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When it comes to developing interactive voice response systems, writing a great application is only part of the necessary work. The telephony infrastructure is an essential, and yet sometimes overlooked, component to IVR. Many companies who specialize in building speech applications don't always have expertise in telecom hardware. This is where IVR hosting comes in. IVR host services are becoming increasingly popular, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. They reduce initial capital expenses on telecom infrastructure equipment. In addition, hosting shifts the responsibility of installing, maintaining, and managing the IVR equipment to a third party. A company no longer needs to employ highly-trained, technical IT staff and telecommunications engineers to design and manage the equipment. Time to Market. By selecting a hosted IVR service, you can utilize telecom infrastructure that has already been built and tested. It can typically take an enterprise organization several months to install the necessary telecom infrastructure and get it running. After all, you need to plan the network architecture, select the best equipment vendors, purchase (and receive) the equipment, install the system, test it, and so on. With hosted services, you bypass all these tasks and get a solution that's instantly ready for live deployment. Web Design - Small business custom website from EverestWebDesign.com. Rich Christiansen - Management metaphors at RichChristiansen.com. |
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