RingCentral Makes SMBs Look Like Enterprises

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When starting a small- to medium-sized business (SMB), one of the most important aspects is to get the name and offerings of the company out into public view. Once this happens, maintaining company organization with employees and ensuring customers are satisfied with the service helps build the company and its footprint.

Redwood City, Calif.-based RingCentral offers features that help SMBs operate just as big businesses do, with a name-brand IP-PBX. For a monthly fee, SMBs can enjoy dial-by-name, on-hold music, call screening, auto attendant, professionally recorded custom greetings, Internet fax and toll-free numbers. Vanity 800 numbers are also available to incorporate the company’s name or tagline.

Officials at RingCentral said the capabilities they offer are more important than the cost savings of Internet VoIP.

“The things that keep a small business from growing are not that their phone bills are too high,” said Jay Blazensky, the company's vice president of business development. “Their struggle is, ‘How do I look bigger in this brief window when I’m trying to get my business off the ground?’ ”

Currently, RingCentral Online is offering a free trial plus a ten percent coupon off RingCentral Online Coupon. RingCentral Online is a Web-based telephone and fax service for professionals and small businesses with features such as toll free or local phone number and advanced features not found in traditional phone systems.

The World comes to Portland

Oh my! I would like to spend a day on that ship! What`s about you?

If you are around Downtown Portland this week, don’t pass up an opportunity to see The World.

I know this doesn’t fit into most people’s budget, but you can go down and look at it for FREE.
An unexpected sight in the Willamette, this 644-foot long vessel is comprised of 165 residential units, all privately owned.

Let me be clear, this is not a get on and take a two-week vacation type boat (although for the right price, I’m sure it could be arranged). This is a Residence Ship-an entire condominium complex on one boat.

The folks who own the condominiums pay a hefty price for ownership, one-bedrooms go for a cool 2 million, and the annual maintenance fee is 6% of the sales price. (But you get housekeeping!)

Some of the delights the dwellers of The World enjoy:

Five restaurants
Small Grocery
Delicatessen
Movie Theater
Casino
Tennis Court
A golf simulator (saves on balls, I guess)
2 Swimming Pools
Retractable Marina (launch pad for jet skis)

Each owner has bought a 70-year ‘lease-hold’ estate (The expected lifetime of the ship)
The unit sizes range from
1000-4000 sq feet (There are smaller 'guest suites')
But never less than 2 bathrooms, and all units are professionally designed by four of the most prestigious
decorators in the world. And you don't need to bring in your own furniture-it's included in the price.

The current owners hail from the U.S., Europe and South Africa, but the owners can sell their share at anytime.

The ship has all the amenities needed to run your business from the ship-wireless internet, fax machines, er, shipping.

The World tours the entire world every two years, the route changes. It was last seen in Portland in 2003.

Just want to get on board and see it? Well, if you have some extra money lying around, some of the owners rent the units for vacationers-expect $1,200 to $4,200 per night.

Otherwise, your best views will be from the Tom McCall Park, now until Friday morning when it departs for Astoria.

Good bye fax machines, hello online fax services!

Have read this note and got interested. I think this is a very useful thing, for example, for job or something... But, maybe you use this function and can tell about it`s advantages and disadvantages. Waiting for your answers.

Even though most people prefer sending messages via e-mail, faxing is still necessary for some types of businesses. Forget about “call me before you fax so I can switch the line over” hassle. Thanks to Internet Fax Services, nowadays sending and receiving faxes is as easy as communicating online.
Internet Fax Services are very easy to use. Just sign up with an Internet Fax Service and get a local of toll-free phone number. When somebody will send you a fax, you will receive it as an email attachment sent automatically to your email address.
You can also send faxes via email to physical fax numbers. They will be received just as if you had sent them using a standard fax machine. Online communication will let you cut the cost of a fax machine, paper, toner, and high long distance charges.
Internet fax services offer a lot of useful options. For example, you can store your sent and received faxes online (from one to twelve months). That’s great for users who accidently deleted an important fax without making a copy.
There are dozens of eFax services offering a wide range of features, functionality and pricing.

Board to consider second Internet cafe

Hey! The new Internet cafe is going to be opened!

The Wilson Board of Adjustment will consider its second special use permit this year for an Internet-based cafe tonight.

Richard Phillips, of Clemmons, is asking for the permit to operate the business from 1301 Ward Blvd., in the Boulevard Plaza. The cafe will allow customers to purchase time on computers for Internet access, e-mail and sweepstakes. They would also have access to fax, printing and copy services. The business is similar to another, Fish the Net Internet Cafe, at 1700 Raleigh Road Parkway, which received a permit to open in April.

"I think it's a new type of enterprise that's going in around the state," said Kathy Garner, a planner for the city of Wilson.

Also during the meeting, the board will consider: --A variance request to reduce the street frontage landscape buffer at 2410 Montgomery Drive.

--A special use permit for the operation of a chemical storage and distribution facility at 2905 Yukon Road.

