The age old issue of what is most important, Price or Quality is prevalent in the Cloud. We at Votacall deal with these contrasting motives to purchase on a daily basis and I want to say to all of my prospects, suspects and customers, I understand why you have or will in the future consider a [...]
Read MoreThe All Business Communications Sales Office recently relocated to Boston from the suburbs of Massachusetts. An event like this can create anxiety as there are many moving parts when an organization or branch location relocates. You have to think about new furniture, selling or disposing of the old furniture, informing the customer base of the new [...]
Read MoreLast week displayed the true power, flexibility, ease and on-demand nature of the cloud and the Votacall VBX. An existing All Business Communications customer called our Sales Office in a panic. A few months prior, her organization had made the decision to expand their sales team to create more revenue opportunities outside of their current geographic footprint. The hiring managers and [...]
Read MoreThe Cloud is being tossed around alot lately and it’s mass exposure in periodicals, financial programs and even TV commercials has made people aware of the technology. We are at the point where experienced IT is not the only demographic that has heard of the term, “the Cloud”. What that translates into is a major decline [...]
Read MoreVotacall has expanded their Local Number Portability on the Cloud faxing platform Vfax. Votacall Vfax now can accomodate local fax DID’s in the State of Washington which completes the organizations expansion into the Western United States region. Andy DeAngelis Vice President of Sales All Business Communications
Read MoreMobility has the potential to be the most significant feature for businesses moving forward. By definition, to be mobile is to be flexible. When an organizations culture, structure and infrastructure is deemed flexible, long term strength can be realized. This is the value of the Cloud, the value of Votacall. Robust Mobility features are one of the [...]
Read MoreFor years, many technology sales organizations kept a safe distance from the Nonprofit vertical becasue of the misconception that they are late adopters to innovation and do not have the money to keep pace with change. The later point used to have some has some truth to it, but then again most organizations keep a tight watch over finances. [...]
Read MoreAll of the market research states that SMB’s make up 90% of the U.S. corporate landscape. This has become the big research statistic being thrown around in telecommunications. Major telecom organizations are including this statistic in their marketing material and in their go to market strategy. These same major organizations ignored the SMB market for [...]
Read MoreAs a child, I was obsessed with movies and as I look back, I truly feel like the 80′s was the golden age of mass appeal cinema. Movies spoke to adults and children alike and major themes were, the future, technology, innovation etc. which was driven by consumerism and the baby boomers. In most instances, when entertainment tried to predict [...]
Read MoreVotacall has announced the immediate availability of the Votacall Virtual User for the Managed VoIP platform. The Virtual User was designed to fit the needs and price point of the true road warrior. The license comes with standard Call Forwarding capability providing a presence on a corporate solution to those only communicating via cell phone. Add [...]
Read MoreThis weekend my alarm clock went off at 5:30 in the morning with the sounds of “DADDY, DADDY, DADDY, DADDY, DADDY” ringing in my ears. This alarm clock is 38 inches tall and has no snooze option, time to start my day. My daughter and I went downstairs, grabbed some juice and went into the [...]
Read MoreVotacall would like to take this time to thank Apple. This week Apple announced their next great technology that will enhance the end-user’s Apple experience, iCloud. This next step in Apple’s world domination will make access to their functionality more efficient and cost effective…and the name is great too. This has already brought more awareness to [...]
Read MoreVotacall has tested and certified Voice Mail to Text Apps on the Votacall Hosted VoIP platform. The VM to Text functionality is delivered as a 3rd party App which can be purchased at the Broadsoft Marketplace. This functionality strengthens Votacall’s already robust mobility and UC feature sets and will deliver increased efficiency and productivity to our end-users. Andy DeAngelis Vice President of [...]
Read MoreEntry Level Inside Cloud Communications Sales All Business Communications – Greater Boston Area Job Description All Business Communications (www.abcna.com) is an award winning technology consulting and sales group located in downtown Boston. We are actively seeking Entry Level Inside Sales Executives to promote our Cloud Communications Business VoIP product suite, Votacall (www.votacall.com). The position requires [...]
