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The Benefits of Unified Communications and Collaboration

Mitel offers industry-leading unified communication solutions for businesses of all sizes. All of our voice solutions can be expanded into full, featu...


First Bank Case Study, Ring Central

Case Study Focus - PBX to Cloud, Multibillion-Dollar Bank Uses RingCentral to Upgrade Customer Service and Employee Communications First Bank ...


Security Bulletin for Mitel MiCollab Access Control Vulnerability

SECURITY BULLETIN ID: 22-0001-001 RELEASE VERSION: 1.0 DATE: 2022-02-22  Please review attached bulletin for details regarding the issue un...


Benefits of upgrading to a cloud-based PBX system

Take a look at this infographic to learn more.  Provided by Ring Central


SMB's - Navigating the Path Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted any notion of business as usual. To understand the pandemic's immediate impact on small and medium busine...


Know Your Options Before Moving to the Cloud

So you're ready to move to the cloud. But which cloud? And how should you make the move, especially given the uncertainty in today's marketpla...


Ring Central Contact Center Infographic

Boost the customer experence to new heights with Ring Central's Contact Center Cloud Solition. For more information, review this infographic ...


Next-Gen Cloud Contact Center for Dummies, Ring Central

Provided by Ring Central Find out how next-gen cloud contact center can help your organization deliver the experences your customers demand, what a...


UCaaS, what to know before you commit

Key questions to ask before choosing your UCaaS provider UCaaS delivers long-term value as well as immediate benefits. But, when moving to a cloud ...


3 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GET (AND STAY) CURRENT

Let’s face it, the days of running a business with outdated communication tools are over. The COVID-19 pandemic has made that very clear. Busine...


What Makes a Vendor Relationship Great

The best way to have peace of mind on your digital transformation journey is by having the right cloud solution provider. In this eBook you'll fin...


You Can Get There From Here

As the number of cloud-based communications solutions continues to grow, it’s become clear that all roads on the business communications technol...


Key Questions to Ask Before Choosing Your UCaaS Provider

UCaaS delivers long-term value as well as immediate benefits. But, when moving to a cloud solution, you're embarking on much more than a one-time ...


The Benefits of Unified Communications and Collaboration

Mitel offers industry-leading unified communication solutions for businesses of all sizes. All of our voice solutions can be expanded into full, featu...


Benefits of Unified Communications & Collaboration, Infographic

When voice and collaboration tools are integrated into a system that allows easy flow of communication among devices, it’s called unified commun...


What you need to know about Kari’s Law and Section 506 of RAY BAUM’S Act.

Mitel has released some important information regarding new FCC requirements that affects your Multi-Line Telephone System. As you may know, in August...


5 Signs you need to upgrade your phone system

If you are like most people, the sudden rush to send workers to work remotely highlighted some limitations of your phone system.  Some busin...


Dependable Communications for K-12 Education

Schools need communications solutions they can truly count on to keep students safe and staff efficient while also not breaking their budget.  ...


2021 State of hybrid work report

Provided by Ring Central This report will explains how small businesses are managing a partially remote workforce and how to set up your small busi...


Customer Experience Challenges in Pandemic Times

Survey of more than 4,000 consumers from the US, UK, France and Germany shows organizations making strides in CX despite challenging times; points to ...


The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty

Being ready for anything is now mission-critical. Business leaders today face the seemingly impossible task of planning for a future they can't po...


Cloud Communications & the Modern Workplace

Keeping your employees productive on any device...

Today's employees need communications systems to be always available and fully integrated to support their day-to-day activities.A cloud-based solution can give IT teams away out of this predicament. Mitel's solutions bring together voice, IM, presence, mobility, collaboration and even mobile access to the corporate directory which ensures that all company communications flow seamlessly.


The Benefits of a New Approach to Private Cloud

The choices are increasing for businesses who want to go to the cloud. As we settle into a social distancing culture, cloud communications is proving ...


Life on the other side of the pandemic

It has become increasingly clear that working from home may not end when quarantine does. Digital transformation has become comfortable and familiar f...


Why You Should Consider A Cloud Phone System?