The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.

RingCentral named 2009 Webware 100 awards winner

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Great news for me and I wanna share it with you!


RingCentral, a cloud computing-based business phone services provider, today announced that it has received a 2009 Webware 100 award for Communication by Webware, a CNET site. The Web 2.0 user community cast more than 630,000 votes in an online voting poll which ultimately selected the winners. Finalists for the 2009 Webware 100 Awards were selected by the editors of Webware.

The 2009 Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Webware editors received and reviewed thousands of entries.

RingCentral provides more services than legacy premise-based, expensive phone systems, at a fraction of the cost. Delivering the power of a sophisticated, multi-extension phone system without expensive hardware to buy or maintain, RingCentral offers a complete “PBX in the Cloud” business phone and Internet fax system with no contracts and zero setup costs. The service is instantly provisioned and activated within minutes.

RingCentral’s hosted business phone service combines a toll-free or local number with auto-receptionist, advanced call management, multiple extensions, multiple voicemail boxes and Internet fax; enabling customers to automatically screen calls, use call forwarding, place calls, listen to voicemail and send and receive faxes.

“We thank the readership community and editors at CNET for naming RingCentral a winner; we are delighted to have won in the Communication category,” said Vlad Shmunis, CEO of RingCentral. "This award underscores our commitment to leveling the playing field for our small business customers by providing them all the power of an expensive business phone system - without the hassle and expense.”

“This annual listing has become an essential resource for people who want to learn more about Web 2.0 and the many ways it can help them stay connected,” said Rafe Needleman, editor at Webware and CNET. “The Web 2.0 community and our editors ultimately selected the very best sites, services and applications that have made a lasting impression.”

Send Faxes Via Cable Internet Fax

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Hah! Could you imagine that you can use your Internet cable for TV watching? I couldn’t, but now I post it for you and then will check it.

Technology advance in great step, letting us communicate in ways never thought possible before. Over years communications have become faster and cheaper, even faxes. Faxes are sent over Internet today, long gone are the days of the fax machine and its blurry results, cable Internet fax has simplified everything. Now it is possible to send and receive faxes via cable modems from virtually anywhere!

To talk about cable Internet faxing we must first know a little about cable Internet. This type of connection uses cable modems, which essentially let you receive Internet with the same cable you use to watch cable TV.

To use them you have to connect the cable modem with the TV outlet of your cable TV connection and let the company give you Internet access from the terminal. This allows you to experiment high speed Internet transmissions in a matter of seconds. Surfing the web and downloading things becomes a breeze. The ability to send and receive faxes via Internet is an added benefit to this high speed connection.

The broadband provided by cable modems is essential for sending faxes, the modems will take advantage then of unused bandwidth on the cable TV network.

“I have all of this, now how do I send a cable Internet fax?”

That question had to pop out sooner or later, and the answer is very simple. You just need en extra tool that’ll let you do faxing: fax software. There are plenty of offers available out there, form desktop software to fax services. If you are using it for home or a small business there are cheap and free offers that will let you enjoy the world of Internet faxing.

Just download the software, install it and that’s it. free web services let you send faxes free with an ad from the company. Of course, you can always choose the paid way, and enjoy enhanced features in cable Internet fax software or ad-free faxes.

Just search the web, and I guarantee you’ll find all about you want. If you want you can also try free version of the program for 30.-days, this will give you hands-on approach to the features you want so badly. So, it’s time to throw away old and heavy fax machines and start int he World of Cable Internet Fax.

P.S. Hey, guys, it is OK. The cable fits! I’m shocked!

Not paperless, but less paper

Have you ever heard about less-paper-office movement? Have not? That’s the article for you!

Paper clips and staples? That’s so last century.
Well, not entirely. The vision of the “paperless office” hasn’t exactly panned out, but a trend toward the “less-paper office” seems to keep gaining in popularity.
The Nassau County Clerk’s Office is one of the latest joining the movement, embracing electronic recording and stepping away from stamps and couriers. The office held a kickoff meeting Wednesday to introduce the new service to the public.
It’s costing the county nothing, said Shannon Crow, a representative with the clerk’s office.
The office has partnered with Simplifile, a national company specializing in e-recording services, so that title companies, abstractors, attorneys, banks and others can submit land record documents, such as deeds and mortgages, from their own offices.
“Think of it as Fed-Ex through your computers,” said Richard Jackman, a Simplifile representative.
Nassau County businesses that want to submit documents via the Internet will set up an account with Simplifile through its Web site. It is generally about $395 to gain access to the Internet service, Jackman said, then $5 per document transmitted, regardless of page length. If the business wants, Simplifile will send someone to provide training.
By saving time and increasing efficiency, e-recording will save the county money, Crow said, but it’s “hard to put a dollar amount on.” She added that the intent is for e-recording to also save businesses money.

I use RingCentral Services. The work since 1999 and have already made a lot of lives easier. Mine too.