Revolutionary Times for Business Telephone Systems
"Telephone System" - what an archaic concept. Today's newest telephone systems are revolutionizing the very concept of what a telephone system is, what it does, and how it operates. They are being developed on "systems" and standards instead of the closed, proprietary hardware and software combinations that locked the customer into one manufacturer's products and servicing.
We have seen thatsystems and standards in the desktop computing, LAN (Local Area Networking), and WAN (Wide Area Networking) worlds have created competition. Competition has forced innovation of new services and constantly decreasing prices for increasingly capable hardware and software applications. This same process is now occurring in the telecommunications hardware and software worlds. We have moved from an evolutionary process of "baby steps" in making any real changes in
telephone system technologies to revolutionary changes in the basic system architecture. This article explains these revolutionary changes.
Revolution Defined...
