Cloud computing has definitely been a hot IT topic for the last couple of years. Most small business owners have a basic understanding of this rapidly evolving technology, but many are still unfamiliar with much of the terminology that surrounds cloud computing. Before delving into the some of the most common cloud-related terms, let’s first [...]

These days, you’d be hard-pressed not to have heard some mention of “the cloud”. Yet, there are still many who are a little unclear about what exactly is cloud computing. Since its fast-paced introduction, there has been lots of curiosity and confusion swirling around the cloud. However, with a growing number of cloud-based applications being [...]

We’re feeling the love this week and have another great story to share with you as part of our RingCentral Voices series. Today, we’re featuring Tasha and Andy Taylor of Taylor & Taylor Law Firm. As attorneys with a new practice, they are busy working on cases through the day while also juggling the demands [...]

Your car is buried. The roads are impassable. Heck, you can’t even open your front door with the all of the snow piling up on your porch. It’s definitely a “snow day.” But, what is an unexpected and fun break from school for the kids can be downright costly and disruptive for business owners. Before [...]

Receiving comments from happy customers makes our day. We get lots of great feedback from business owners who consider RingCentral to be a key component of their success. So, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers and share just a few of their amazing messages that we’ve received recently. Do [...]

Continuing our Non-Traditional Workspace series on Mashable  which highlights incredibly inspired and unique workspaces, we wanted to bring to you the story of a self-proclaimed “geek” who successfully manages his computer and network repair business while working onsite with customers. Spending much time on the road and in his clients’ server rooms, Erik Andre Herrera, one of three [...]

We take a rather complex term and break it down into its feature components using the example of the Virtual Office. As we mentioned in a previous post on cloud computing, the term itself is hotly debated and its definitions are segmented. So let’s use the example of how Cloud Computing has allowed for the [...]

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 [...]

As a follow up to the ITBusinessedge.com article “Could the Cloud Kill the PBX”, we wanted to offer our input as to where telephony is going and why old-school telephony days are numbered. This is not meant as a self serving competitive claim but a look at what is now becoming a natural evolution of [...]