Cedar Falls/Waterloo  319-229-7454

Des Moines  515-331-0444

Cloud or On-Premise?

ESI offers both options 

Cedar Rapids 319-393-0585

Voice Over IP Phone Systems​
Voice over IP Business Phone Systems


ESI offers both Cloud-based and On-Premise solutions for your business communications. It’s all about finding the best approach for your unique business needs.

Click here to learn more about a Cloud-based (Hosted) telephone solution. 

ESI on-premise IP business telephone systems that support SIP trunks

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On-Premise or Cloud Solution?

Dubuque  563-213-5784 

Click here to learn more about an On-Premise IP based telephone system with SIP trunks.

ESI Business IP telephone systems; ESI IP telephone systems; ESI Unified Communications ESI Cloud based hosted telephone service

What to choose? On-premise? or Cloud?  When choosing the next step for your business communications system, the question isn’t really whether an on-premise or cloud-based solution is better. The real question is which solution best suits your business needs.


​​ESI is a business communications provider that can provide either solution based upon your need, rather than offering only cloud-based or on-premises solutions. You can rest easy knowing that you chose the right system; not just the only system another provider could deliver.

    

Not ready to give up your on-premise system? If your business is not ready to move from an on-premise system, a cloud-based solution may not be an option. That doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on the cost savings and enhanced features often associated with an on-premise IP system and a cloud-based solution.

SIP trunks are a great option for businesses to take advantage of a cloud solution.  Moving your expensive analog lines to cloud-based SIP trunks can immediately save you money off your monthly phone bills, while also providing access to features that allow your business to communicate more effectively.

How would you like to pay?   Purchasing an on-premise solution typically means acquiring depreciable assets in the form of new hardware. Cloud systems do not require the purchase of new hardware other than desktop phones which are billed as a recurring, monthly service subscription. Your organization’s finance and budgeting practices may determine whether a CapEx purchase (more common in on-premises systems) or an OpEx purchase (like you’d typically have with a cloud solution) is more attractive.

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How’s your bandwidth?  Before you decide to implement a cloud solution, we need to determine whether the available bandwidth your Internet connection will provide will support your solution. If your existing Internet isn’t sufficient, we will work with you to check into your options for increased bandwidth and faster speeds before making your decision. 
            
The result?  One network that supports both your voice and data needs.   With an IP phone system or Cloud solution, System Administration can be performed from any PC on the network.  Phone moves and additions become plug & play as IP phones store extension number and programming info, not the phone system. There are other advantages of voice and data served via a single network. We look forward to discussing them with you.  

ESI IP phone systems in Cedar Rapids
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IP Business phone systems

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New Hampton  641-394-3301