well as sophisticated business communications more affordable, whether it's for a small business or a small office that's part of a larger company.