Avoid the knock-out blow of communications break-down.With disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and tornadoes striking everywhere from Indonesia to Indiana, there is growing concern among building owners, property managers, brokers and tenants about avoiding communication system failures, reports ConnectMe, a leading business communication solution company with more than 25 years' experience in the industry. One doesn't have to watch CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. nightly to see real estate assets taking it on the chin from natural disasters. That's why ConnectMe created a special industry advisory to help keep real estate companies and related businesses like construction, architecture, engineering, insurance and law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
"After a disaster, it is important to get a building up and running ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. , not only because it's the bottom line for a building asset, but also because of the businesses that buildings support and the neighboring community recovering from the disaster," says Scott Seltzer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ConnectMe, adding, "A great majority of business phone systems failed just at the very time they were most needed." Seltzer advises that in order to protect businesses and real estate assets, owners should consider virtual hosting. There was widespread failure of local PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and cell phone services in the wake of Katrina. New virtual PBX business telephone systems provide a range of advanced features--including call routing, follow-me calling, voicemail, fax-mail, and ACD (Automatic Call Distributor) A computerized phone system that responds to the caller with a voice menu and connects the call to the appropriate agent. It can also distribute calls equally to agents. queues. Given that they're virtually hosted, they can continue to be operative even when equipment is damaged locally. ConnectMe, which has developed solutions for thousands of users at Fortune 500 companies, also suggests that real estate businesses set up an 800 Emergency Number. |
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