Read MoreToday our building manager came into our downtown Boston office suite and asked if our phones were down. It was a strange question to pose to a communications company, right? Obviously my curiosity was peaked by this, especially due to the fact that our phones were active. Apparently the entire building had lost communications, save our suite, as [...]
Read MoreThere have been many instances when we have sold a company on the Cloud and on Votacall only to have the customer ask if we could certify certain phones to integrate with our platform. Our canned response is, “we tested and continue to test many phones on the platform to truly deliver the best of breed products [...]
Read More“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character, we cannot alter its inevitability.” – John F. Kennedy
Read More“The Cloud is not the end, it is the means”, Fountnhead Blog
Read MoreMobility, mobility, mobility…everyone is talking mobility, but to truly talk about mobility it must be defined as it means different things to different people. Some view call forwarding as mobility, others see Voice Mail to Email as mobility. There are many different features and applications that can be defined as mobility, but when combining all [...]
Read MoreThe following link to the Fierce Enterprise Communications blog captures where the world of communications is going: low hardware, high functionality, high mobility, more control…the benefits of Virtualization, of the Cloud, of VoIP. The article describes the impending SoftPhone boom and what it will do for business productivity. The once “nice to have” will become [...]
Read MoreThe Glass VoIP Phone is slick, Next-Generation Cloud Technology that is yet another innovation in the fast paced Cloudy sky that makes it exciting to be in the industry. Although this may just be a jumping off point, it shows the path of these ”Smart” business devices and we will all be benefit from their on-demand/App nature that [...]
Read MoreThe direction of Votacall on a daily basis has been influenced by Steve Jobs’ 7 rules. Regardless of the outcome, we are always looking to model our day to day actions, thoughts and innovations on the 7 rules. Sometimes we come up short, in fact often times we come up short, but our intentions are [...]
Read MoreDid you know that Obi-Wan kenobi was one of the first to adopt Cloud Technology? I realized this while watching Star Wars with my daughter over the weekend. The actual scene that convinced me of this was when Obi-Wan tells Darth Vader that if he strikes him down he will become more powerful. When I was a [...]
Read MoreNew slick on-demand Video App from Polycom – Video will be coming to the masses soon! Customers will expect a Video offer bundled with the Voice Offer. Is your provider prepared? Polycom Unveils New Polycom® RealPresence® Mobile Application for Apple iPhone 4S, Putting More Enterprise-Grade Video Collaboration Solutions in the Hands of Road Warriors Already [...]
Read MoreThis is an interesting article detailing Broadsoft’s research into the mobile workforce regarding the direction of business communications. Votacall believes that the below will eventully become mainstream due to the on-demand and mobile desires of the workforce. The average individual is used to gaining access to information, entertainment etc from anywhere and at anytime. They will certainly expect the same [...]
Read MoreVotacall likes Broadsoft’s earnings call results. Broadsoft reported record revenues this past Quarter and they are continuing to innovate and add functionality to their already robust/market leading carrier-class VoIP switch. Votacall has seen the future and the future is the accessibility of all technology wherever and whenever from the Cloud. Broadsoft is on the cutting [...]
Read More5/17/2012- Votacall Hosted VoIP & Cloud Based UC Solutions – Innovation is an interesting animal that can easily be stunted by fear. Any organization is susceptible to comfort zone thinking which can literally be false hope that their way is the right way, look no further. Large scale organizations can believe that their way of doing business drives the market, so why risk the present environment, money, marketshare and resources to change (Remember in the 80′s that large computer manufacturer that couldnt see the vision of a young developer and turned down his proposal to purchase his idea…). SMB organizations fear disruption to day to day business, they fear the draining of resources which already have a maxed out work load and they worry that there is an inability to adapt to something new within their customer base and organizational chart. These are all valid concerns and should not be taken lightly because in the SMB world time, resources, a single customer and the organizational message are so valuable that one misstep can bring a strong SMB down. However, fear cannot supercede change. An organizations fears should be acknowledged, discussed and understood to advance appropriately. The Cloud, specifically Hosted VoIP has exposed the fears of many Carriers, Manufacturers and VARs which has lead to an unwillingness to truly be innovative. Hosted VoIP is destroying business models that have been in place for decades.
