PEOPLE BUY FROM PEOPLE
We believe in the notion that ‘people buy from people’.
However, we seem to be a world where people are being pressurised into buying technology on the fear that their business will fail or be left behind if they don’t introduce the latest tech into their workspace.
Aside from Cybersecurity products and services, the biggest and latest incentive for change is from the Telecoms industry.
THE BIG SWITCH OFF IS GETTING CLOSER
The looming Openreach ‘big switch off’ of the PSTN and ISDN networks is fast approaching.
VoIP is in fashion in a forceable sense as on this occasion, we have no option but to look at Internet Telephony.
If you do not port your number to a VoIP provider by December 2025, you could face losing it.
Please note though – due to the 2 million or so legacy emergency call systems that rely solely on a single analogue line, Openreach are once again reviewing the way forward to switch off the entire network without affecting the vulnerable.
You and your business are now fully reliant on the experts and/or specialists for advice from the multitude of salespeople who will come knocking on your door due to this full-scale industry change.
FINDING THE RIGHT MANAGED IT SUPPORT PARTNER
Now, more than ever, we need to look for people who, in themselves, value the importance of being earnest. Selling technology is an art form and the best salespeople should also know their technical stuff to a degree and ensure that whatever they implement for your business is going to enhance your services and not hinder them.
We are at a time, where clients who have gone to alternate suppliers, dazzled by slick sales talk, fancy presentations and hardware and have then suffered weeks of agony trying to implement the solutions that they have signed up to, only to be told by the technical engineer that in fact the system will NOT do what the sales person said it will do.
This is not a one-off incident.
Customers are very often signed into long service contracts and even longer lease agreements (usually 7 years) for expensive equipment that they don’t actually require to run the business.
FINDING LET’S DO IT RIGHT & TOGETHER
We want your business to run smoothly.
That is the idea of technology.
Now, even more so than only five years ago, technology professionals need to be upfront and straightforward when upgrading your business to an up-to-date system and as far as VoIP / SIP technology is concerned, getting the right solution (when there are over a 100 choices) means that the person selling / demonstrating to you, must, on all accounts be ethical and honest about their chosen product and ensure it fits your business requirements like a tailored silk glove.
MAXIMUM NETWORKS
Get in touch with the Maximum Networks team team today on 0330 102 7444 or using our contact form