Understanding the Real Cost of Your Business Phone System 3 Connecting locations adds cost and complexity. Even if you don’t have multiple locations, you may have a dispersed workforce that you need to serve. The demands of bandwidth- intensive communications between two buildings, or among multiple sites, causes IT headaches and budget issues. And the presence of a disparate patchwork of hardware, such as New Phones phone systems from di昀昀erent vendors across satellite locations, can become a management nightmare. For example, if you 4 Software Licenses have multiple locations, you may need additional IT resources to manage not only the connectivity but also the additional Hardware phone system hardware. Simply enabling a remote workforce by integrating mobile applications and productivity tools is not Licensing & Maintenance Contracts, Software / Firmware / Hardware Upgrades possible with an on premises phone system the way it is with a cloud communications solution. Stand-alone Business Services: Fax, Audio Conferencing, etc. Telecom Charges: Predictability of costs and feature availability is poor at best, now Local / Long Distance, Toll Free and in the future. With a premises-based solution, each feature, Telco Connectivity: service, and maintenance agreement can become an added cost Voice PRI, Data T1s to be negotiated. This lack of system future-proo昀椀ng and limited innovation potential is a looming TCO issue for any company Multi-location Connectivity: MPLS, PSTN considering a premises-based approach. An all-inclusive cloud solution like Avaya Cloud O昀케ce™ not only includes the basic and Replacement & Upgrade Parts 5 advanced aspects of a modern business communications network at one cost, but also continues to deliver the latest innovations and features. These advances are immediately available to all of your employees. Furthermore, the deployment of these features and services all happens in the cloud, handled transparently by data center telephony and IT experts. © 2020 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved.