Yes, the trend of decommissioning on-premises phone systems is accelerating rapidly as organizations increasingly move towards cloud-based solutions for their communication needs. Don’t wait to receive notice your phone system is no longer being supported or replacement parts are no longer available.
Top 6 Reasons to Transition to a Cloud-Based Phone System ASAP
Cost Efficiency: Cloud-based systems typically offer you lower upfront costs and reduced maintenance expenses compared to traditional on-premises systems. So, your company saves on hardware, upgrades, as well as IT maintenance and support.
Scalability and Flexibility: Cloud solutions offer easy scalability, allowing your team to add or remove users and features as needed without significant infrastructure changes.
Enhanced Features: Modern cloud-based systems provide your staff with advanced features such as unified communications (combining voice, video, chat and text), integration with other applications, and advanced analytics. As you’ve probably experienced, this is way more complex to implement with on-premises systems.
Remote Work: You are basically Disaster Proofing your business. In the event of power outages, severe storms or illness, your staff can work from anywhere. Furthermore, if you have remote and hybrid employees, cloud-based solutions provide better support for remote access and collaboration, making them more suitable for today’s work practices.
Simplified Management: Your administrators will enjoy a user-friendly admin portal that reduces the complexity of system updates and configuration.
Security and Compliance: Cloud providers often have robust security measures and compliance certifications. These can be more comprehensive than what smaller businesses can manage on-premises. Thus, cloud phone systems free up a great deal of time for your IT team.
Hopefully, this paints a clear picture for why your organization should transition from your outdated on-premises phone system to a cloud-based solution. With integrated communication, collaboration, and productivity tools into a unified platform, just imagine the growth potential it will create.
One More Thing to Consider
Unfortunately, decommissioning notifications are often overlooked by customers as junk mail or are sent to inactive email addresses for former employees. We’ve also instances where a provider adds a notification to a customer’s phone bill that gets missed by their accounts payable person. It’s not uncommon for our technology advisors to receive panicked calls from clients who suddenly find themselves without a phone system. Think about it – do you want your customers believing you just went out of business?
Change Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult
Let My Resource Partners’ technology consultants simplify the process of moving to a cloud-based phone system. We’ll start with a Phone System Assessment to gain a better understanding of what you have in place and what you would like to achieve. Then our advisors will quickly connect you with best-in-class providers who best match your needs and budget. We’ll even arrange live demos so you can see the user and admin experience firsthand. We’re confident you’ll quickly see the benefits of moving to a cloud-based phone system and saving 35% or more on your phone expense.
