Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Hosted VoIP: Your Shelter From the Rain



Into everyone’s life a little rain must fall.  When disaster strikes, the last thing that you should have to worry about is your business slowing down.  If a fire, flood or other unforeseen event forces you to have to move from your place of business, TrueChoice Telecom Hosted VoIP has the ability to route your calls from anywhere that there is an internet connection via web portal.  If a customer calls your office number, Hosted VoIP will redirect your call to a new location that hasn’t been effected by the disaster. 
With Hosted VoIP, your business’s communication needs are no longer reliant on any particular hardware or location.  SMB, or service message block, is a protocol that allows the sharing of files, printers, scanners, communication equipment and serial ports among a group of computers.  With TrueChoice Telecom’s Hosted VoIP, an assemblage of providers will be handling your SMB needs from a separate location.  These providers’ main area of expertise is establishing and maintaining this form of communication between your company computers and communication devices.
One of the many advantages to this type of out-of-house managing systems is with the flexibility they provide in event of a disaster.  By maintaining your communications systems with TrueChoice Telecom, their Hosted VoIP program can reroute your calls instantaneously, so that there will be no gap in your ability to conduct your business.  It will also enable you to maintain contact with the members of your company and efficiently establish a plan for keeping your business together as you work through the aftermath of the disaster.  Even if the best course of action is to have employees working out of their own homes for a while, Hosted VoIP can make easy communication a reality.
No one wants to think about a disaster affecting their place of business but these things do happen.  It will give you peace of mind to know that if disaster strikes for your business you have Hosted VoIP in place and you will be able to focus on the more important issues of getting back on your feet again. 

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

How Secure Is Cloud Computing?


One of the concerns that people talk about when it comes to cloud computing is safety. Those concerns although valid can be unfounded, because as a whole cloud computing is rather safe. Cloud computing has been for a while very safe from hackers as they have been having a lot of trouble trying to access data from the companies that offer the service. You should still ask your company about their security features to make sure that they have as much security as you can feel comfortable with. In general, you should be satisfied with the safety features of cloud computing.

Security Offline
As great as the security features are online, you will be even happier with the offline it is virtually impossible for your data to be stolen offline. A thief could actually steal your computer and they would still have no access to the data from the cloud. That feature alone makes it one of the safest services that you can get while using your computer or ant device that you may use to access the information. The company that you are using also has security features to protect the data such as firewalls, encryptions and some of the best anti-virus protection there is.

Money Saving Option
Although some people may have some concerns about cloud computing, most of those fears are really not based on the facts. Cloud computing is one of the most secure ways to reduce the costs of your company. It is a great advantage to be able to see the files in any computer in the world that you have access to. You do not have to risk transporting and losing data while traveling and that can save you time, money and headaches. There should be no hesitation on your part when it comes to security concerns.