VoIP for your business

smbINFO provides information on Voice over IP phone systems for businesses, through a membership subscription.  You can view free samples of the available information by clicking here.

A phone system based on Voice over IP (VoIP) technology can help small and medium sized businesses grow and manage their costs.  If you are considering buying a new phone system for your business, you need to have the best advice and information available before you purchase.  smbINFO can provide you with independent and relevant information to make sure you make the right decision.

All the following information will be available to you in the members area of the website following your purchase.  More than 500 pages of information, organized, linked and searchable for easy access.

	The Guide to VoIP explaining all the key aspects of this technology that are relevant for a small/medium sized business.  More than 30 pages of information that can be viewed on-line and printed.
View sample content	Contents What is Voice over IP? Technology overview Sending voice over data networks VoIP as a service Business VoIP vs. Residential VoIP Situations best suited to VoIP Features of VoIP Infrastructure for VoIP	Voice Quality Business Case Technology Choices Deployment Choices Security Emergency Services Terminology

	Profiles of leading vendors of VoIP phone systems including:
View sample content	3Com Aastra NEW!  Alcatel Altigen Avaya Cisco Comdial D-Link NEW!	Epygi NEW! Inter-Tel Mitel NEC Nortel Panasonic ShoreTel	Siemens TalkSwitch Toshiba Vertical Communications Vodavi Zultys
	Contents Company overview Description of the history and strategy with VoIP products Descriptions of more than 140 VoIP products Descriptions of their main VoIP related services Profiles of sample end users that are using the technology News items

	Profiles of leading US service providers that offer hosted and managed VoIP services:
View sample content	AT&T BellSouth Covad M5 Networks NEW!	MCI  Sprint Nextel  XO Communications
	Contents Company overview Description of the history and strategy with VoIP products Descriptions of their main VoIP services Profiles of sample end users that are using the technology News items

	VoIP Investment Analysis  One of the most challenging phases in selecting a VoIP system is the financial analysis.  smbINFO has created an Investment Analysis tool, in Microsoft Excel, that you can use to evaluate the financial benefits of deploying VoIP, using metrics such as the ROI and Payback period.
View sample content	You can download the file and work with it locally on your computer.

	VoIP News and Tips  NEW!
View sample content	To help you get up to date on the latest VoIP developments

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"42% of small businesses say that they currently use or plan to use some form of IP telephony over the next 12 months" AMI-Partners report