Virtual Office Resource

Virtual office solutions are ideal for micro businesses that have 1 to 10 employees, as it provides them with a complete unified communications platform that combines a PBX (News - Alert) with assigned numbers and extension for each employee. As innovations like VoIP and the cloud continue to make it easier for users to work remotely, together it has also give birth to another trend: the virtual office.

With solutions from Phone.com (News - Alert), which combines a virtual PBX system that features a toll-free, 1-800 number, vanity number, or any local area code number, it is possible for employees to make and receive calls within the business phone system without having to actually be in the office.

IT Partners, another emerging provider of communications solutions, has developed a virtual office managed platform for businesses that essentially helps store the information for a virtual office, while at the same time reducing overhead and technology infrastructure costs by eliminating the need for expensive hardware and software.

That said, the virtual office solution from IT Partners is completely outsourced in the cloud, which is less costly than typical servers or storage software. To do this, the company has partnered with RackSpace. IT Partners’ virtual office also handles key aspects of communications including IVR, Voicemail, Call forwarding, extensions, call queue, call parking, music on hold and more. In short, virtual office provides "data vault", which serves online cloud storage tgat provides cloud storage utility allowing businesses to securely store and share data.

Another important feature of IT Partners virtual office is the content management (CMS). IT Partners has leveraged CMSs like Drupal, Joomla or Wordpress. It also allows them to drive automated sales and marketing campaigns and increase sales by "triggering" events as customers and employees interact with products and services.

The Virtual Office solution can adapt to any device, anytime, anywhere. It does not require hardware or software installation. The service is available as a monthly subscription package.