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Business Continuity Remains a Priority
 
POTS...  ANI...  MPLS...  PRI...  VoIP...  The telecom world is full of groups of letters incomprehensible and mysterious to anyone outside our industry.  One of the newer acronyms to join the telecom glossary is BCDR.  If you are not familiar with this one, it's certainly time to take note.  BCDR stands for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.  Surely, this rings a bell now.

In today's business climate of global economics, technological evolution and revolution; businesses are more reliant on being "connected" than ever before in history.  Sure, Global trade has been around for many thousands of years but technology, specifically the Internet, have taken it to a level and pace that one couldn't have dreamed of even as recently as the last time "hair bands" were cool.  Ask yourself, what would it mean to your business, revenues, and you personally if your communications network went down for hours, days, longer?

Because of this reliance on having an online presence for their customers, remote workers, outsourcing to other countries, automating inventory, etc; businesses of all sizes can no longer afford downtime.  In the past 12 months alone we have seen Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Blizzards...  And of course snow and Flu season are right around the corner.  That's not a scare tactic, that's reality.

So the question to ask yourself now is, are you confident in your ability to maintain operations without interruption?  If you are not having the BCDR conversation with your vendors, your company is at great risk.

Chorus not only has the experience and expertise to engineer a BCDR solution but can also help build the company BCDR plan for you and, equally important, help test and drill your network and staff to ensure a smooth transition in times of crisis.

Contact Chorus TODAY to learn more about Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning and receive free readiness assessment.


Meet iMeet®

Speaking of technology trends, one of the more important technologies being acquired by businesses these days are collaboration tools. However, if you look at the numbers, it's often a difficult ROI case and often your users will be slow adopters.

iMeet from PGi and Chorus are changing all that.  This game changer is a powerful tool, yet inexpensive, that can facilitate conference calls, video conference and tele-presence functionality, file sharing and more!

Perhaps most importantly, the iMeet application, with its' mobility, personalization, social integration and intuitive GUI interface, your employees WILL adopt this tool.

Believe The HYPE...iMeet is revolutionizing the browser-based market with this easy to use tool. Having combined the best parts of video, web conferencing and social networking, iMeet is tailor-made for today's collaborative worker.

click here for a free, no commitment trial.

 

SAVE THE DATE

FOR Chorus Communications imeet Happy Holiday Hour- Thursday, December 15th from 3-7pm More details and information will follow.




New Model for an Old Trusted Partner

NetCarrier, a trusted technology partner of Chorus, is now offering customers an unprecedented level of service.  Many businesses today are looking for high bandwidth at low cost.  Cable and Fios have brought about a fissure in certain business segments that once may have been looking for a standard "T-1" solution but now are looking at the benefit of super fast connections over the confidence of Five 9's reliability.

To address this change in the market, NetCarier is now supporting the byob "bring your own bandwidth" model on their core products.  Chorus can help you sell big, inexpensive pipes from the likes of Comcast and still provide the NetCarrier solution portfolio.  they will even assist in placing the orders for the bandwidth!

Learn more,  contact your Chorus representative.




Buffy the "Tehcnology Slayer"
 
Chorus Communications is pleased to announce the addition of Buffy Morgan as their Director of Marketing. Miss Morgan brings her expertise in strategic marketing, social media, event planning and public relations to Chorus. Her experience, work ethic and dedication will be an asset to the evolving Chorus technology team.

Prior to joining Chorus Communications Buffy, a Philadelphia native, worked in the hospitality and entertainment industry where she led the Marketing for two nationally acclaimed establishments. Buffy and Chorus are here to help our partners succeed, contact her at 216.600.0009 to learn how.


Rock The Night Away at The Hair O The Dog! Use thumbnail of hair o dog

On Saturday, January 18th, Chorus Communications will present The 18th Annual Hair O The Dog. This Swanky Black Tie Affair will be held at The Westin Philadelphia. Indulge in an evening of luxury, sophistication and fun. This event will provide spectacular entertainment, delectable fare, top-shelf cocktails, live art and so much more.

Click here for more details. If you are interested in placing your company in front of The Delaware Valley's most influential demographic contact Buffy Morgan for sponsorship opportunities. Chorus agents are eligible to receive complimentary tickets to The Hair O The Dog. Contact Dan Cronin, Robert Molinaro or Amy Servis for more information.


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