For tech-savvy companies, Voice and Data Convergence is emerging as the cost-effective solution to improve a business’ communication platform. In the country, a next generation service provider has come to the market with the offer of the latest IP technology that can hit two birds with one stone by providing solutions to communications hurdles as well as lowering an enterprise’s communications costs by integrating multiple communication applications and devices.

Business leaders today are facing the reality that today’s enterprise depends heavily on communications channels in order to function. Yet many remain apprehensive in migrating to newer technology like IP telephony and SIP trunks because they fear the higher costs and maintenance that they believe accompany these upgrades.

However, those in the know can attest that there is a way for businesses to lower their costs and improve their communications platform at the same time and it lies in what the emerging IT trend called Unified Communications. Businesses that ride this trend can enjoy more flexible and cost-efficient means of collaboration between co-workers, since it combines all other communication tools and services, thus, affording end users freedom from relying on just one medium or having to buy multiple systems.

“Tech-savvy companies should see the benefits of this technology clearly – efficiency, economy and increased reach and presence. Using UC services or now referred to as NexGen Services will help your company promote better connections internally with employees and externally, with clients and partners,” says Cyril Rocke, President of DataOne Asia, Inc., and its subsidiary VoiceOne Asia. The former is a leading data center in the Philippines that provides IT outsourcing while the latter is its subsidiary and the premiere service provider of VOIP.

Unified Communications benefits a company through integrating the various communication channels into one. This means having to deal with just one provider who can manage all the various communication platforms utilized by an enterprise. Flexibility is also assured allowing for connectivity with anyone, anywhere at anytime with a choice of using the preferred medium be it wireless phone, netbook, PC, PDA or other mobile devices.

Partnering with a new generation telecom provider like VoiceOne enables companies, even start-up enterprises, to enjoy the benefits of UC especially with its NexGen™ Trunks, WebTalk™, and other services.

Says Rocke, “As communications technology advances, we aim to be an enterprises’ provider and partner. We are set to launch VoiceOne and its portfolio of services this February as we endeavour to bring Unified Communication to all Philippine enterprises. VoiceOne aims to aid businesses as they scale-up and continually grow. We also aim in keeping the country’s enterprises up-to-date and globally competitive when it comes to IT trends.”

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About DataOne: DataOne, Asia created in 2000 by the Keppel Corporation, a multi-billion Singapore company, has both the world-class equipment and personnel, capable of supporting a wide range of businesses in managing their IT and data infrastructure. DataOne’s services include data center hosting, web hosting, email, remote tape storage, back-up and restore, server hosting, disaster recovery to full IT outsourcing.  VoiceOne, a subsidiary of DataOne Asia, is a new generation telecom provider that offers Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services to enterprises in the Philippines.