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What is a True Mobility Solution?

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Posted by Nick Nance, VP of Technology Development, CallTower

A true mobility service allows users to be productive when working remotely, traveling or spending time outside of the office. CallTower provides mobility integrated services on a pay as you go, monthly subscription basis.

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Top 5 Reasons for Unified Communications-as-a-Service

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Posted by Linda Kazdova, Marketing Manager, CallTower

There is a major shift happening in the way businesses acquire and use technology these days. Businesses are turning to cloud, SaaS, OnDemand or ASP models to consume non-strategic technology for many reasons. The increased rate of technology change, complexities, improved security, redundancy, required integrations, improved use of capital, focusing of human resource and across the board flexibility are many of the driving factors that are pushing this change. Let’s look at the main 5 reasons for Unified Communications-as-a-Service.

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Interview with InterCall Account Executive

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Posted by Linda Kazdova, Marketing Manager, CallTower

Megan Moresco-Barros, global account executive, InterCall is the winner of CallTower Partner Q42010 Promo. Read about what it took to close a business opportunity with a 250-employees, Silicon Valley based technology company that was looking for a cloud communications service.

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CallTower delivers To Santa Clara Unified School District

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Posted by Linda Kazdova, Marketing Manager, CallTower

CallTower recently completed the implementation of its Interconnected VoIP service for the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD). The school district serves more than 15,000 K-12 students and an additional 15,000 students in adult school.

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My first-hand experience with SMI

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Posted by Linda Kazdova, Marketing Manager, CallTower

My company turned up the SMI product for us, the CallTower employees. My first thoughts were, wow… how is this going to impact my work – life balance? Am I going to get work calls at night or on the weekends? The answer is no.

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CallTower positioned as a Visionary

Friday, January 7th, 2011

CallTower positioned as a Visionary in Gartner’s UCaaS Magic Quadrant

CallTower, Inc., the market-leading provider of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “visionaries” quadrant of the newly published “Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, North America” report.  This is the second consecutive year that CallTower has [...]

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CallTower-Sprint SMI Service

Friday, December 10th, 2010

CallTower will soon be releasing a new service based on Sprint SMI (Sprint Mobile Integration).  This is an additional service offering in the CallTower Mobility suite which allows users to pair their Sprint mobile device with their CallTower IP phone.
When the IP phone rings their cell phone rings simultaneously, allowing the user to take the [...]

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Will Microsoft Lync mean the end of the PBX?

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Many have pondered the question: Will Microsoft Lync (formerly OCS) mean the end of the PBX? I would answer that question unequivocally with a big…Maybe?

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The ROI of Hosted Unified Communications

Friday, October 8th, 2010

For good reason, there is plenty of attention and focus on the ROI of cloud computing offerings. The million-dollar question is how to determine the true ROI, specifically when even common definitions of cloud offerings differ.

Take for example Hosted UC also known as Unified Communications as a Service or UCaaS. While certainly no one-size-fits-all ROI analysis can be applied, enterprises considering UCaaS should factor in not only the IT and telecom cost savings but also the benefits that lie outside of IT in the business units and how easily UC fits in with or enhances existing business processes.

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What is a true Mobility solution?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

So what is a mobility solution? Giving someone a mobile device to slip into their pocket, maybe two devices… one for personal use and one for business use and calling it good? Generally speaking the key individuals in an organization are people that need a true mobile solution. These key people are individuals that drive revenue and strategically steer the organization, the KEY VALUE CREATORS for any company.
A mobility solution

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