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Altigen Launches Azure Hosted Direct Routing for Microsoft Teams

We’ve launched our Microsoft Teams Certified Direct Routing Managed Service powered by Ribbon’s scalable session border controllers (SBCs) hosted in Azure. “With more and more companies subscribing to Microsoft Office 365 and adopting Teams Phone System, Voice communication will continue to be a cornerstone of the Microsoft Modern Workplace,” said David Tang, Chief Operations Officer […]

How Will Unified Communication Benefit Your Business?

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could unify communications using only one system? With all the platforms we use to keep in touch in organizations today, details can get passed over and miscommunications arise and it’s no surprise that important messages slip through the cracks. Keeping things connected can save your business time, money, and […]

How Skype for Business and Chatbots Are Changing the Way People Do Business

Back in 2003 Skype was established with the intent to make communications between people cheaper and faster, especially across state and national boundaries. The idea for Skype was sparked by peer-to-peer sharing, which meant as more people downloaded and used Skype, the better the connection would become for each user. As an added incentive, Skype […]

Why Hosted Skype for Business is the Gold Standard

With the Winter Olympics upon us, there is no doubt winning an Olympic medal is amazing. Just making the Olympics is impressive, but to be deemed the top 3 in the world in your sport is mind boggling. Winning a bronze: Great!  Silver? Wow! Really darn impressive.  But Olympians strive for Gold.  So we will […]

Hosted Skype for Business Video Presented by Altigen

Watch our Hosted Skype for Business Video! Skype for Business is the world’s leading Unified Communications platform, providing Instant Messaging, Presence, Voice and Video Calling, Desktop Sharing, Web Conferencing and Mobility. Find out how Hosted Skype for Business can help your business cut costs, improve business continuity and agility, and simplify management solutions by viewing […]

Overcoming Challenges Migrating from Lync to Skype for Business

As your plans for updating your business IT hardware and software begin to unfold here in 2018, you and your team have most likely prepared well and laid out the basic ground work for any upgrades and projects. As with many significant undertakings, however, there are going to be items on your list that you […]

Are You Ready for the Next Great Migration? The Cloud is Now.

Migration /mʌɪˈɡreɪʃ(ə)n/ – noun. The process of moving from one thing to another. Great migrations include years of travelers coming to new land for better opportunities, seasonal movement of birds, and now the movement from old, out dated systems to the cloud. While migration in the past may have been thought of as timely and exhausting, […]

When Chaos Comes Along, Fall Back on Your Disaster Recovery Plan

After a season filled with record breaking disasters across the globe it only seems fitting to discuss disaster recovery plans. From forest fires to level five hurricanes, people in many places have been evacuated from their homes and daily lives. When is normalcy regained after disasters such as these? When do people get back to work or fall […]

How Skype Grew Up to Become Skype for (Every) Business

It is no secret that there are hundreds of millions of Microsoft Office 365 users worldwide (that’s right… hundreds of millions… Microsoft doesn’t release much data on users but did confirm earlier this year there were over 100 million users of their 365 product). It is also no secret that a very, very small majority of […]

8 Quick Benefits of Hosted Skype for Business

By now you know we’re a fan of Skype for Business and the capabilities it offers to small or large companies. When integrating all the ways you communicate with a Unified Communication platform and expanding the abilities of Skype for Business, you increase productivity, simplify workflows and increase profitability. The next consideration that comes into play […]