Say you work in automotive sales. A prospective buyer walks onto your showroom floor, and starts hovering over a flashy new model with a six-figure sticker price. What's going through your head? Your commission? Your quota? Your boss breathing down your neck? Read More
by: Scott Morgan
At first thought you may think financing is not truly a payment option that small businesses need or use all that frequently. After all, their technology needs are not as considerable in scope or cost as larger organizations. What is the benefit of financing a $7,000 phone system, or a $10,000 WiFi network upgrade, or other small ticket technology equipment? Most small businesses prefer to pay ... Read More
What Is Unified Communications Unified communications (UC) gives businesses the ability to stay connected across any and all methods of communications with one network. In essence UC connects VoIP and any other computer related communication technology. UC brings together voice, video, email, instant messaging, data sharing, and much more into one consolidated integrated application. With the ... Read More
Updating Life Saving Technology Our country’s 911 system has changed over time and will continue to do so as the way we communicate changes with emerging technologies. While older 911 service may have required the caller to provide their address, Enhanced 911 service automatically provides this information. While wireless phones at one time posed a problem in terms of identifying similar caller ... Read More
Almost every company, government agency, or commercial enterprise makes use of a variety of technology solutions. Until recently, many of those solutions have been "premised based" meaning the phone system PBX, the network routers and switches, the LAN/WAN servers, and other technology equipment has all been located within an organization’s offices. Read More
As hosted PBX and cloud solutions continue to mature and gain adoption with commercial customers, many VARs still present an unnecessary challenge to customers evaluating this type of solution. That challenge is the requirement for an upfront payment for the handsets, router, and other necessary endpoint components. Read More
When companies evaluate new technology for their business, they often ask themselves the obvious question, "what do I buy?" But, so often, an equally important question is overlooked, "how should I buy?" Read More
by: Jill Duran
Stop Wasting Your Business Capital Consider this, spending your company’s cash on unified communications (UC) technology like telephony voice, video, or data equipment today, could actually cost you more money because you are never going to see a return on that investment. Understand The Rule of 72 The Rule of 72 states, if you invest or recycle your cash/capital back into your business, you will ... Read More
Understanding what technology to buy is only half the battle in a decision process. Addressing the options on “How to Buy” can dictate your control and flexibility in the years to come. Knowing your options and understanding the best fit for your business will make a significant difference in the buying process. Read More
by: Jill Duran
If you are a small to medium sized business, in the market for technology or unified communications equipment or a Value Added Reseller (VAR), the next couple paragraphs could save you a lot of heartburn. After 20 years in the unified communications equipment financing industry we see all too often, customers or their sales representatives, get caught up in finding the lowest rate that they ... Read More
