Cloud Rises Above On-Prem in the Comunications Battle

Are you ready for the move to the cloud?

CIOs and heads of IT in most organizations face competing priorities—reducing costs and improving productivity while maintaining the security of all IT systems. IDC estimates that 40 percent of all tech spending will be devoted to digital transformation, with the direction and sense of urgency coming from a company’s leadership team. TechPro Research shows a drastic increase in the number of companies that have a digital transformation strategy—from 53 percent to 70 percent over the course of two years. That number is sure to keep rising. Research from Altimeter shows that CIOs edge out CEOs (28 percent to 23 percent) as sponsors of digital transformations. Either way, it’s clear that this change is being led from the top-down.

What can cloud communications deliver?

The move to the cloud should be an easy one to justify with all of the advantages it offers. Here is a summary of the benefits you should expect with a cloud solution vs. on-premises.

Cost Savings

• No upfront hardware costs required
• Lease options for equipment and professional services
• Predictable monthly billing
• Pay-as-you-grow features and functionality
• Integrations with existing software subscriptions

Increased Productivity

• Swift and scalable deployment
• Desktop/mobile video and voice collaboration
• Integrates easily with other cloud solutions
• Eliminates redundant software costs, with video conferencing and telephony in one bill

Simpler Management

• Ability to optimize depending on organization
• Simpler user control and management
• Ability to focus IT on strategic priorities

Uptime and World-Class Security

• Active-active structure guarantees uptime
• Out-of-the-box disaster recovery
• Global data centers ensure uptime despite natural disasters
• World-class security baked into all of our solutions

Global Service

• Global data centers for service all over the globe
• Control international calling within the customer portal
• Local calling experiences around the globe

Ease of Use

• Available wherever your employees are
• Simple training
• Interfaces and usability just like consumer technologies

Cloud vs. on-premises solutions

Today’s workforce is constantly on the go and requires flexibility and mobility. They’re no longer tied to their desks or company computers. They could be working in a coffee shop, a home office, or on an airplane. To keep up, your business processes and tools must be flexible, agile, secure, scalable, affordable, and predictable. Traditional on-premises phone and IP PBX systems are no exception. See how the cloud stacks up against on-premises options.

Fuze removes the stumbling blocks of traditional, on-premises solutions. We’ve added convenient innovations that make your workday easier. Whether at a desk or traveling, your users will have a modern, seamless communications experience that places calling, meeting, chatting, and sharing on a single unified, award-winning, pure cloud platform.