cloud-based UC platforms

Why Your Startup Should Be In The Cloud

Very few startups have the luxury of starting out big. After all, funding comes rolling in only when the startup has proven itself to have profit potential. Think of all the multinational enterprises like Facebook, Google, Apple, etc. – all of them started from a garage and went on to become global phenomenon’s worth millions!

If you happen to run a startup company, team coordination and communication is vital. But how do you effectively communicate with your team members when there is no office space to unite them together? This is where cloud technology can come into play.

If you didn’t know already, startups and cloud phones are a huge thing now! And rightly so because of all the benefits this technology provides. Keep on reading to learn why your new business should use cloud technology. Pronto!
Why should you adopt cloud?
There has perhaps been no startup that didn’t benefit from simple and effective communication. Communication is now at the core of every modern business, and it needs the functions of the latest technology to grow.

Startups that utilize features of VoIP have the upper hand because they can reap the benefits of things that expand far beyond making and receiving calls. From instant messaging to video conferencing; from auto call response to voice to text conversion, the benefits offered by this technology are abundant.

These IP PBX phone systems can allow growing businesses to overcome multiple obstacles via an all-in-one solution that even costs less than other …

Cloud Storage Solutions: What’s a Cloud Container?

Cloud containers are best defined as a technology that better optimizes resources consumed by an application. This then becomes a smarter way to run a single application by not eating into the memory, disk space, and processing power – thus maintaining a proper balance in the allocation of resources. Cloud containers are a popular talking point in the IT sector right now as major companies such as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are increasing their usage.

Containers are easy to deploy, streamlined, and provide a secure method when implementing certain infrastructure requirements. It’s also more efficient than hardware virtualization, as it provides the necessary computing resources as if it’s the only one running in the Operating System.
How is a Cloud Container Different?
Cloud containers differ from virtual machines due to their minimalist nature and user-friendly mode of deployment. You don’t need to install an entire OS to the container and neither do they need a host server’s virtual copy of the hardware to perform. Containers operate with the bare minimum amount of resources, which means you can deploy containers on a server 2 to 3 times as much in comparison to virtual machines.

Speaking of user-friendly deployment, cloud containers are also highly portable and can be deployed to multiple servers at an extremely quick pace. You can implement a container in two ways: either by downloading a pre-made image, or creating the image yourself. From the perspective of software, the fast deployment aspect …

What the Rise of Hybrid Cloud Computing Means for Business

The increasing popularity and growth of cloud computing is marked by the expanding number of businesses that have decided to make the transition to a cloud environment. However, a growing number of small businesses today are also discovering the many benefits of a hybrid version of cloud computing.

Based on in-depth research reports that involved two hundred plus CIOs, each of whom manages annual IT budgets in the range of $550 plus million, we see many positive and exciting developments taking place in the IT landscape.
Research From Markets
Additionally, based on complex research data from one of the finest global industry researchers, MarketsandMarkets, the hybrid cloud model shows a high demand that is growing at a compound rate of 27% per year. This rise in the demand for hybrid cloud far surpasses the growth increase of the overall IT market. This trend not only applies to the present, but to future growth as well.
Hybrid Cloud Computing and Data Security
The reasons for this increased interest in the hybrid cloud option are easy to understand from an ROI, convenience, and security perspective, especially for SMBs.

With the rise of hybrid cloud computing, SMBs will be able to rely on the increased stability, flexibility, performance, and improved security. The hybrid cloud is of particular importance when it comes to managing sensitive data security concerns, including governance and compliance issues.

HIPPA is another vertical that mandates a high level of safety requirements adopted by the Secretary of Health and …

Easing UC Implementation Fears

Today’s workforce is demanding enterprise mobility that makes workflows accessible in a familiar format. Businesses today looking to attract top talent need to do so with simplified interfaces that work in connection with mobile devices. Most businesses today need one infrastructure that everyone can use with all their different modalities.

But with the transition to a new Unified Communications (UC) solution, there may be some concern about the impact the transition will have. However, a carefully planned UC implementation process can virtually eliminate those fears.
Unified Communication Benefits
Cloud-based UC systems provide flexibility in communications. Team members are able to receive company calls, set up virtual conferences using basic internet connections, access corporate voicemail and use call forwarding to any device. Wherever team members are located, unified communication solutions makes employees more effective when communicating with other team players, clients and customers, as well as management.

Employees are empowered with an efficient flow of data, documents, files, and customer information, activities, and preferences right on their screens during a conversation. They are equipped to share, discuss in detail, revise, and implement business changes through audio, video conferencing, instant messaging, and even fax relay. On-screen file sharing is instant with UC conversations and off-site communications.

With a cloud-based VoIP system, your staff will know when to contact people (availability and presence), the history of a caller or customer and their preferences, as well as be able to schedule conference calls and video work sessions. These features will greatly reduce commuting time and expense.
Implementing …

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Millennia Technologies is a full-service voice and data solutions company for midsize to enterprise customers. Specializing in UCaaS , CCaaS , Cybersecurity , IoT , Voice , Cloud , and more. Our passion is firmly rooted in showing clients how well-designed data solutions can significantly accelerate business operations, and then celebrating their goal-shattering successes.