October 2005
40 Under 40 Awardees - 2005:
Asheesh Advani - CircleLending
Ian Bowles - MassINC
Tom Clay - Z Corporation
Robert Coughlin - Massachusetts House of Representatives and MC Solutions Inc.
Brandy Cruthird - Body By Brandy Fitness Studio and Day Spa-->
October 2005
For many small businesses, getting up to speed with technology might seem an expensive and time-intensive task. But choosing the right tools for your business is a lot easier than it used to be. Here are just a few:
1. Take It To The Web. …
September 2005
We’ve all heard about how using a communications service provider (SP) makes terrific economic sense for a small company, particularly one where there’s no IT staff and Hosted IP Services the employees are on the move and/or are in different locations. (As we shall see,…
September 2005
For many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the initial investment in voice-over-IP (VoIP) hardware and software, combined with the ongoing support and maintenance of this equipment, is too much to bear. Instead of making large investments in telecommunications equipment, many of these companies are turning…
April 2005
When Jonathan Meersman started a Web hosting company called The Hosting Spot in October 2003, he knew he needed to offer customers a toll-free number for technical support. Meersman began doing research and quickly discovered that buying an 800 number from a conventional telco was…
April 2005
When Instant Technologies, a small 10-employee instant messaging (IM) startup, was looking for a way to manage its incoming phone calls, it turned to GotVmail, a software vendor that is offering small businesses an inexpensive suite of voice communications services for a monthly subscription fee.
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April 2005
Newton, Mass.-based GotVMail has a virtual PBX product that adds voice mail and a whole lot more to the basic business features of a corporate phone service without requiring any CPE.
“Ours is a next generation solution using a tried and true technology,” says…
April 2005
Small businesses are always looking for an edge when it comes to attracting and retaining customers. During that search, almost all stumble on the seemingly contradictory notion that it is better to appear bigger while maintaining a personalized, one-to-one level of service.
Oh, and do…
April 2005
Internet-based telephone services are finally ready for the mainstream, but what about your pocket?
Network World, 10/24/05
The Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone revolution is upon us. In 2004 alone, there was a marked increase in the number of home and home-office VoIP…
April 2005
I enjoyed Amanda Kooser’s and Mike Hogan’s February articles on IP-PBX phone systems, VoIP, Wi-Fi and how small companies use technology to stay connected (“Wherever You Go, There You Are” and “Connections”). These technologies have increased my productivity and lowered my communications costs. What’s more,…
March 2005
There is nothing that tells a client “I care about you” more than a…
March 2005
A new provider is using voice over IP to offer small businesses an inexpensive suite of voice communications services that will make them look larger and more professional without buying expensive hardware.
GotVMail is selling a monthly virtual PBX service both directly to businesses…
March 2005
One of the very nice things about working in a small business is that the bureaucratic layers are broken, there’s just you and a few other guys and gals. If you are working in remote offices (home offices) you don’t have to go to a…
March 2005
While many films stars and sports figures got milk, an estimated 10,000 small businesses have GotVMail in an effort to present a big business presence to their customers-but minus the long-term commitment, equipment and ongoing expenses associated with the telephone systems of the rich and…
March 2005
Small businesses trying to sound big can try a new service from GotVMail, a network-based PBX service provider that is teaming up with Pitney Bowes to reach small businesses.
Using its proprietary software and hardware, the company provides customers with many of the features…
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