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Top 7 Reasons Our Clients are Moving Voice & Collaboration to the Cloud

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Business leaders move their communications to the cloud for better mobility, quality, simplicity and reliability. They find it easier to add offices, users and features so they can grow, and they appreciate being able to customize how they connect with customers.

Decision makers are also motivated by their bottom line – they get more and spend less with the latest technology.

Here are 7 practical business reasons to make the switch to TCI’s popular, all-in-one Cloud Voice services.

1. Easy migration

Cloud communications isn’t an all-or-nothing endeavor. There are several deployment models available – Public, Private and Hybrid – and you can migrate your people to the cloud over time or as your business needs change.

2. No hardware, no headaches

Say goodbye to capital expenses, maintenance and service fees with hosted business communications. You get great call quality, industry-leading reliability and an easy-to-manage system with no upfront costs – everything you need for one low monthly price.

3. Free up IT resources

Don’t waste valuable IT resources on aging telecom hardware – we manage the hardware hassles and put your IT people to work on the projects that matter most. With Cloud Voice, you enjoy new features faster, you can add or remove lines in minutes, and you always stay up to date with the newest upgrades automatically.

4. Pay as you grow

With premises-based systems, you pay the price for less-than-perfect call capacity planning by having too little or paying for too much. With Cloud services, you always have just the right amount of call connections to ensure you’re paying for what you need and not a penny more.

5. Enable teamwork and collaboration

Bring all of your team meeting tools into one application – Your people can easily manage video calls and conferences, screen sharing and messaging to connect with in-house teams, partner and customers.

6. Get more done – from anywhere

Your staff can access the same powerful phone and collaboration features from their office phones or seamlessly move with their mobile devices to meet at your clients or work from home offices.

7. Keep your business running

TCI’s cloud-based hosting platform delivers ultra-high reliability and seamless disaster recovery, so you always stay connected to colleagues and customers.

Give your business a competitive Advantage… Get the tools your people need to serve customers better and save some money while you do it. Contact us now to schedule your TCI Cloud Services demo: (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

7 Ways Cloud Voice & Collaboration Makes Your Job Easier

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Collaboration doesn’t have to be so complex… With TCI Cloud Voice Services all of your communications and collaboration tools are in one place, which means you can transition from one device or channel to another – and never lose a word in the process.

Here are 7 ways Cloud Voice simplifies collaboration – and makes your job easier:

  1. Never lose your place – All your communications are available from a single hub on your desktop, so you can keep an eye on every call and message and never lose sight of important details.
  2. Work from anywhere, together – Everyone on the team can chat, share tasks and collaborate on documents within a single workspace, whether team members are at home, on the road, or in another country.
  3. Initiate ad-hoc meetings – Need information fast? Connect with the right people at the precise moment you need their help. With one click, start a meeting and assign tasks.
  4. Prioritize messages for fast response – With visual voicemail, messages are transcribed and sent to email so you can scan and prioritize who to call back first.
  5. Reach the right person at the right time – With presence, employees make their whereabouts known, so everyone knows where and how to reach them.
  6. Set agendas up front – Create a timed agenda so attendees know ahead of time what will be discussed and how much time will be spent on each item. Your meetings stay on track and are more productive.
  7. Live in your CRM – Salespeople never have to switch between their IP phone and CRM application. They can stay in the CRM to make and receive phone calls. Just by answering their phone, items are automatically added to their to-do lists.

You can have seamless and reliable communications and collaboration without breaking the bank. Our service plans and pricing are flexible and designed to adjust to your business needs.

Let’s talk about how TCI Cloud Voice services can transform the way you do business. Contact us today at (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

 

Mitel Study of Business Executives Reveals What’s Driving Cloud Voice Adoption

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Mitel recently issued a study of the perceptions and motivations of executives for migrating to a cloud-based model for their business communications. Key takeaways include…

Innovation is at the heart of cloud migration

Access to innovative features not available with traditional telephony solutions was by far the main driver for migrating to a cloud model. With cloud technology delivering faster and easier access to key productivity tools, companies now view such functionality as indispensable.