Read More5/15/2012 – Votacall Hosted VoIP – Boston, Massachusetts – Behold the power of the Cloud. In our everyday existence the Cloud has made us faster, more productive, accessibe, knowledgeable…it has made us better. The birth of the Cloud starts with the BIG BANG of real bandwidth that is clean and affordable. That bandwidth has provided a platform for Cloud technologies which is advancing our ability to communicate, to access, to grow, change and adapt at a rapid pace. It is taking over leaving the hardware model in ruins. Reuven Cohen, a contributor at Forbes, has hit the nail on the head and believes that the Cloud is the disruptive technology that is omnipresent and if we stop to evaluate how we conduct ourselves on a daily basis it would prove the point that “The Cloud is Eating the World”. http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/05/14/the-cloud-is-eating-the-world/
Read More5/11/12 – Votacall Hosted VoIP – Boston, Massachusetts – The more and more we hear about and use Cloud technology in our personal and professional lives, the susceptible the technology is to the piling on of players trying to add an alternative revenue stream. There is definitely blood in the water and teh sharks are no longer circling, they are attacking. The Cloud’s youngest son, VoIP has been affected the most by this. We have seen large traditional traditional telecom hardware companies scramble to get a Hosted VoIP PBX play either through acquisition or reverse engineering of exisiting products (which is scary) and we have all been exposed to every Carrier presenting presenting (most times half-heartedly) their Hosted VoIP solution. With all of these players entering the market, saturating the market and confusing the market, it is clear that the Value Proposition is the key to success in the VoIP space. More than half of the players are just trying to stabalize a declining market share and have no real commitment on the innovation and customer experience side of the Cloud. They just want to be LOW price on paper. That is the beginning of commoditization of VoIP and although it is a scary reality, it is a reality nonetheless. Regardless, Voice has always been the tricky animal that IT guys hated and Carriers left vanilla. Voice simply is not simple. Anyone with exposure to telecom will agree. Today, customers are more demanding than ever and with higher expectations comes a responsibility to deliver. That is where a VoIP Provider’s Value Proposition comes in. If the Value Proposition is in line with exceeding expectations through constant innovation and evolution, you may have found the Business Class mVoIP Carrier and Managed Service Provider that will change your business. Remember, with the Cloud and Voice over IP, this should be the last telecommunications decision you should ever have to make. So, for the moment, disregard the price and listen for the value becasue it will make all of the difference in the long run. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post
Read MoreThe age old issue of what is most important, Price or Quality is prevalent in the Cloud. We at Votacall deal with these contrasting motives to purchase on a daily basis and I want to say to all of my prospects, suspects and customers, I understand why you have or will in the future consider a [...]
Read MoreThe All Business Communications Sales Office recently relocated to Boston from the suburbs of Massachusetts. An event like this can create anxiety as there are many moving parts when an organization or branch location relocates. You have to think about new furniture, selling or disposing of the old furniture, informing the customer base of the new [...]
Read MoreLast week displayed the true power, flexibility, ease and on-demand nature of the cloud and the Votacall VBX. An existing All Business Communications customer called our Sales Office in a panic. A few months prior, her organization had made the decision to expand their sales team to create more revenue opportunities outside of their current geographic footprint. The hiring managers and [...]
Read MoreThe Cloud is being tossed around alot lately and it’s mass exposure in periodicals, financial programs and even TV commercials has made people aware of the technology. We are at the point where experienced IT is not the only demographic that has heard of the term, “the Cloud”. What that translates into is a major decline [...]
Read MoreVotacall has expanded their Local Number Portability on the Cloud faxing platform Vfax. Votacall Vfax now can accomodate local fax DID’s in the State of Washington which completes the organizations expansion into the Western United States region. Andy DeAngelis Vice President of Sales All Business Communications
Read MoreMobility has the potential to be the most significant feature for businesses moving forward. By definition, to be mobile is to be flexible. When an organizations culture, structure and infrastructure is deemed flexible, long term strength can be realized. This is the value of the Cloud, the value of Votacall. Robust Mobility features are one of the [...]
Read MoreFor years, many technology sales organizations kept a safe distance from the Nonprofit vertical becasue of the misconception that they are late adopters to innovation and do not have the money to keep pace with change. The later point used to have some has some truth to it, but then again most organizations keep a tight watch over finances. [...]
