We are thrilled to announce the launch of our revamped documentation site for 2600Hz. This major upgrade is designed to provide an enhanced and seamless experience for developers, users, and administrators alike. Here’s a sneak peek into what’s new and why you should be excited about this transformation.
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“Fish are friends, not food!” How Carriers Can Keep Swimming as Metaswitch Goes Belly Up
by Chris Burgy, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Ooma
Microsoft sometimes reminds me of Bruce the Shark from “Finding Nemo,” the character who keeps repeating “Fish are friends, not food” before getting a whiff of blood and going into a wild feeding frenzy.
Seriously, I believe Microsoft wants to have good relationships with its partners – including telecom providers – and...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, CLOUD COMPUTING, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, IOT, SECURITY VULNERABILITIES, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, VOIP FRAUD, 2600HZ BLOG, TELECOM BLOG, AI, GENERATIVE AI, AI ETHICS, CLOUD COLLABORATION
Top Trends Service Providers Saw in 2023: What does the future hold for Cloud Comms?
UCAAS, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, APIS, AI, CLOUD COLLABORATION
Three Key Factors Driving the Acceleration of Cloud Communications
UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, TMCNET, AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS
2600Hz: Honored with Two Additional Awards
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, 2600HZ BLOG, HYBRID WORK, COLLABORATION
Improve Engagement With These Helpful Asynchronous Collaboration Best Practices
As we settle into another year that looks to be defined by flexible work arrangements, there has been an uptick in conversations about asynchronous collaboration. While it’d be fair to associate asynchronous work with the hybrid office as they’re often discussed in the same breath, it’s actually quite an established idea that most have experienced in any office job. Put simply, asynchronous...
UCAAS, 2600HZ, CPAAS, MICROSOFT TEAMS
2600Hz 2021 Year in Review
While certainly not as tumultuous as 2020, 2021 still had plenty of change in store for all of us! We saw a return to the office and the emergence of the hybrid workplace, CPaaS gaining massive popularity, and a huge number of mergers and acquisitions within the industry. (Check out our recent industry year in review podcast for more on those topics!) As we reflect on 2021 and look forward to...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, CLOUD COMPUTING, CLOUD, UCAAS, BUSINESS PHONES, API, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, 2600HZ BLOG, PODCAST, MICROSOFT TEAMS
December Podcast
Episode 34: The 2021 Industry Roundup Episode
CRM, BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, FUTURE OF TELECOM, CPAAS, TELECOM BLOG
The CPaaS-Powered Future of Cloud Comms
The future of cloud communications is becoming increasingly clear, and it looks set to be driven by CPaaS, or Communications Platform as a Service. In fact, many early adopters are being proven out, with the IDC predicting the CPaaS market to grow from $4.2 billion in 2019 to $17.7 billion in 2024 and 451 Research forecasting the market to hit $21 billion in 2025. With that in mind, let’s quickly...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, CLOUD COMPUTING, CLOUD, UCAAS, BUSINESS PHONES, API, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, PBX, FUTURE OF TELECOM, CPAAS, 2600HZ BLOG, PODCAST
November Podcast
Episode 33: CPaaS; or, How Did We Get Here?
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Hybrid Work Best Practices | Part 2
Hybrid Meetings
Following up on our first installment on technology for your hybrid workforce, this week we’re tackling how you can use those investments by focusing on hybrid meetings. We were all there for the explosion of the Zoom craze in early 2020 and, more likely than not, we all inevitably experienced “Zoom fatigue” in the months that followed. An Otter.ai study found that, of the over...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, TELECOM, TELEPHONY, 2600HZ, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, SECURITY VULNERABILITIES, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, VOIP SECURITY, TELECOM SECURITY, 2600HZ BLOG, HYBRID WORK
Hybrid Work Best Practices | Part 1
Invest in Tech
As thoughts of a post-pandemic world slowly begin to emerge, return to office (RTO) plans are top of mind for many business leaders these days. The growing need to balance workplace safety with worker preferences has led to the emergence of the hybrid model for RTO. While 2020 certainly showed us that work from home is not for everyone, it also highlighted how some people really...
COMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, BUSINESS, UC
2600Hz 2020 Year in Review
2020 was certainly a year for the history books. It was a huge year for communication, technology, and the cloud, as businesses rapidly shifted to remote work. It was a big year for 2600Hz as we pivoted with the market and dedicated ourselves to doing everything we could to bring our partners more remote collaboration tools to help their customers stay connected. As we reflect on 2020 and look...
UCAAS, API, CPAAS, AUTOMATIONS
Why Service Providers Need CPaaS to Succeed
A few years ago, UCaaS was the telecom buzzword everyone was talking about. It was many business’s first step into cloud communications and the concept of unifying communications was a game changer. Now that many businesses have moved their communications to the cloud and have unified them as much as UCaaS will technologically allow, new pain points have emerged and end users have new demands...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, UC, TELEWORK, REMOTE WORK
Remote Work in the Era of Coronavirus
As coronavirus continues to spread around the world and across the US, more and more companies are asking their employees to work remotely. While there are obvious advantages to implementing a remote working strategy as a means to help mitigate further spread of the virus, it is easier said than done for many businesses.