Why cloud communications?  Your phone system plays a critical role in your business operations and in your company's success. But with...


Wi-Fi 6 for Dummies

The new generation of Wi-Fi Technology, Wi-Fi 6 offers a parigm shift at the network edge; not just faster speeds as in previous generation changes, b...


How your communications system contributes to school safety

A school emergency can arise any time, anywhere, impacting the lives of students, teachers, parents and staff. How do you respond to an unfolding s...


Giving Machines a Voice

The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) — billions of devices with embedded sensors that report their location, status, and cond...


Fabric Networking for Dummies

Fabric Networking For Dummies, Extreme Networks Edition, is your introduction to the world of fabric networking and the underlying protocols...


Cloud Networking Buyers Guide

Extreme Networks has provided this Buyers Guide which provides information, benefits and features on Cloud Networking. Download your copy today.


Guide to Effective Team Collaboration and Communication

Read this five-step primer to help you increase efficiency and productivity.


Guide to Finding a New Phone System

Don’t feel overwhelmed on your search for a new phone system. Sticking to these seven steps will keep your search focused and strategic. As an e...


Moving to the Cloud

Why your phone system is a great place to start!


MiTeam Meetings

Introducing Mitel's MiTeam Meetings.... This newly released application gives your team the advantage by offering meaningful interactions with&...


5 Ways Your Current Phone System Can Limit Your Success

If you're like many businesses, the only time you think about your phone system is when it's not working.  But the "set it and fo...


Mitel Performance Analytics 3.0 Enhancements

Mitel Performance Analytics is a fault and performance management system designed to provide users with fast actionable problem resolution so that opt...


Getting started with IOT in the enterprise.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a hot topic these days. It’s in the news, people make vague references to it, and technology experts predict w...


Key Questions To Ask When Evaluating Cloud Business Phone Providers

Free Guide Provided By Mitel Networks Businesses today are increasingly turning to cloud business phone systems to meet their communication...


Cloud Communications and Collaboration for Dummies

Cloud Communications and Collaboration For Dummies, RingCentralSpecial Edition, consists of seven chapters that explore the following: How busi...


How App Overload is Reshaping the Digital Workplace

From Workplace Chaos to Zen Information is coming from everywhere, with unlimited ways for it to be delivered. Notifications flood cellphones, ads in...


App Overload - Connected Workplace

In today's workplace, we use multiple apps to help us work smarter, faster and keep us connected but are they disruptive? Take a look at this inf...


Moving Cloud Phone System UCaaS eBook (Ring Central)

Today, businesses have a number of choices when it comes to telecom technology. PBX, IP PBX, or Cloud UCaaS: Which one is right for your business? Wh...


Your Cloud Future: Five Key Opportunities for Digital Transformation

YOUR CLOUD FUTURE: FIVE KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION  For small and medium-size businesses, digital transformation sounds li...


Comparing UC Vendors

A successful unified communications (UC) deployment should streamline everyone's workflow, simplify IT operations and deliver a lowered total cost of ...


Mitel MiCloud Connect Premier vs. 8x8 Virtual Office X5 and RingCentral Standard

Understanding the Business Case for Mitel MiCloud-based Unified Communications Tolly Report #218102 Commissioned by Mitel Networks Corp. January 20...


Unified Communications - A Smart Investment


NJPA - National Joint Power Alliance

It’s YOUR Choice! You know what you’re looking for ... so leverage the savings opportunity. With NJPA’s national, competitively sol...


IT-AS-A-SERVICE

The cloud is revolutionizing businesses everywhere and changing the way we think about IT, and the rising popularity of IT-as-a-service is proof of th...



Cloud VS On-Premises Decision Tree


Defining the Mobile Cloud

      Research into the mobile enterprise conducted by Mobile squared, as commissioned by Mitel, confirms that in almost one-third of ...


The Essential Guide to Public Cloud for Business Communications

So you’re considering public cloud for your business communications. You’re not alone! In fact, more and more businesses are turning to cl...


Cloud X.0: Hosted VoIP for the Evolving Consumer

In an environment where cloud-based technology increasingly plays a role in businesses of all kinds, the way that IT and business users source and con...


