5 Ways to Reduce Technology Expenses
5 Ways to Reduce Technology Expenses The easiest way to increase revenue is to reduce expenses. Here are 5 ways to reduce your expenses, resulting in a larger bottom line. Convert your phones to a cloud-based phone system. There’s a lot of buzz around cloud these days, and cloud communications is no exception. Smart businesses […]
Best Practices for Threat Protection
Recently, it was reported that a nation-state threat-actor managed to infiltrate a large number of organizations—including multiple US government agencies. They did this by distributing backdoor software, dubbed SunBurst, by compromising SolarWind’s Orion IT monitoring and management software update system. Based on SolarWind’s data, 33,000 organizations use Orion’s software, and 18,000 were directly impacted by this malicious […]
A Testimonial from Bakersfield Heart Hospital
For several years, our hospital needed to transition away from a very old Nortel analog phone system. The system had been installed in 1998, and even when new embodied older technology. Last year we finally decided to tackle the project, which to me represented a huge complex undertaking. I knew we needed a vendor partner […]
3 Projects to Enhance Your Mass Notification System
1. 911 ALERTS If someone calls 911 within your buildings, it’s important that the right people know an emergency is taking place. ACTIVATE One Touch Emergency Notification Solution can send notifications to select safety personnel or to an entire organization when someone dials 911 from a phone tied to their network. Alerts can be broadcast […]
8 WAYS TO USE MASS NOTIFICATION TO MANAGE CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
1. Mass SMS Text Messages With people offsite, mobile devices will become the primary method of communication. Delivering text messages to a device most people will be checking and using regularly will help keep them informed about any updates your organization needs to share. 2. Confirmation Responses For organizations that want to monitor the wellbeing […]
FAQs on Telehealth During the Coronavirus Emergency
By The Compliancy Group Following HHS’ issuance of its Notice of Enforcement Discretion, which declares that telehealth providers will not be subject to certain HIPAA fines in the exercise of good faith in providing telehealth services, HHS provided FAQ guidance on this Notice of Enforcement Discretion. FAQs on telehealth are addressed below. FAQs on Telehealth: […]
LAN Switching – Layer 2, Layer 3, Light Layer 3
LAN Switching – Layer 2, Layer 3, Light Layer 3 Without going too deep into technical terms, this graphic is designed to give an overview of basic Layer 2 and 3 LAN switching. If you aren’t familiar with the OSI model you can research it on your own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model Layer 2, and 3 refer to […]
3 Ways Phone Systems Can Save You Money
When we talk to our customers about upgrading their phone systems, they typically think of a capital expenditure that will get them some jazzy features and enhanced communication. But rarely do they think of how that enhanced communication will actually save them money in the long run. Here are three examples of how we have […]
Digital Natives Don’t Like Working for Dinosaurs
WRITTEN BY FREDERIC GILLANT, VICE PRESIDENT & MANAGING DIRECTOR APAC, SHORETEL The daughter of one of my friends asked me an interesting question recently. She said, “What was it like growing up when there wasn’t any technology?” I laughed, but she was serious. I gave her plenty of examples – from lasers to landing on […]
Cost Savings Success Story: Idyllwild Arts Academy
Located in a remote forest setting, Idyllwild Arts Academy was throwing good money after bad trying to keep its aging phone system alive. To ensure effective communications between parents, teachers, students and staff, the school needed a highly available, modern IP telephony system. And Global CTI was just the partner to make it happen. Spoiler […]