UCAAS, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, FUTURE OF TELECOM, TELECOM CONFERENCE, UC, TELECOM BLOG
The State of the Market From the Cloud Comms Summit
Our team is always out and about at different industry event and we recently attended the Cloud Comms Summit in Leesburg, VA hosted by the Cloud Communications Alliance and Cavell Group. There was a lot of talk at the Cloud Comms Summit about the future of new platforms entering the market, so we wanted to share some of the insights we think you will find extremely valuable and that are pertinent...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, REDUNDANCY, RELIABILITY, BUSINESS, CPAAS, UC, TELECOM BLOG
3 Reasons to Consider a Cap and Grow Strategy
With more and more companies looking to expand and grow their business, you may be wondering how to keep up and what strategy is best to go with. To help you make an educated decision I wanted to share a few key benefits that business are realizing when implementing a cap and grow strategy that can help you expand your market in 2019 and beyond.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, REDUNDANCY, ARCHITECTURE, CPAAS, TELECOM BLOG
Not all redundancies are created equal
Redundancy is arguably one of the hottest topics in the telecom world today. Recently, there have been a plethora of network outages that have many UCaaS and CPaaS resellers questioning the redundancy setups and protocols of the solution they’re selling, and for good reason. If your customers are left in the dark when a data center goes down or when routine maintenance is performed, your...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, PROVISIONING, VOIP, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, BUSINESS, UC, TELECOM BLOGS, PROVISIONER, VOIP PROVISIONER, TELECOM BLOG
Why Provisioning Sucks
(And here’s what 2600Hz is doing about it)
If you have ever dealt with phones, chances are you hate provisioning. If you do it manually, it is exceedingly tedious. If you do it automatically, it can be disastrous. Many organizations opt for a homogeneous equipment mix, supporting only one manufacturer with a proprietary provisioning solution because it works and that’s good enough.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, ASTERISK, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, BUSINESS, UC, TELECOM BLOGS
In Case You Missed It - Top Telecom Headlines in Q3
As summer came to a close, so did a major open source acquisition. There’s been a lot of activity disrupting the industry, so in case you missed it, here’s a roundup of the top headlines that have been making waves and changing the unified communications landscape.
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Guest Blog: Practice What You Preach - Delivering Top Notch Customer Support in Telecom
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Today’s MVNO Secret Sauce: Creating Specialty Solutions and Increased Functionality through Open-Source
MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) have enjoyed a well-developed industry for some time in European markets. However, for those in the U.S., the landscape has historically been different. The Big 4 MNOs have been the default go-to for many customers and businesses.
KAZOO, SECURITY, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, VOIP SECURITY, VOIP FRAUD, UC, TELECOM SECURITY, TELECOM FRAUD
Protecting Your Business By Controlling Telecom Fraud: Carrier Management
"Protecting Your Business by Controlling Telecom Fraud " Is an educational blog that covers several best practices to help you protect your business from fraudulent activity. Over a series of blogs and webinars, we’ll dive into the fundamentals of VoIP fraud, identify typical fraud activities, and discuss essential prevention methodologies you can use to protect your platform, your customers, and...
KAZOO, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, USER CONFERENCE, TELECOM EVENTS, VALUE ADDED RESELLER, TELECOM CONFERENCE, MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS
KAZOOcon 2018: Check Out The Incredible Industry Speakers Enhancing Our Program
KAZOOCon 2018 is disrupting the telecom landscape and the future of communications. This year we've invited several fascinating speakers to join our program to offer a once in a lifetime conference experience.
KAZOO, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, USER CONFERENCE, VALUE ADDED RESELLER, TELECOM CONFERENCE, MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS
2600Hz: The Best Kept Secret in VoIP & UCaaS
Ever wonder why 2600Hz seems to be hidden in the shadows? Learn about how KAZOO infrastructure is powering some major players in the UCaaS space, and why KAZOO is telecom's best kept secret. Plus a shout out to KAZOOcon!
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World, Meet KAZOOcon: The Conference Disrupting Telecom INNOVATION
Telecom conferences are a dime a dozen, but not anymore. KAZOOCon 2018 is disrupting the telecom landscape and the future of communications. But to gain insight on why this conference is so valuable, you have to understand the story. So let's go back to where it began, how it evolved and why this year's event is going above and beyond all the rest.
KAZOO, SECURITY, UCAAS, 2600HZ, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, CPAAS, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY
Protecting Your Business By Controlling Telecom Fraud: Preventing Hacked Equipment & Settings
"Protecting Your Business by Controlling Telecom Fraud " Is an educational blog that covers several best practices to help you protect your business from fraudulent activity. Over a series of blogs and webinars, we’ll dive into the fundamentals of VoIP fraud, identify typical fraud activities, and discuss essential prevention methodologies you can use to protect your platform, your customers,...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, VOIP, TELECOM, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, SIP TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, PAAS, HOSTED, NET NEUTRALITY, BATTLE FOR THE INTERNET
Guest Blog: Vinix - Save the internet (How Neutrality Affects you)
Author: Mark Diaz - Founder ofVinix Global.Twitter-Facebook-LinkedIn
The year was 2005. Vonage, an innovative communications pioneer, had introduced a little analog to digital box that allowed residential customers the ability to connect their home phones and call over the internet for significantly lower rates than the local telecom providers. They had just closed a $40M funding round to...
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, UCAAS, VOIP, TELECOM, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, BUSINESS, PAAS, TIP, HOSTED, TELECOM INFRA PROJECT
What is the Telecom Infra Project and How Is it Changing Business Communications?
This year we are proud and excited to announce that we are sponsoring the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit in Santa Clara! But you may ask yourself, what the heck is TIP anyways. So we figured we’d dive into how the Telecom Infra Project is making waves and why those within the communications industry should pay attention.
UCAAS, VOIP, CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, BUSINESS, GENBAND, SONUS, PAAS
Tis the Season of Mergers: How Genband & Sonus Fit Together
Another day, another telco merger! Last weekCisco announced it bought BroadSoftfor $1.9 billion dollars, this week Genband and Sonus have announced the completion of their merger into a new company called Ribbon Communications. Former Sonus and Genband shareholders each own approximately 50% of the parent company, which had approximately 102 million shares outstanding post close. Genband’s...