Next Generation Mobile Technology

Thanks to the smart device explosion of the past few years, the way customers interact with the companies is also rapidly changing. Mobile trends impa...


How Enterprise Mobility is Changing the Workforce

Today the world has over 3.5 billion people with Internet access, and for the first time, the number of mobile technology users exceeds the number of ...


Digital Transformation for Dummies

Digital transformation has become a top initiative for business and IT leaders. In a today’s business world, sustainable market leadership is no...


Team Collaboration

This infographic shows how Team Collaboration tools can help your organization. 


Aruba Instant Wi-Fi

The need for users to be productive on their mobile devices is driving organizations everywhere to look for ways to cost-effectively build and su...


Mobilizing Real Time Communications

Basic real-time communication (RTC) and connectivity services are under pressure as the market demands richer, higher value services available on...


Cloud Communications For Dummies

When it comes to communications, most businesses find themselves with a puzzling dilemma: how to connect employees, customers, and partners seamlessly...


Move to the Cloud

Should you move your business communications to the cloud? Take a minute to review this informational graphic and call us with any questions.


Ten Trends Impacting Your Contact Center and How to Profit From Them

That’s the reality of doing business in today’s mobile world where every customer has your competitor a simple tap away on a smartphone. E...


Five Ways to Improve Customer Service

The key to great service is being accessible to your clientele, no matter where you are. Today, contact center agents are not bound to the office; th...


10 Reasons for a Cloud-Based Solution

We have narrowed down 10 critical reasons businesses choose a cloud-based solution for phone systems. From cost benefits to mobility, security and...


Office Productivity

The Struggle for Productivity in the Office is Very Real – Let’s Fix It! To solve the true issue, take a look at this informational g...


How cloud communications is opening up possibilities.

Read on to find out why some IT pros are shopping for game tables to go in empty server rooms while others are untangling wires and watching blinking ...


802.11 Buyer's Guide

Created by: Extreme Networks


Customer Experience for Dummies

Mitel Special Edition E-book... This book is aimed at decision makers and influencers who can drive the way your organization chooses to meet the dem...


Deliver a Digital Customer Experience for Today’s Mobile Consumer

Customer experience is a key differentiator in today's ultra-competitive environment. More than ever, that experience is shaped and delivered through ...


Seamless Communication & Collaboration

In a world of mobile and cloud technologies, enterprises can redesign their business processes with tools like embedded communications. For the mobile...


Top Five Ways to Optimize Your Communications

Just as you should go through and clean out your desk periodically (so that’s where that user manual for the old printer went!), you should also...


The real value of Unified Communications

If you asked ten IT Directors to define Unified Communications you’d probably get ten different answers so we’ve prepared a free guide to ...


The Power of the Mobile Consumer

Today’s mobile consumer is vastly different than the consumer of the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s or even 2000s. Your average customer tod...


The Power of the Mobile Consumer Infographic

Today’s mobile consumer is vastly different than the consumer of the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s or even 2000s. Your average customer tod...


Mitel Healthcare Solutions for Senior Care Solution Overview

Our eldercare solutions leverage cloud and mobile technology consisting of an ecosystem of alarm messaging devices, mobile applications while providing seamless integration with third party solutions.


Five Ways to Ensure Quality Eldercare

The demand for Eldercare is growing, governments are pushing back as healthcare spending gets more expensive, IT managers are responsible to deliver safe,quality personal care while closely managing your technology budget. Mitel eldercare solutions can help you meet your objectives while saving on costs by leveraging cloud and mobile technology.


Rise of Mobile Enterprise Infographic

The core of our mobile enterprise strategy is the emergence of a mobile-first, cloud-enabled and millennial-focused world where people can communicate and collaborate securely—anywhere, anytime on their devices and applications of choice.


National Joint Powers Alliance NJPA

It’s YOUR Choice!

You know what you’re looking for ... so leverage the savings opportunity. With NJPA’s national, competitively solicited contracts, you can get the brands you prefer when you want them.

Government, education and non-profit agencies benefit from easy access to high quality products, equipment and services at a competitive price — that’s the real value of quality and savings!