Unified communication features, including presence, secure instant messaging, voice and video calls, are top of their “must-have” list. Advanced collaboration functions, such as audio and video conferencing and seamless content sharing were also cited as essential.

Migration costs are critical for measuring ROI

The costs of migrating existing telephony architecture to the cloud are top-of-mind for most businesses, compared with other costs for such things as ongoing management, equipment and maintenance. Companies also reported migration costs as the primary factor to consider when it comes to ROI. The performance improvements they can expect from the cloud are deemed heavily dependent on the quality of underlying IT systems.

Businesses are looking for cloud expertise

Companies are choosing different paths to the cloud, whether their business model aligns to a public, private or hybrid approach. According to the research, most businesses report a need for experienced advisors to help them migrate to the cloud in a manner that makes the most sense for their organization. Cloud deployments are considered a critical part of their long-term communications strategies, and companies are investing in expertise to guarantee future success.

With Mitel as its strategic partner, TCI is well positioned to design and implement the best cloud solution for your needs. Contact us today at (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

 

Managing Multiple Sites? Hundreds of Phones? How Cloud Voice Enables Corporate Communications

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Designed to support small businesses to large enterprises that require customized UC and Collaboration, TCI’s Cloud Voice solution delivers the highest levels of performance, reliability and security through its global, mobile-ready cloud platform.

TCI’s team of certified network engineers will design and deploy a voice solution that keeps your business operating at peak performance – no matter how many locations you may have.

Ideal for Multi-Office Environments

Managing Cloud Voice locations and users is easy. Your local administrators can add and move users from an intuitive, centralized online portal. You can extend feature and call flow control to users or manage their access.

Your users will appreciate having the same communications experience anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Applications and information can be accessed seamlessly from any location because they are delivered from the cloud. Advanced security protection ensures that sensitive data remains safe.

Collaborate Smarter

Users can bring Outlook, Notes, Google, Lync/Skype and other applications into the conversation for true unified communications. TCI also offers robust productivity-enhancing features, including presence-based awareness, instant video communication, visual voicemail, attendant console, and much more.

Maximum Flexibility & Scale

Regardless of company size, you get all the flexibility you need to create your own communications environment without the complexity of managing it yourself. Cloud Voice can easily be scaled up or down instantly, allowing your business to grow and add features at your own pace.

If your legacy phone system is holding back your business, let’s talk about Cloud Voice Service. Contact TCI today: (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

Aging Phone System Slowing You Down? Mobilize Your Business with Cloud Voice Service

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Still tethered to your desk while taking calls? If your old phone system is still holding you back, now is a great time to upgrade your communications to Cloud Voice.

You’ll get more mobility, quality, and reliability – all at a lower cost than you’re paying now. You’ll be able to easily add offices, users and features as you grow, and customize how you connect with your customers and your team.

Here are 6 ways Cloud Voice can add value to your business…

  • Productivity – With your communications tools in the cloud, users get a seamless experience on any device, anywhere in the world so they can easily manage voice, email and IM from a single screen.
  • Simplicity and Security – You’ll appreciate having a system that’s simple to use and manage, with no boxes to install or software to maintain. You also get high reliability, exceptional quality and enterprise-class security through the cloud.
  • Connectivity – Access the same phone and collaboration features you enjoy from your office anywhere, so you can seamlessly transition from the office to the airport, the golf course, or your kids’ soccer practice without missing an interaction.
  • Management – Easily add, move, change, and delete users from an online portal with a simple click-and-drag interface. Instead of managing routine updates to the system, you can reallocate your IT resources to activities that require more technical expertise.
  • Business Analytics – With powerful data visualization tools accessed via intuitive dashboards, you can view real-time analytics to better plan contact center agent resources and fine tune your organization’s call flow for optimal performance.
  • Customer Service – When you integrate Cloud Voice with your contact center, including Salesforce.com and other CRM solutions, you can link callers and data in real time to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Don’t let inertia and your old phone system hold you back another day… Let’s talk about Cloud Voice for your business. Contact TCI today: (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

TCI Host – Cloud Voice Solution Simplifies Communication, Management & Budget

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When you combine flexible communications, mobility and the cloud, borders disappear, barriers collapse, costs drop and productivity rises. If these sound like the kind of advantages you want to bring to your business, it’s time to move to the Cloud with TCI Host.

