Shoestring Venture, the startup bible blog, recently featured VoIP Supply on their site. Including a synopsis of our hosted, cloud based VoIP solutions and other services that are great for small businesses or entrepreneurs just getting started, VoIP Supply was asked to answer questions about how we can best help customers and where the company is heading.
Did you know that Panasonic makes SIP Phones? Me neither, until I received a pack of four to demo in our lab at VoIP Supply. If you have been using Grandstream, Yealink, Aastra, or Polycom, you owe yourself a peek at the Panasonic SIP Phone Lineup.
Just like the others out there, Panasonic offers all the great features you have come to expect in a decent SIP Phone:
The Deskphone Linecard currently has four models available ranging from entry level to management-type. The Panasonic SIP lineup even includes a DECT phone. The Panasonic KX-TGP550 is a deskphone/DECT Phone hybrid.
Similar to the Aastra CT models, the TGP550 includes a Wired deskphone with a KX-TPA50 DECT handset. The DECT system will support up to three simultaneous calls and up to eight DID’s.
Main features of Panasonic SIP phones include:
You will not find a Panasonic deskphone that comes in different colors or that offers a colored LCD display – YET. The five models of Panasonic desk phones all have the basic and enhanced features you would expect from a high quality SIP Phones but not the luxury features. They are all business.
On Tuesday, December 6th Polycom will co-host a live webinar with Microsoft to show how new Polycom solutions combined with Microsoft Lync create powerful unified communications (UC) systems.
Polycom plus Microsoft Lync create an interoperable environment enabling users to:
Explaining the value of this solution and answer questions, this webinar will feature Microsoft and Polycom executives and a customer speaker. Webinar starts December 6th at 11 am EST. Follow this link for event registration:
Also to be discussed is the new Polycom CX7000, the first video collaboration solution to be qualified by Microsoft as “optimized for Microsoft Lync.”
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Switchvox is Digium’s family of VoIP (Voice Over IP) Phone Systems for small and medium businesses. If your small operation is looking for examples that mirror your own application, new Switchvox case studies have been posted that show how to:
Switchvox systems are designed to be easy to use, full of helpful features and cost less than a traditional PBX. Compare Switchvox SOHO for up to 20 users including mobile apps and Switchvox SMB that comes in three sizes to match your user footprint. Both set-ups are designed to grow as you grow.
Click here for all Switchvox case studies and success stories.
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Understanding the difference between a hardphone and softphone is as simple as using one of each â but many people have not had the pleasure of experiencing a softphone yet.
When it comes to SIP softphones and open source SIPs (Session Initiation Protocol), too many people are still left in the dark.
Luckily, this article is here to enlighten. Weâll provide a brief summary of SIP technology and what it might mean for both you and the way you handle your communications on a daily basis.
If you run your phone system using a VoIP service provider youâll probably recognize just how easy it can be to ditch traditional phones in favor of softphones, which can be downloaded straight to your computer and often for free.
Being able to speak over a computer as opposed to a phone reduces everything from desk space being used to the money being spent on new phones! For this reason alone, this type of phone is often popular with start-up companies and new businesses.
VoIP Supply has made the 2011 list of Western New Yorkâs Top CEOâs making this the seventh straight year that VoIP Supply has been named one of the regionâs top private companies.Â
The newly named Top CEOâs award, formerly known as Western New Yorkâs Top 100 Private Companies, celebrates the men and women through whose leadership their companies not only remain at the top but contribute so much to WNYâs economy and quality of life.Â
VoIP Supply occupied the modest 96th ranking in 2005 when the company was first named to the Top 100 WNY Private Companies list. But after six consecutive years of nominations, VoIP Supply climbed to the 56th position in 2010.Â
This year, for the seventh straight time, VoIP Supply joined the other Top CEOâs for a reception at Salvatoreâs Italian Gardens on November 17, 2011 as the 50th top private company in the region.Â
“Being named to the Top CEOâs List for leading one of Western New Yorkâs top private companies is a tremendous honor for everyone at VoIP Supply,” said Benjamin P. Sayers, President and CEO of VoIP Supply. “Continuing to move up the list every year is testament to the value we deliver to our customers, and proof that Western New York is a place of positive business growth.”
The list of Western New Yorkâs top CEOâs/Top Private Companies is compiled by Buffalo Business First and Dopkins & Company, LLP.
Educators are always trying to impress upon students the untapped power of their minds.  To give thanks to their sometimes Herculean efforts, VoIP Supply would like to share something helpful with all those earnest education folks.
Because not only is a mind a terrible thing to waste but so too is your valuable time and money, VoIP Supply’s Edu Assist Program will save educational institutions both time and money when deploying Voice over IP (VoIP).Â
VoIP Supply designed the Edu Assist Program to provide service, support, and expertise tailored specifically to educational applications. In addition to the discounts, free shipping, and payment terms that this program provides, education-specific purchasers can expect:
“Educational customers have unique needs,” said Garrett Smith, Chief Marketing Officer at VoIP Supply. “VoIP Supply understands the nuances of these deployments so we aim to provide a high level of assistance.”
For additional information about the Edu Assist program give us a call, 800-398-8647, or fill out the form to contact a VoIP expert.
Overhead. Itâs one of the fastest ways to reduce costs for a start-up and one of the quickest ways to hemorrhage money.
Many startups may not have consistent cash flow so having high office expenses, such as phone expenses, can really put a dent in your pocket. This is especially true if you have a phone system that charges you too much for those sales calls of yours and is so inefficient that you lose a lot of time troubleshooting the phones.
That doesnât have to be the case, of course. You can simply switch to a VoIP phone system where youâll make things a lot more efficient around the office and definitely lower your costs.
With Thanksgiving less than a month away the Buffalo City Mission was still short of its holiday assistance goal. Desperately needing more generosity, VoIP Supply answered the call and donated 1,000 Thanksgiving meals for the communityâs homeless and homebound families.
Aubrey Calhoun, director of public relations-development at Buffalo City Mission, explains that âWith over 64.9% of homeless families experiencing homelessness for the first time, our services are needed more than ever due to families struggling to make ends meet.â
Through their Turkey Express and Outreach Ministry programs, The Buffalo City Mission prepares and delivers thousands of dinners to shelter guests, homebound families and senior citizens in addition to distributing donated turkeys to hurting families and individuals within the community.
âWe have experienced remarkable success and feel strongly about giving back to the community,â said Garrett Smith, VoIP Supplyâs CMO. âThriving local companies like VoIP Supply have an obligation to be socially responsible and civic aware. Weâre happy to help and know that fewer families will go hungry this holiday season. As a company that likes a good challenge, we challenge other Buffalo area companies to match or exceed our commitment this year.”
When youâre a start-up company, one of the things you want to do is look like youâre not a start-up company. You want your business to project an image of success and professionalism, even if itâs not always possible in that first shoddy office space youâve rented.
But there are indeed areas in which you can upgrade your image â and your companyâs processes â simply by utilizing the awesome force of technology. Weâre talking about VoIP phone services in which you handle your calls through the Internet and not through a traditional phone provider. While it might seem like futuristic technology out of your grasp, weâre here to tell you that VoIP options are indeed viable and may be among the simplest voice systems youâve ever employed.
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