The office PBX is disappearing fast We need your help!
Why Premise Based PBXs are Quickly Disappearing
- Aging TDM infrastructure is costly to maintain
For both the network operator and the enterprise customer - Adds / moves / changes are expensive and hard
Hard-wired phones and 24/30 DS0 step-increment trunks - CIOs can now leave PBX management to the experts
But IT managers still have complete control of services - Hosted services enable real unified communications
Cross-platform IM and presence so users can text or chat - H-PBX provides an increased emphasis on mobility
Employees are mobile. Now business lines can be as well
You know the names. You've worked with these legends. They are titans of TDM. The sultans of switching. Lucent Definity, Nortel Meridian, NEC NEAX, Toshiba Strata, Siemens Hicom, Fujitsu 9600 ES, Ericsson MD-100 Alcatel 4400. CAS classics.
"Up to 68 percent of small to medium size enterprises are considering IP voice services in the next 2 years"
Hidden on the back wall. With the photocopiers. In the stock room. Even inside the supplies closet. The torturous 3-day weekend office moves. Punching down endless twisted pair on unwieldy MDF. Those long overnight software upgrades. Planned outages and those not so scheduled. Fond memories. Good times.
These workhorses are rapidly disappearing as superior hosted telephony services drive this functionality into your service provider network or they are replaced by streamline managed IP PBX alternatives with their hyper-efficient SIP trunks.
We are trying to create a photographic record of these relentless laborers, before they disappear completely. Consumed by the cloud.
Send us your old photographs and memories of PBXs you've managed, used or seen over the years. Tell us where they were and when you saw them. Still have one in your office? Go take one last look, for old times' sake and send us a photo.
COULD THIS BE YOUR VERY LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE OFFICE PBX
CLICK HERE TO SEND US YOUR OFFICE PBX PHOTOS AND MEMORIES
The PBX is going to a better place
