Services
FIBRE
Today’s business environment relies upon constant connectivity. Your business can have the most advanced facilities or production equipment in the world, but without a telecommunications network to provide connectivity to the world around it, your business may struggle. A telecommunication network makes it possible for your employees to access business emails on a mobile phone while traveling for business, enable video conferencing in the office with clients around the world, while providing telephone service in your local area. Fibre optic internet has a variety of benefits compared to its copper counter-part. The symmetric speed of fibre is stable and fast, allowing for quick download and upload of content. This makes your business run smoothly and your leisure time buffer free! Speed Fibre-optic internet is many times faster than regular high-speed copper internet. Giving you constant speeds for you to surf the web, watch movies and run a business. Unlike its dial-up or wireless counterpart, fibre-optic internet has “symmetric speed”, meaning that the upload and download times are the same. This allows you to upload photos and stream movies at the same pace. Reliabilitiy Other benefits fibre-optic has over copper internet connectivity is that fibre cables are much stronger than copper. Copper cables decay and degrade over time resulting in spotty connections and loss of signal. Fibre-optic cables transfer data through a glass or plastic tube, which is resistant to electrical or human interference, unless physically cut. Signal Strength Unlike traditional DSL or ethernet over copper internet, fibre-optic signal does not degrade over distance. Bandwidth Stop “hitting the cap” on your bandwidth with fibre-optic internet. As higher demands are put on your network, speed won’t be likely to stutter. Latency Unlike its competitors, fibre-optic internet offers little to no latency over an internet connection. Fibre eliminates latency issues you would experience while downloading or uploading high definition content.
SECURITY, ACCESS CONTROL
Access control systems will generally offer an ONVIF type video stream and/or an integrated CCTV system solution. Whilst ONVIF provides a video feed that can be seen within an access control software platform, there is no association of door events to CCTV images. A fully integrated connection as with the EntroWatch access control platform and HIKVision CCTV system provides a fully automated approach and one that is easier to use in an emergency such as a forced entry and attempted break-in. A further enhancement is integration with external security barriers and a perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS). If external CCTV cameras are also deployed outside the building to cover strategic access and remote points, alarm events from the PIDS system for example can also be automatically associated with CCTV images to provide a fully comprehensive building security system.
HOSTED PBX
Hosted PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is a virtual telephone system that allows you to connect to your phone system via the Internet connection. In the past, many businesses used a traditional PBX setup: a private telephone network that allowed employees to make and receive calls using traditional landlines. Hosted PBX systems allow businesses to communicate wherever they have the Internet connection using a technology called VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) for a fraction of the cost of these traditional PBX setups. A good analogy would be how email has replaced traditional mail. Hosted PBX has superseded PBX: it’s more reliable, convenient, cheaper, and available 24/7. Why should your business invest in a hosted PBX setup? There are a number of benefits that come with switching to a hosted PBX system. Some of these include: Mobility Hosted PBX systems allow users to work remotely, as long as they have the Internet connection. Employees can just log into the system via their phone, tablet or computer. This is particularly useful as many businesses have had to transition to working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reliability Hosted PBX system will ensure that your phone system is always operational. You no longer need to worry about downed lines or missing voicemails, because the system is run in a reliable data centre which is monitored 24/7. Cost Savings Hosted PBX system is a much more efficient way to run a phone system. Rather than having to purchase and maintain expensive hardware, you simply pay a monthly fee for the hosted PBX system, which is much less expensive than a traditional phone system. Convenience Hosted PBX systems come with a number of features that help to keep your business running smoothly. Some of the most common features include voicemail to email, call forwarding, call logs and more. Cloud vs virtual vs hosted PBX What's the difference between hosted PBX, cloud PBX and virtual PBX? Frankly speaking, there's no difference, that's all the same name of the same technology. In some countries one name is more popular than the other or a provider prefers one over the other. The main meaning is that PBX is no longer a physical entity but a technology that is used via the Internet, that's why it can be called either virtual, cloud or hosted PBX. Conclusion A hosted PBX system is a convenient tool for organising day-to-day communications within and outside your business. It allows the productive structure of distributing calls between staff members, compiling information about customers and increasing the productivity and efficiency of your workflow.