Insights focusing on: Telecom
Time to leave the legacy behind: 5 reasons to move to the cloud
By staying with a PBX system, a business risks system outages and unplanned downtime, high upgrade costs, and little to no flexibility or agility for employees. ...
“988” National Suicide Prevention Line Update
July 16, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules establishing “988” as the new, nationwide, three-digit phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. ...
E-911 is complex with UCaaS – Here’s how Zoom’s doing things different
In an emergency, we expect to be able to pick up any phone anywhere that will not only connect us to emergency responders like police and fire but also let them know where we are calling from so they can find us. That may not be the case if you are using a cloud-based phone system. ...
POTS lines are going away, are you prepared?
With VoIP and smart phones comprising over 90% of all telephone service, the need for landline or copper lines from the phone companies has all but disappeared. ...
Preventing a data breach for your most vulnerable devices
Here are some interesting, albeit shocking, stats about the most vulnerable devices we use on a daily basis: 47% are security cameras installed on company networks 15% are ...
911 best practices
While more businesses are reopening, thoughts about the existing phone system must stay in the forefront. There are several things to consider to ensure your phone system’s 911 information is accurate and updated. ...
LockBit ransomware – What is it and are you safe?
Do you know what LockBit ransomware is? How confident are you regarding the security and safety within your internal operations? Is your current IT set up capable of preventing this type of ransomware attack? ...
Business closures: There are cybersecurity risks involved
The closing of a business is a major process which includes paying attention to all the loose ends. Perhaps in the haste of closing one’s business, certain security aspects are forgotten, procrastinated, or unknown. ...