Talk, Chat, Share & Meet

With TCI Host, you get all the features from the most advanced on-premises platforms – without the hardware and management headaches. Plus, you get the unlimited scalability, seamless mobility and open integrated technology that you’ve been looking for to bring your business communications and business intelligence together.

Any Device. Anywhere. Anytime.

TCI Host fits into the way your office team works. Use a desktop phone, smart phone or softphone on your laptop. Imagine… Just one phone system supporting your business no matter when and where your team is working – office, home, on the road, or branch locations.

We Deliver & Set Up Everything

Unlike many providers, who drop-ship phones and expect you to install and configure everything, our certified Cloud Voice experts come to you and set up everything to your specifications. After we install it, we’ll test everything to make sure it all runs smoothly.

With TCI Host, your business communications become a differentiator – a competitive advantage – that drives productivity and helps your people deliver an exceptional Customer Experience.

 

Don’t let outdated communications hold your business back…  Contact TCI today: (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

Hung up With an Old-School Phone System? Walk Your Talk to TCI Cloud Voice

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Companies of all types and sizes are replacing the phone systems of the past with simple, seamless cloud services. They’re motivated by reduced costs and new capabilities.

TCI Host is a customized Cloud-based UC and collaboration service. We offer several deployment models, including hybrid arrangements that can connect multiple locations with a mix of premises and hosted deployments. Over time you can easily shift from one approach to another as your needs change.

Enjoy unmatched scalability and flexibility…

  • Phones available from TCI or source your own
  • Work from the office, home or road
  • Handle calls from your desk or mobile phone
  • Seamless multi-site networking and extension dialing
  • Instantly check on the availability of colleagues
  • Easy online management & reporting
  • No upgrade, support or software costs… We maintain everything

Choose the level of support you need…

  • TCI can manage everything end-to-end… We’ll handle your moves, adds and changes
  • Or, manage your own changes and only call TCI when you need help
  • Break-fix support or sign up for a traditional maintenance plan

Also available with your TCI Host subscription…

  • Call activity reporting and analysis
  • Connectivity audit and analysis
  • Integration with Outlook, Salesforce, CRM and other applications
  • Professional onsite user and admin training
  • Discounts on services and equipment
  • Full warranty on components
  • Outstanding 24×7 onsite and remote support, plus help desk

Don’t let an old-school phone system hang up your business… Walk your talk to TCI Cloud Voice. Contact TCI today: (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

Moving your IT Services to the Cloud? How the same benefits (and more) apply to Voice

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Digital transformation has become a top initiative for business and IT leaders.  The same compelling reasons you’re exploring (or have already adopted) Cloud Computing also fit Voice. This list of benefits just scratches the surface…

  • Adopt Cloud Voice at your own pace: Support new locations, users, capabilities, or seasonal capacity requirements. A hybrid approach offers seamless integration and migration between on-premises and cloud-delivered services.
  • Choose exactly what you need: Pay for only what you need, when you need it.
  • Provide employees with flexibility to work anytime, anywhere: Work is no longer a place – it’s something you enable. With Cloud VoIP, you can embrace mobility and empower your employees to work anywhere, anytime, on any device – even during business disruptions.
  • Make managing phones and systems easier and more efficient: Voice on a virtualized platform centralizes management.  You can stop patching your employees’ devices on an individual, manual basis – saving you time, money and frustration.
  • Get new employees up and running in minutes: Streamlined deployment enables new staff to plug in a fully-featured display phone or access the system via their smartphones.

Learn more about Cloud Communications

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Ready to learn more?  Contact us today at (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.