Technology Adaption

As far as I'm concerned technology and innovation is supposed to help the human race and it should mold to our needs, not the other way around. Enter the Thumbell. This is a little weight that you place on you thumb in order to strength train those texting muscles. Thumbells isn't the first product to target those with smartphone-enduced thumb problems. The Xtensor, a thumb and hand exercise glove, was marketed a few years back at those with "BlackBerry thumb." And before that there were remedies offered for video gamers who had "Gamer's thumb." Of course, touchscreen smartphones, which now dominate the smartphone market, have put less strain on thumbs. When I read about this new product, I really was not sure what to think of it. What does it say about humanity when we need to exercise our thumbs to be better at using certain phone services such as texting? Any thoughts on this?

Communication Services and Disasters

There are days when you feel absolutely indestructible. At least I hope that is the case when it comes to your new business. So you got that communication service with all the bells and whistles including call forwarding and voicemail set up with the business application. Just because your communication does not include nearly as many physical equipment, doesn't mean you do not need to prepare for physical disasters. Those can cause power outages which could potentially put your business off the grid and that is the last place that you want to be. While VoIP’s reliance on the internet promises better availability in times of trouble, VoIP systems still need to be configured properly to ensure ongoing availability and redundancy patterns. For this reason, Irvine recommends that small to medium-sized businesses take advantage of hosted or multi-tenant VoIP solutions in which the vendor handles all of the PBX functions including routing calls via the internet. Business continuity during a natural disaster starts with selecting the right VoIP service provider.

Environmentally Friendly

In this day and age, we are all conscious of our carbon footprint, some more so than others. If you are running a business, it seem that you have more of a responsibility to make sure that you are being green and understanding what sort impact your practices are having. Having an onsite PBX system can mean even more hardware. So one of the best communication systems that a business profession can choose is the hosted VoIP system. When businesses sign up with a hosted business VoIP provider, they don’t need to purchase any hardware or software. The provider installs and maintains all of the necessary PBX equipment at an offsite location. One VoIP provider’s headquarters can supply countless businesses with service, so each individual business does not need to worry about buying their own hardware, finding a storage place for it, hiring a manual operator, etc. The video conferencing feature could also come in handy for those employees working at home. Remote employees can join in on conference meetings without driving to the office to attend. This communication system is definitely something to consider if you are just starting out with your business.