Beating the Credit Crunch with Telecoms

For most people times are tough and the credit crunch is a reality.

In many ways I am pretty fed-up with the 'beat the credit crunch' sales and marketing courses and seminars, but times are tricky and now IS the time for review.

Most organisations cannot survive without a business phone system, business phone lines and business phone calls. However as much as this is my business, I appreciate that it is an overhead that organisations want to and quite rightly should keep to a minimum.

The problem is that this is a lifeline to the business so quality needs to remain high and there needs to be no compromise when that important prospect or clients needs to call in or someone needs to make an important call out.

The point is that we often see customers business telephone bills fall to 1/3 of their original value just by us taking over the business line rental and business calls. Using Tier 1 carriers that provide high quality business calls, there is no compromise and the transfer is totally invisible to the customer. Hence this is a no-brainer and within minutes we can provide quotations and start this process. For further information please call:
The Alfred Ashley Group on 0844 871 1830 and ask for Richard Crossland

If an organisation wants to change their ageing business phone system at the same time then we as a default will install a system that can connect to the latest generation of telephone line, the SIP trunk which uses a technology called VoIP. The savings and advantages in this arena are staggering. It is important that this service is delivered properly as quality can suffer if you cut corners, but the fact of the matter is that you don’t need to cut corners, to save vast amounts and hence this is a must for all clients who make large amount of outbound calls, likewise to explorer the options please call:
The Alfred Ashley Group on 0844 871 1830 and ask for Richard Crossland

Blackberry Storm, does not go down a storm!

3G Mobile Phone voice and Data has been blown a setback as RIM, manufacturer of the now famous Blackberry brand, at the tail end of 2008 launched their latest addition in the form of the Blackberry Storm.

Expectations were high and on the first glance these devices looked like they were going to bridge the gap between the style of the Iphone and the strong mobile email functionality, that has become RIM's home ground.

However, following a flood of complaints and returns it would appear that the naming of this product has become more appropriate than first thought. There have literally been thousands of complaints centred around the use of the device in even small companies.

Unfortunately in a bid to grab a share of the consumer market, by creating this device that was to be 'all things, to all men', they have compromised business functionality severely! Connectivity to all email servers is not available and the connections that are available are problematic.

Meanwhile Nokia have been making a secret comeback and the two best kept secrets in the industry at the moment appear to be the E71 and the E62, both which are very capable devices targeted at the Enterprise market, but stylish enough to be seen the the hands of the high flying
executives. Alfred Ashley Group can supply these with a very low cost monthly business tariff including connectivity to key email services, Internet access as well as the rapidly growing Video Conferencing features.

Please contact Sales@alfred-ashley.co.uk or head to the website to see more http://www.alfred-ashley.co.uk/ .

Annex M - An important piece of the puzzle!

What is Annex M?

Simply put, Annex M is a new type of Internet Access lines.

However its purpose is to try and boost the upload speed to the Internet, were as presently most moderate and low cost Internet Access lines are asymmetric, allowing fast download but still relatively poor upload speeds.

Whilst this hence might seem just another way to make your computers go faster, perhaps one of its
biggest advantages is that it will allow Business phone Systems using new technologies to be implemented at a much lower cost, whilst providing higher number of lines.

However for Computer Systems there are also advantages as it provides real advantages to Remote Workers accessing Office Systems over technologies such as VPNs. It also looks to replace expensive alternatives such as SDSL and also lease lines. Hence there also looks to be a strong demand in this area.

Alfred Ashley Group have access to the latest products in this area for both Business Phone System use and also Computer System use. We see this as complimenting rather than replacing our present ADSL and ADSL2+ installations that have enjoyed enhanced performance over traditional offerings.

For more information please visit www.alfred-ashley.co.uk and discover an important range of products.