Read MoreAll of the market research states that SMB’s make up 90% of the U.S. corporate landscape. This has become the big research statistic being thrown around in telecommunications. Major telecom organizations are including this statistic in their marketing material and in their go to market strategy. These same major organizations ignored the SMB market for [...]
Read MoreAs a child, I was obsessed with movies and as I look back, I truly feel like the 80′s was the golden age of mass appeal cinema. Movies spoke to adults and children alike and major themes were, the future, technology, innovation etc. which was driven by consumerism and the baby boomers. In most instances, when entertainment tried to predict [...]
Read MoreVotacall has announced the immediate availability of the Votacall Virtual User for the Managed VoIP platform. The Virtual User was designed to fit the needs and price point of the true road warrior. The license comes with standard Call Forwarding capability providing a presence on a corporate solution to those only communicating via cell phone. Add [...]
Read MoreThis weekend my alarm clock went off at 5:30 in the morning with the sounds of “DADDY, DADDY, DADDY, DADDY, DADDY” ringing in my ears. This alarm clock is 38 inches tall and has no snooze option, time to start my day. My daughter and I went downstairs, grabbed some juice and went into the [...]
Read MoreVotacall would like to take this time to thank Apple. This week Apple announced their next great technology that will enhance the end-user’s Apple experience, iCloud. This next step in Apple’s world domination will make access to their functionality more efficient and cost effective…and the name is great too. This has already brought more awareness to [...]
Read MoreVotacall has tested and certified Voice Mail to Text Apps on the Votacall Hosted VoIP platform. The VM to Text functionality is delivered as a 3rd party App which can be purchased at the Broadsoft Marketplace. This functionality strengthens Votacall’s already robust mobility and UC feature sets and will deliver increased efficiency and productivity to our end-users. Andy DeAngelis Vice President of [...]
Read MoreEntry Level Inside Cloud Communications Sales All Business Communications – Greater Boston Area Job Description All Business Communications (www.abcna.com) is an award winning technology consulting and sales group located in downtown Boston. We are actively seeking Entry Level Inside Sales Executives to promote our Cloud Communications Business VoIP product suite, Votacall (www.votacall.com). The position requires [...]
Read MoreToday our building manager came into our downtown Boston office suite and asked if our phones were down. It was a strange question to pose to a communications company, right? Obviously my curiosity was peaked by this, especially due to the fact that our phones were active. Apparently the entire building had lost communications, save our suite, as [...]
Read MoreThere have been many instances when we have sold a company on the Cloud and on Votacall only to have the customer ask if we could certify certain phones to integrate with our platform. Our canned response is, “we tested and continue to test many phones on the platform to truly deliver the best of breed products [...]
Read More“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character, we cannot alter its inevitability.” – John F. Kennedy
Read More“The Cloud is not the end, it is the means”, Fountnhead Blog
Read MoreMobility, mobility, mobility…everyone is talking mobility, but to truly talk about mobility it must be defined as it means different things to different people. Some view call forwarding as mobility, others see Voice Mail to Email as mobility. There are many different features and applications that can be defined as mobility, but when combining all [...]
Read MoreThe following link to the Fierce Enterprise Communications blog captures where the world of communications is going: low hardware, high functionality, high mobility, more control…the benefits of Virtualization, of the Cloud, of VoIP. The article describes the impending SoftPhone boom and what it will do for business productivity. The once “nice to have” will become [...]
Read MoreThe Glass VoIP Phone is slick, Next-Generation Cloud Technology that is yet another innovation in the fast paced Cloudy sky that makes it exciting to be in the industry. Although this may just be a jumping off point, it shows the path of these ”Smart” business devices and we will all be benefit from their on-demand/App nature that [...]
Read MoreThe direction of Votacall on a daily basis has been influenced by Steve Jobs’ 7 rules. Regardless of the outcome, we are always looking to model our day to day actions, thoughts and innovations on the 7 rules. Sometimes we come up short, in fact often times we come up short, but our intentions are [...]
Read MoreDid you know that Obi-Wan kenobi was one of the first to adopt Cloud Technology? I realized this while watching Star Wars with my daughter over the weekend. The actual scene that convinced me of this was when Obi-Wan tells Darth Vader that if he strikes him down he will become more powerful. When I was a [...]
