We’re really looking forward to exhibiting at Love Business East Midlands this coming February 14th. It will feature a range of speakers and exhibitors from around the East Midlands. The event is kicking off our “Whats your business missing out on?” campaign and to celebrate that (and the small matter of valentines day) we have a [...]

You want what’s best for your business and you want to focus on competitive advantage through ongoing improvements, growth and cost control. Often the last thing on your mind is changing your IT or Telecoms provider. They have looked after you until now and seem to do a relatively good job so why change? The [...]

Mitel MAS Version 4.0 will be shipping from the end of February. It really emphasises where Mitel is going with its Unified Communications suite. In summary they announced: UCA can now be delivered via a web portal with real time presence and instant messaging Instant Messaging is now available on Blackberry and Android devices Calendar [...]

Fancy a new phone system to replace your old PBX? Well if you have a Siemens phone system or a Mitel SX2000 then now is your chance. Unitycomm are giving away a FREE state of the art Mitel IP phone system is purchased with a minimum of 30 IP handsets. You only have a limited [...]

Voice vendors have always been slow to react to communication changes and even now view integration to other systems as more of a threat than an opportunity. Despite huge advances in web and data applications delivering simple API’s the voice market still doesn’t seem to grasp the way the market is changing. We use CapsuleCRM [...]

Small businesses are always encorouged to network. I strongly recomend it myself and our business has benefited from networking over the years. We have also been able to provide thousands of pounds of business to companies we network with as well. However I have become increasingly skeptical of networking groups that have closed seat systems. [...]

  I found this diagram from the Horn Group really interesting:

Moving to cloud based solutions like Office 365 or Google Apps does mean you will miss out on some of the features of a on premises Small Business Server. These are just some: 1. Server upgrades – No more costly refreshes of the software and hardware every 3 to 5 years and no more being told [...]

We know that cloud computing services like Office 365 is disrupting traditional IT companies business models. They have enjoyed high support charges and good profits for many years and cloud will bring all that to an end we hope. So what have they done? One product many have been relying on is “Hosted Exchange”. This [...]

Had you considered how you can use cloud based technology to reduce business travel costs? We know businesses want to drive down costs and improve efficiency within their organisation. At the same time the cost of travel is rising and employees are demanding more flexibility in the way they work. Until now the tools that [...]