What is Cloud Computing?
It's a complicated term used to describe a variety of paradigms and whose historical time line is still hotly debated. In the world of IT, the industry seems abuzz with the phrase "Cloud Computing". In 2007, Dell tried to trademark the term (it was rejected by the USPTO) and Larry Ellison of Oracle said, "It's what we've been doing all along." So if it's not new and not novel enough to be granted a trademark to an individual company, what is it? For businesses, cloud computing means that they will be able to afford and deploy enterprise-level software and hardware applications that were previously cost ...
Seven Effective Ways to Promote Your Business Online
Do these tasks each week and your small business will get new website traffic and customers. I know that many marketing and small business blogs these days have filler content that reiterates the obvious or advertises not-so-subtly. But I'm about to give you seven steps to get new customers for your business that not only have a high likelihood of success, but are relatively low cost. This is advice that clients pay us thousands of dollars for, and it's yours for free. 1) Get a Twitter Account In the most recent Website Magazine's "Year in Review", the editors passionately speak of ways that ...
2009: Year in Review
We couldn't have done it without the support of our loyal base of users and technologists worldwide. Thank You. RingCentral First to Offer True Enterprise-Class PBX "in the Cloud" Cloud computing has become the new buzz word. One sees it being bounced around as often as "information superhighway" and "Web 2.0" once were. But in the world of enterprise telephony, (not an accurate definition… this means self--provisioning by the user from the credit card order screen.) From a vendor perspective, customer self-provisioning and automated account and DID setup equates to lower operating costs which, in turn, translates to lower prices for customers. ...
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What is Cloud Computing?
It’s a complicated term used to describe a variety of paradigms and whose historical time line is still hotly debated. In the world of IT, the industry seems abuzz with the phrase “Cloud Computing”. In 2007, Dell tried to trademark the term (it was rejected by the USPTO) and Larry Ellison of Oracle said, “It’s what we’ve been doing all along.” So if it’s... [Read more]
Seven Effective Ways to Promote Your Business Online
Do these tasks each week and your small business will get new website traffic and customers. I know that many marketing and small business blogs these days have filler content that reiterates the obvious or advertises not-so-subtly. But I’m about to give you seven steps to get new customers for your business that not only have a high likelihood of success, but are relatively low cost. This is... [Read more]
Tuesday Tip: Why is my message notification light on?
For those of you who use IP phones with your RingCentral service, such as the Linksys IP Phone SPA-942, you may have noticed a red indicator light on top of your phone that lets you know when you’ve received a message. And most of the times it works—somebody calls your company, you’re not available, so they leave you a message and the light goes on. Simple, right? Not so fast. There have been... [Read more]
2009: Year in Review
We couldn’t have done it without the support of our loyal base of users and technologists worldwide. Thank You. RingCentral First to Offer True Enterprise-Class PBX “in the Cloud” Cloud computing has become the new buzz word. One sees it being bounced around as often as “information superhighway” and “Web 2.0″ once were. But in the world of enterprise telephony,... [Read more]
Three New Year’s Resolutions for Your Small Business
It’s a new year for your business – time to save money, be more productive, and advertise smarter. 1) I Will Test the Office Phone System When was the last time you checked your employee directory?Old toll free numbers can get lost, employees can move or switch titles and cubes and old numbers may lead to dead extensions. It’s not uncommon for a small business to lose anywhere from... [Read more]
The Recession Drives Small Business Innovation in 2009
Top 4 trends we saw in 2009 for SMBs. 1 – Social Networking at Work No, it doesn’t mean that more people at work are spending time on Facebook and Twitter (which they probably are), but that SMB owners are actually using these sites to promote their business online. Facebook: While there are numerous controversies brewing about Facebook’s latest change to their privacy policy, what... [Read more]
Tuesday Tip: Automatic call log delivery
Call logs are a great way to monitor how business is doing. Would you like to know how many new leads you’re generating? Count up the number of incoming calls to your number. How productive are your employees? Take a look at the telephone activity for individual extensions. All the data is there for you to see. For today’s Tuesday tip, we’ll show you how to have your company call logs delivered... [Read more]
iPhone Finally Ready for the Mobile Enterprise
RingCentral’s iPhone application lets you dial, fax, and voicemail like you’re in the office A friend of mine who works for a venture capitalist firm in Palo Alto once noticed my iPhone at lunch and said, “the iPhone is nice, and I love iTunes, but I can’t use it because it’s not ready for business.” At the time, he was right. Though an incredible entertainment... [Read more]
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