Read MoreNew slick on-demand Video App from Polycom – Video will be coming to the masses soon! Customers will expect a Video offer bundled with the Voice Offer. Is your provider prepared? Polycom Unveils New Polycom® RealPresence® Mobile Application for Apple iPhone 4S, Putting More Enterprise-Grade Video Collaboration Solutions in the Hands of Road Warriors Already [...]
Read MoreThis is an interesting article detailing Broadsoft’s research into the mobile workforce regarding the direction of business communications. Votacall believes that the below will eventully become mainstream due to the on-demand and mobile desires of the workforce. The average individual is used to gaining access to information, entertainment etc from anywhere and at anytime. They will certainly expect the same [...]
Read MoreVotacall likes Broadsoft’s earnings call results. Broadsoft reported record revenues this past Quarter and they are continuing to innovate and add functionality to their already robust/market leading carrier-class VoIP switch. Votacall has seen the future and the future is the accessibility of all technology wherever and whenever from the Cloud. Broadsoft is on the cutting [...]
Read More5/9/12 – Votacall Hosted VoIP – Boston, Massachusetts - The other night I was watching some television show with an annoyingly aggresive laugh track when I realized my wife was no longer my terrible television companion and she had not been for some time. I went upstairs to get ready for bed and there she was, in bed and reading a book. Actually she was reading a book on her ipad. I brushed my teeth and went to bed thinking nothing of it. The next morning I woke up took a shower, brushed my teeth, got dressed etc.
Read More5/4/12 – Votacall Hosted VoIP – Boston, Massachusetts – I have to say that I truly enjoy reading the Harvard Business Review Blog, those guys hit a home run with every post. The reason why I say this, is because it was their blog that inspired this one. Being in the Hosted VoIP world, I must look and research innovations in the telecommunications industry to best position our cloud offers. Innovation is interesting in that it can be extremely gratifying as well as maddening. You could be on the cutting edge one moment and behind the next. The communications world is bursting with innovation and any VoIP PBX provider will state that it is a challenge to keep up. The more access to the latest and greatest will create more competition, but the Hosted VoIP Provider that has a clear innovation path and stays the course will prevent the commoditization of VoIP (or at least delay it) through value. One day innovation is your best friend and the next your Darth Vader, but it sure is exciting. Now the Harvard Business Review Blog: http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2012/05/in_praise_of_irrational_innova.html?awid=8924740927804697189-3271 Use Facebook to Comment on this Post
Read More5/3/12 – Votacall Hosted VoIP – Boston, Massachusetts – I have stated before that Broadsoft is the silent monster in telecommunications and will take over with their carrier class voip softswitch. This prediction is slowly proving to be true, but I am not claiming to be Nostradamus because for those who have had any exposure to the organization and their products most likely would have made the same claim. Broadsoft’s revenue quarter over quarter and year over year since they went public has been increasing at a pace that has not been seen in telecom since the ATT monopoly days (probably an exaggeration, but that is what it feels like). Think about this, Broadsoft’s growth has changed the business communications environment and becasue the company consistently exceeds expectations, Business Class Hosted VoIP forecasts will exceed predictions set forth by industry analysts. Simply stated, Hosted VoIP is the clear evolution in business communications and there is no denying. Those who are not considering Hosted VoIP as a viable product for either sale or purchase will be left behind…way behind – forget about relinquishing a competitive edge – there won’t be a competition for those organizations to participate in. Hosted VoIP is here, it is ready and it is taking over. Click the link below to get a glimpse of Broadsoft’s revenue predictions via yahoo finance. http://news.investors.com/article/610143/201205031038/broadsoft-q1-profit-seen-up-on-voip.htm?ven=yahoocp,yahoo Use Facebook to Comment on this Post
Read More5/2/12 – Votacall Hosted VoIP – Boston, Massachusetts – Deploying reliable business class Hosted VoIP with the priority being the long term customer experience is not challenging when best practices are considered. The following will detail best practices for a seamless transition into the Cloud and hopefully this information will influence how businesses select a Hosted VoIP Provider.
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