DLS Hosted PBX 5.1 enters Beta

Just like the all other releases, this version continues to make your Unified Communications more functional, ergonomic and reliable. Our service evolves over time and we continue to rely on your input to make the DLS Hosted PBX more useful. As much as we would like to release the product when it is “hot off the press”, DLS’s development culture emphasizes reliability and robustness embedded in design of our service.

Embracing Freedom Because of Virtualization in the Private Practice

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No one begins their private practice with the hope of being mired in administration. Yet, more than ever, practitioners are suffering through regulatory challenges and added costs associated with compliance. Electronic health records or electronic medical records (EHR/EMR) rules intended to facilitate the electronic exchange of health information seem to represents a major hurdle for … Read more

The Cloud is Changing Everything for Healthcare Data Management

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Major changes are occurring in the U.S. healthcare industry, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As part of the law, adoption of electronic medical records was intended to facilitate improvements in the care of patients, yet many providers are lagging behind or rushing to the wrong judgement. Enablement of the electronic records represents a … Read more

DLS Welcomes Alfred ‘Al’ Parker to the Sales Team

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Al comes to us from Raleigh, NC. He has a long career in service, recently managing commercial real-estate sales for business clients. Prior to that experience, Al  managed relationships with vendors, employees and customers as General Manager of a successful manufactured homes company. Al holds an AAS degree in computer programming and he is fortunate … Read more

Chicago Residents Get Stars, Stripes and Taxes for Independence Day

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Chicago’s 9% “Cloud Tax” became effective July 1 for all city of Chicago consumers, including businesses If you’re like most people, you probably look forward to the July 4th holiday to celebrate and reconnect with family, friends, and close business associates. Maybe you had planned on enjoying the holiday with a streaming movie service. Maybe … Read more

Is Your Business Prepared?

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It is human nature to ignore the potential for something to go wrong, especially when you have never experienced it firsthand. However, a false sense of security can and does effect livelihoods. When a disaster strikes, few truly expect to realize incredible loss and inevitable regret from not having prepared well. Your Investment Your business … Read more

Follow the Crowd to the Cloud at Your Own Risk

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Virtually everyone with a pulse on technology has heard the hype about “moving to the cloud”. Most people just assume that it’s the obvious thing to do in a world where they are virtually always online. I jumped on the bandwagon myself recently, checking out the latest version of Microsoft Office in the cloud, known … Read more

DLS Internet Wireless Service Moving to E-Vergent

(June 03, 2015) Lake in the Hills, ILL – DLS Internet Services (www.dls.net), a technology company providing hosted Unified Communications solutions (hosted PBX), co-location, hosted data storage, virtual infrastructure and network consulting services, announced today the sale of their wireless broadband Internet service division. DLS Internet Services (DLS) has entered into an agreement with E-Vergent, … Read more

DLS Internet Services Races to Help Car Outlet Get Back to Business

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At 3:20 a.m. one morning in March 2014, business as usual stopped for Total Finance, the loan division of Car Outlet, one of Chicago’s fastest growing aftermarket car dealerships and financing groups. Nearly 100 firefighters responded to the fire on West Irving Park Road that had engulfed the company’s offices, causing the entire roof to … Read more

Will New Net Neutrality Rules Have any Effect on Hosted VoIP?

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While the major providers in the broadband services arena like Verizon Wireless, Cox Communications, Comcast, CenturyLink, Time Warner Cable and others may be disenchanted with the recent changes in the regulatory landscape of their industry, many Hosted VoIP providers may benefit from the current FCC net neutrality rules, at least for now.