What is Hosted PBX and how can it be beneficial to your business?
Prior to the last few years, the standard phone system we are accustomed to seeing at most every office around the globe is referred to as PBX, or Private Branch Exchange. In simple terms, a PBX is what connected all of the phones outside of your office with those inside; you didn’t set up shop without it. Overall, PBX systems have enjoyed a really long, truly successful run and they met every telecommunications need businesses both big and small had. Until now.
As we are all well aware, time has marched on and with it, technology has advanced significantly. Telecommunications needs and capabilities have grown exponentially. Consequently, however sufficient and reliable it might have been in the past, a traditional, hardware-reliant PBX system finds itself outdated and increasingly replaced.
Although our need for a more mobile-centric life began, for the most part, in our personal and consumer lives, it inevitably made its way right into our office. Remember when companies refused to provide employees tablets and/or iPhones? That didn’t last long. Businesses find they profit from being accessible, via more than only their website, around the clock. In addition, working remotely has been gradually more attractive to employees, one no longer desires to be strapped to the same desk all day, every day. Working at home provides them with the opportunity for a more peaceful and productive environment while cutting costs for all involved (less electricity and break room sodas for the company, no tolls or parking fees for the employee). And let’s not forget the sales people hustling in the field, their mobile needs are even greater.
A traditional PBX system, with all of its complicated hardware and cables, doesn’t meet these diverse needs. At all. However, a hosted PBX from Mobex does.
Providing all of the essential functions of a traditional PBX, a hosted PBX takes out the majority of the physical requirements and instead utilizes a network, otherwise known as the cloud. That famous, sometimes infamous, cloud. The hosted PBX can then be accessed anywhere at any time as long as a reliable internet connection is available. Employees can work from home, a hotel, or a favorite coffee shop. Callers can be easily transferred and conference calls organized, with little to no issue. Your general productivity is improved, while resource requirements (and costs) are reduced.
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