At least, South Korea’s KT thinks so. The company (formerly known as “Korea Telecom”) is investing $130 million in the launch of an Internet of Small Things (IoST) specialized network, KT announced at a press conference in Seoul on March 29. The purpose of the new network is to connect tiny sensors, which collect “small data,” to computers for analysis and eventually to our sma [...]
When patients at the Arcus Clinics in Pforzheim, Germany needs to call a nurse, they click on a prompt on the bedside IP-based terminal. They can call or text the nurses, indicating what’s wrong and how urgent it is. Nurses can respond rapidly with the needed equipment to critical needs, contacting a doctor if required. Or they can prioritize the call if the patient simply need [...]
LONDON, UK, 11 APRIL, 2016 – 3CX, developer of next generation software-based PBX 3CX Phone System has enabled Avante Care and Support to bridge communications among its facilities and offices as well as to cut communications costs. Avante Care and Support is a 25-year-old UK charity that provides high quality personalized home care and support and residential care services. Av [...]
Video conferencing is powering sales forces to close more sales, thanks to the personal touch that a face-to-face meeting provides. This is one reason why the global market for video conferencing equipment and services, powered by the growth of Unified Communications, is forecast to expand at a CAGR of 8.5 percent during the period from 2015 to 2023, according to a report by Tr [...]
Exciting news for 3CX, partner Neocenter, and the Mexican market! Our recent training event at the beginning of March in Mexico City was a total success! Not only was there a great turnout for the 2 day training course, the event marked a milestone in 3CX history with the first Advanced Training in Latin America. Seats for the training days, which were held at Neocenter HQ, qui [...]
Phone humor has been around since Graham Bell invented the device; whether any of it was ever actually funny is up to you to decide. Here some are real April’s Fool favorite phone jokes. Every year on April 1, people leave voicemail telling someone that a “Mr. Lyon,” or “Ms. Wolf,” or “Mr. Bear,” or even “Mr. Jim Pansy,” called. The callback number goes to the city zoo. Apparen [...]
Unified Communications (UC) can help resolve a major compliance issue for banks, brokerages - the entire financial services industry. Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, the financial services industry has been pressed by regulators for detailed record keeping. The so-called “audit trail,” which used to simply involve archiving documents related to trading and financial [...]
Unified Communications is making a difference for SMEs, a March 2016 survey and analysis by technology review site Software Advice shows. Close to 50 percent of smaller companies see Unified Communications as offering “significant” value, according to the survey. “Businesses used to older PBX systems don’t know that these mobility features are possible or how convenient they ar [...]
What is the role of the reseller as the cloud replaces physical technology? Value-added resellers used to take 40 percent of sales from hardware, but now there is less and less hardware to sell. This means VARs have to change: Providing services to clients is key for success, and products that provide business solutions have become far more important to them. The reason is clea [...]
LONDON, UK, 18 MARCH, 2016 – 3CX, developer of next generation software-based PBX 3CX Phone System has enabled two sister companies to have seamless joint communications. Inelco Hunter Ltd. (IHL) is a specialist value-added UK electronics distributor, offering a broad range of electronic components, displays, printers, fans, electrostatic discharge protection and other solution [...]