Civil Engineering Communication comes out ahead with Skyway West’s Hosted PBX/Microsoft Teams Integration

Civil Engineering Communication comes out ahead with Skyway West’s Hosted PBX/Microsoft Teams Integration
In civil engineering, communication is not just a necessity; it’s the cornerstone of success. Projects often span large geographical areas, involve various teams, and require seamless collaboration between project managers, field supervisors, site workers, design engineers, and stakeholders. Effective communication is the key to ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with the ...

Revolutionizing Multi-Location Car Dealerships: How Unified Communications Cloud Phone Systems Solve 10 Key Challenges

01. September 2023 Unified Communications, VoIP 0
Revolutionizing Multi-Location Car Dealerships: How Unified Communications Cloud Phone Systems Solve 10 Key Challenges
In the world of multi-location car dealerships, effective communication is essential. Every missed call, every unaddressed query can lead to a lost sale. This is where a Unified Communications (UC) cloud phone system like Skyway UC can be a game-changer, addressing numerous pain points that often plague these businesses. For multi-location car dealerships, the benefits ...

The Benefits of a Single Provider for your Internet Access and Phone Systems

The Benefits of a Single Provider for your Internet Access and Phone Systems
Centralization versus decentralization is an old debate in the business IT world, but running a business is hard enough without having your technology scattered across multiple vendors. Different providers for Internet access and your phone system adds a layer of complexity that makes troubleshooting and management much more difficult than it should be.  Contracting with one ...

When Disaster Strikes: a Cloud-based Phone System is Invaluable for Business

When Disaster Strikes: a Cloud-based Phone System is Invaluable for Business
Recent catastrophic hurricanes in Florida and on Canada’s east coast have been a wake-up call to all of us that disasters happen. The ramifications of unexpected weather events or fire, flooding, earthquakes and power outages can be tragic and far-reaching. In this midst of this kind of emergency, keeping your business running might seem an ...

Rogers outage is a wakeup call: get ready for next disruption with low-cost failover options from Skyway

Rogers outage is a wakeup call: get ready for next disruption with low-cost failover options from Skyway
Last week the Rogers cellular and internet network endured a massive outage, and both businesses and consumers across the country suffered through a day — or in some cases even longer — without services. Though the media tends toward hyperbole, in this case they mostly got it right. For businesses, this is a “wakeup call” and ...

Telus is replacing their copper network. Is your business — and your phone system — ready?

Telus is replacing their copper network.  Is your business — and your phone system — ready?
Telus is telling business customers that by early 2023 they plan to have replaced their copper network with fibre. There’s a number of reasons for this, including higher maintenance costs for copper, less reliability and more line interference. As a result, POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) — which has been with us since the late ...

Prepared for the Risk of Cyber War overflowing into Canada?

Prepared for the Risk of Cyber War overflowing into Canada?
Recent analysis by Fitch Ratings has shown an increase in Russian cyberattack activity on businesses and government agencies with the risk of spillover attacks on non-primary targets becoming much more widespread. As part of their recent invasion, Russia blitzed Ukraine with DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks and data-wiping malware. Russian government attacks typically focus on other ...