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Business Continuity – How Good is Your Plan?

Hurricane season is the perfect time for businesses to be examining (or in some cases developing for the first time) their Business Continuity Plan (BCP). Business continuity planning is key to expediting the recovery of the business’ critical functions following disasters ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to infiltration of malware into key systems thus ensuring downtime and monetary loss is minimized. The plan should be live, dynamic and ever-evolving as new threats continue to present themselves. With ever-more complex systems and technologies being implemented into companies as scaling necessitates complex telephony and network solutions for businesses, it’s difficult to keep plans up-to-date and ready to be put into action at a moments’ notice.

October 6, 2017 No Comments

Applications

Google’s Android OS Brings Apps and Features to PBX Handsets

Google has been leading the way for decades in technology with their operating system (OS) and has recently begun quietly bridging the feature gap with office phones. From their initial launch of Andromeda as an integrated OS in 2007 to their current launch of the smart phone, Pixel, Google’s eye for human use factors are

July 19, 2017 No Comments

SMS a Vital Tool for Customer Service

Short message services (SMS), or business text messaging, is one of the best ways to communicate with customers and employees that provides personal, instantaneous access. Your customers are using mobile devices for business and personal communication in an increasingly virtual work environment, one where purchasing decisions are heavily influenced by SMS communication. Likewise, simple text

June 13, 2017 No Comments

Communications and Marketing Specialist

Job Summary: The Communication and Marketing (C&M) is a part time non- exempt position working approximately 16-20 hours per week. The scheduled work hours are flexible. Due to the nature of recreational work, evening, weekend, and holiday hours are to be expected. The C&M Specialist is responsible for managing the public relations, public information, marketing plan/strategies, website

April 10, 2017 No Comments

Inside Sales Representative and Account Manager

JOB SUMMARY Growing Internet Solutions Provider located in northwestern suburbs of Chicago is currently seeking to expand its sales team with a full-time Inside Sales Representative and Account Manager. Our Sales Specialists are key to ensuring that we are in tune with our clients telecommunications needs particularly when it comes to their hosted voice, telecommunications

January 24, 2017 No Comments

Articles

The Critical Nature of Your Online Reputation

(Featured in the National Association of Legal Professionals publication, “The Docket Magazine.”) Internet reviews and rating sites have empowered consumers with the final say in how successful a professional can expect to be, regardless of their actual professional acumen. This is why managing your online presence is so vital to a firm’s ability to attract

January 7, 2017 No Comments

Business Anywhere with Follow Me

Imagine sitting on a beach in some warm location and still being able to run your business effectively. That is the power of our “Follow Me” feature that caters to the busy professional. This is an essential tool that promotes freedom and efficiency while helping to keep you connected to your most important calls. You

December 6, 2016 No Comments

Our Warmest Wishes for Thanksgiving

To Our Valued Clients: The Thanksgiving Holiday is a good time to reflect with friends and family about the things that matter most. As a part of our family, you are important to us. Thank you for continuing to choose DLS and letting us be a part of your success. All of us here extend

November 23, 2016 No Comments

Global Outage – Notice on Service Disruption

Dear Valued Customer, On Tuesday, October 4th at 07:19am CST DLS Internet Services experienced a voice service disruption resulting in busy signals received by callers of many of our client’s telephone numbers. Some of the outbound calling may also have been affected for up to 2 hours. This service disruption was a result of a

October 4, 2016 No Comments

Testimonials

Clinical Computer Systems, Inc. for Obix.com

“…You guys are some of the most knowledgeable and fast support guys I’ve ever worked with. DLS is lucky to have you. Thank you very, very much. ” Tony Aiello, IT Manager Clinical Computer Systems, Inc. www.obix.com

September 21, 2016 No Comments

Blog

Avoiding Call Quality Issues with PBX Systems

Your Hosted PBX phone line isn’t just a regular phone. In fact, it operates a lot more like your computer than a traditional phone which means call quality can be effected by your network performance. Your PBX phone is more like your laptop than a traditional phone in that the sound of your voice is

September 1, 2016 No Comments

Common PBX Terms to Know

The following terms are helpful for every PBX system owner to know. Understanding the basics of your technology help you get the most from your system and plan for future changes. Jitter – Jitter is defined as a variation in the delay of received packets. The sending side transmits packets in a continuous stream and

September 1, 2016 No Comments

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