There is a growing trend among small and medium sized businesses to do away with a physical office and establish a virtual office where employees and associates work from home. Primarily, there are two major reasons for this. First, operating and maintaining a physical office is expensive. In current economic times, ‘austerity’ is the name of the game! Secondly, employees of small and medium sized businesses spend more time with clients at their sites rather than being at the company’s home office.
The US labor department estimates that somewhere between 13 and 19 million people do most of their work from home.
A lot of this depends on the nature of the business as not all types of businesses can go virtual but most of it has been made possible due to companies like RingCentral. The San Mateo, CA based firm offers internet based phone service which works as a standalone system or integrates with traditional phone systems to give power to individuals to work from home and on the go!
Founded in 2003 and backed with Silicon Valley venture money, RingCentral makes small businesses look big and gives them the sophistication of Fortune 500 companies at a fraction of the cost. With solutions for mobile and fax, and medium sized businesses can harness the true power of the internet and the smart phone.
The best part about RingCentral is flexibility. It grows with your business meaning adding extensions or connecting remote employees and associates becomes a cinch. When the need is not there, services can be curtailed. They also give the service on a trial basis so companies can test it out first and be satisfied.
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