Green unified communications is about more than reducing the environmental impact of large data centers. Enterprise UC and VoIP systems also consume energy around the clock, creating opportunities for organizations to reduce both their carbon footprints and operating costs.

From always-on IP phones and PoE switches to UC servers, IP PBXs, and conferencing systems, enterprise communications infrastructure can represent a significant source of energy consumption. Fortunately, improving energy efficiency doesn't necessarily require major infrastructure investments. Smarter power management, optimized configurations, and more efficient equipment can deliver meaningful savings, particularly in large deployments.

In this article, we explore practical ways to make UC and VoIP systems greener and more cost-efficient, from individual endpoints to on-premises infrastructure and cloud-based communications services.

Yeastar’s PBXs have been evolving for many years now, and have consistently offered the most convenient, useful, and practical features for both end users and resellers alike. In this article, we take a closer look at some of the most innovative characteristics of Yeastar’s cloud business phone system, the Yeastar Cloud PBX. We explore the key features that make it so appealing, especially for resellers and installers, including centralized management, enhanced security, artificial intelligence capabilities, and white-label options.

Yeastar Day Virtual is Yeastar’s biggest virtual event of the year and took place on October 22 this year. This was the fourth consecutive year for this event and, based on the rich content and the level of participation, it was a great success!

In this article, we summarize its key highlights and provide a link to the session recording for those who may have missed the live stream.

Most networks weren’t built for AI. The question is: will yours keep pace with the surge in bandwidth, compute, and security demands, or fall behind? AI workloads push infrastructure further than traditional data center design ever anticipated, and the organizations that adapt fastest will gain a competitive edge.

In this article, we explore the key network considerations every business must address to prepare for an AI-driven future.

As the deployment of business unified communications (UC) and VoIP systems continues to grow, the need for a more comprehensive management approach is evident. Administration, troubleshooting, and provisioning such systems are becoming increasingly complex, and a holistic management approach is vital.

Yealink provides two complete solutions for streamlining device management, each with its own focus and utility. In this article, we examine both solutions and describe the benefits they offer businesses of all types and sizes that leverage Yealink VoIP and UC systems.

As more businesses shift to cloud-based communications and remote workforces become the norm, ensuring consistent performance across dispersed sites has become a top priority for telecom and UC providers. For installers and resellers tasked with deploying reliable real-time communications services like VoIP and UC, the choice of underlying network transport can make or break performance.

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is not new, but it continues to play a critical role in meeting the low latency, high reliability, and QoS demands of these modern deployments. In this article, we examine the performance of MPLS in supporting real-time communications and why it remains a go-to solution for interconnecting geographically distributed infrastructure.

CyberData has become a leading SIP-enabled VoIP device provider for facility-wide communication, paging, and notification systems. Now, CyberData's portfolio is even better with the introduction of its notification and management platform called Terminus Cloud Control^TM.

This cloud-based controller service is designed to simplify emergency and non-emergency notifications, as well as the management, configuration, and monitoring of CyberData's SIP-based devices. In this article, we review this service, show how it works, and highlight its significant features and capabilities.

The network edge is the portion of an enterprise network that interfaces with the public internet via an internet service provider (ISP). Various security measures are typically applied at this network location to protect internal network infrastructure and assets from potential external malicious attacks. 

These measures may introduce challenges to the mobile workforce, especially when the unified communications (UC) and VoIP services those individuals leverage exist within the physical enterprise network.

This article examines some of the most common network edge issues that may present challenges to a mobile workforce and some strategies to alleviate them.

Gone are the days of the monolithic business with standardized communications needs. Today’s companies are highly specialized and cannot use a one-size-fits-all solution. 

Organizations can efficiently and effectively build unique solutions adaptable to their requirements by introducing the communications-platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) concept, which addresses the need for extreme customization and integration with existing business applications.

In this article, we take a deep dive into the world of CPaaS to see what it is, how it works, and how it can benefit your customers' businesses. We also examine a detailed use case to clarify this often difficult-to-understand service.

Enterprise-grade call center capabilities are important for small and medium-sized businesses, which must project corporate-level professionalism to their callers just as much as large firms. For this reason, Yeastar has incorporated a rich set of call center functionalities within its best-selling P-Series IP PBXs. Keep reading to learn more about these capabilities and how they can help any business reach new customer service heights.