Lync Deployment - Aruba Instant Best Practice Guide

This document is intended to serve as guide to deploying Microsoft Lync on an Aruba Instant network. The Guide walks through the market dynamics influencing the change in the Unified Communications market, as well as GUI configuration fields in Instant to setup the network.


Network Rightsizing Blueprint for the All-Wireless Workplace

Understanding the drivers behind the all-wireless work place is key to migrating away from hard-wired gear and toward a vision of full mobility.


10 Contact Center Tech Tools

You may think you are running an efficient and cost effective contact center, but there is always room for improvement when it comes to the customer experience. Whether it’s gaining more insight into contact center operations so you can better manage your business, accurately staffing agents to the forecasted call volume or ensuring your contact center is a resilient and highly available business unit, you may be missing out on key contact center features that can help you better measure and manage your business. If you don’t have these 10 features in your contact center software, look for a solution that does.


Creating a Communication-led Business by Understanding UC Adoption

The anticipated growth of the UC market and increasing demand for advanced technology applications from workers means it is more important than ever for companies to embrace new ways of communicating and start benefiting from the changing nature of collaboration in the workplace.


Seven Productivity Myths WP

After years of being chained to the old ideas of office productivity, businesses are realizing that liberated employees are empowered employees. When you free people from the tethers of the office, amazing things start to happen: productivity rises, borders and barriers disappear, innovation replaces enervation, and the quality of work improves as employees’ quality of life improves.


Work is evolving

The Next Generation Model for Smarter Business

Today’s world of business is increasingly fast-paced, competitive, technology-led and global. Cultural, technological and physical elements are working together to drive a rapid pace of change like never before. From demand for more freedom in the way we work and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, to technology innovationand the increasing adoption of new devices, platforms and applications, to the breaking down of international and regional barriers.


Guide to Buying a Phone System

A Step-by-Step approach to finding the best solution for your business.


Call Recording for Healthcare

This document will provide background on EMRs, explore call recording as a logical and beneficial component of a healthcare provider’s electronic recordkeeping, discuss why traditional EMR implementation problems do not exist with call recording and demonstrate that regardless of an operation’s degree of EMR deployment, call recording can be added immediately to any office without interference or procedural disruption.


Call Recording for Customer Retention

This white paper will explore how call recording and voice documentation can have a near-immediate impact on the quality of service and rate of customer retention in businesses that conduct any portion of their operations via the telephone.


5 Steps to Future Proofing Your Communications System

Presented by: AVST


802.11ac- Gigabit Wi-Fi, explained

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13 Ways to Boost Productivity

Looking for some clarity? Check this out for a clear understanding of how customers are shopping, why they abandon your transactions, and what steps you can take to keep them happy.


Cloud Batting Lineup

In business, as in baseball, communication and collaboration are critical to working like a team toward a common goal. Having the right equipment can be a big part of that. Chances are, you’ve already moved some of your business applications to the cloud, which will better prepare you for working communications into your cloud lineup. If you still haven’t unified your communications in the cloud, now might be the best time to act—before the competition gets a competitive edge.


Mobilizing Your Enterprise Infographic

Enterprises are getting serious about mobile=enabling their workforce and workflows. See how unleashing your business can impact your bottom line. By...


Premise-Based vs Host Communications Solution

An objective look at the pros and Cons of each.


IdentiFi Wireless Datasheet

Overview of Extreme Networks wireless solution


2014 WiFi Challenge

Created by: Extreme Networks Guide to understanding and choosing a Wi-Fi Solution for Today's Mobile Worlds


Data Center Design Guide

Created by: Extreme Networks


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Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare

As the wireless standards evolved from 802.llb to 802.11n, and mobile devices grew from a handful of Microsoft PDA’s to thousands of IOS clients, so have our ops manuals. 


Gartner & Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks Ranked Among the Top for Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure

2014 Critical Capabilities for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure.


Extreme Networks & Palo Alto Networks

Converged networks, private clouds, public clouds, data center virtualization, virtual desktops, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and a host of other changes are transforming the way organizations use networks. Along with the potential for cost savings and increases in productivity comes a new set of security challenges.


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