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SaaS, BYOD, and Hosted VoIP: Communications Technology in 2018

Jive

At the top of the list are SaaS, BYOD and Hosted VoIP—all of which are setting the benchmark for business communications in 2018. SaaS—Why it matters. SaaS-based services can be availed following a subscription model. Hosted VoIP. Technology in 2018 is teeming with a wealth of acronyms.

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An Exploration of Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

VirtualPBX

This is two times more than in 2016. Let’s take a deeper look at the key concepts of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS. Software as a Service (SaaS). There are three main formats of cloud solutions by the service model to explore: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

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Spotlight on Phone.com: Small Can be Beautiful for Hosted UC - but it's Big Too

Jon Arnold

Census Bureau statistics (as of December 2018), in 2016 there was just shy of 6 million firms, with total employment of 126.8 That’s the downside of the SaaS model, but it sure keeps providers honest since businesses are free to switch any time. Back then, there were plenty of VoIP providers, and it was still a growth market.

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The Aircall story, by founders

aircall

They had the idea of creating SaaS softwares for all the key tools that businesses use, including email, media monitoring, professional credit cards, and phone calls. Balderton’s managing partner Bernard Liautaud called us to make an offer, which we gladly accepted (on the other hand, we had zero other option :), and started hiring for 2016.

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3 Ways Unified Communication Boosts Mobility

Jive

As of 2016, six out of 10 companies have a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) –friendly policy in place. However, since unified communications platforms are offered following a SaaS model, there’s no need to invest in costly hardware and network equipment to deploy them. Support BYOD programs.

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