The collaboration of an organizations' workforce is crucial to its' success. Communications whether it be voice, text, or email are all vital tools in getting the right information to the right people as quickly and efficiently as possible.
The collaborative tools and solutions available are endless. Careful consideration to capabilities, cost, and growth must be made when planning your communications infrastructure. Regulations, budget, functionality/feature set, support resources; these are just a few of the considerations that must be taken into account when deciding to go with an Internal or a Hosted/Cloud based communications solution. Internal solutions can put data privacy concerns at ease, increased speed for large internal groups, higher availability for internal collaboration in the event of internet outage, full control and ownership of infrastructure. Depending on the infrastructure and resources these can all be considered benefits to hosting internally. The downside typically comes down to cost of implementation and maintenance, cost of upgrades, more complex configurations and security concerns when accommodating road warriors and remote users. Outsourced or Hosted solutions are typically less expensive and quicker to deploy, reduce burden of maintenance, higher availability for remote users, and easier to integrate with various devices and solutions; workstations, phones, and other Saas solutions you may have in place. Contact networks | etc today so we can help you uncover the pros and cons of each approach for your organization. |