NEC End of Life: What This Means For Your Company

NEC END OF LIFE: WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOUR COMPANY Why upgrading your out of date phone system is a critical business If your company is still using the NEC SV8100 telecommunications server, you should be aware that NEC is no longer supporting the server software and hardware running on these telephone systems. The product […]
LINKPOINT COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CONNECT OKANAGAN TELEPHONE LTD AND CONNECT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC.

LINKPOINT COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CONNECT OKANAGAN TELEPHONE LTD AND CONNECT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC. Vancouver company LinkPoint, a leader in systems and IT management, has completed acquisition of CONNECT, an Okanagan-based telecom and managed IT support provider. Both Linkpoint and CONNECT will continue to serve their customers without any disruption, and are now positioned to […]
CONNECT AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE FULL IT SERVICES FOR PRESTIGE HOTELS & RESORTS

CONNECT AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE FULL IT SERVICES FOR PRESTIGE HOTELS & RESORTS CONNECT Okanagan Telephone is now providing support to 13 Prestige Hotels & Resorts CONNECT Okanagan Telephone, a leading provider of IT infrastructure and cloud services, is proud to announce that it was recently awarded the full IT support contract for Prestige Hotels […]
CONNECT Cloud Email Solutions: Office 365 Email for The Win

CONNECT CLOUD EMAIL SOLUTIONS: OFFICE 365 EMAIL FOR THE WIN Office 365 email allows you to connect to an IT provider to support your critical business communications. There are a lot of options for email in the cloud, and making sense of things is often, well, cloudy. However, one thing we know about email is that […]
REALLY BORING DATA BACKUP OPTIONS

REALLY BORING DATA BACKUP OPTIONS That feeling when your data backups are taken care of Let’s face it: backing up your computer or your data is boring. There’s no way around it. But data is one of your business’s greatest assets, and if it gets lost the ramifications can be disastrous. Losing access to an […]
Team CONNECT: Meet Our Technical Support Management Team

TEAM CONNECT: MEET OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGEMENT TEAM Get to know the team from our Kelowna head office and make the CONNECTion In the fast-paced and vast communications and information technology universe, you need a team that not only knows every aspect of the field, but that can work together to solve issues and CONNECT […]
CAN YOUR OFFICE PHONE DO THIS?: AN INTRODUCTION TO VOIP PHONE SYSTEMS

CAN YOUR OFFICE PHONE DO THIS?: AN INTRODUCTION TO VOIP PHONE SYSTEMS Are you maximizing the capabilities of your office phone network? As your local Okanagan IT solutions provider, CONNECT is always looking to keep the Okanagan informed about the latest and greatest IT products for local businesses. One of our specialties is VoIP phone […]
Pros & Cons of VoIP Phones for Business

PROS & CONS OF VOIP PHONES FOR BUSINESS Time to Upgrade Your Business Phone System? VoIP Phones are all the rage these days, but are they the best choice for your company? When first introduced, VoIP revolutionized communications by giving tech-savvy businesses an affordable alternative to telco-provided voice calls. In the early days of the […]
Importance of Music on Hold on your Telephone System

IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC ON HOLD ON YOUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM Why Music on Hold (MOH) One of the primary reasons for a small business to require an actual “telephone system” is the need to handle multiple incoming lines. How does a single receptionist handle multiple incoming calls at the same time? He/She places some of the […]
NEC Communications Sponsored Formula 1

NEC COMMUNICATIONS SPONSORED FORMULA 1 Check out this video of the NEC Communications Systems sponsored F1. Very cool.When I think about “Unified Communications” I am always focusing my attention on Communications devices because that is the business that I am always focused in.I think NEC makes a pretty good point in this video that Unified […]