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ShoreTel Cloud - When Disaster Strikes

When disaster strikes, will your ‪phone system‬ fail? When a router or server goes down, will your customers still be able to reach you? ‪

When Disaster Strikes, Will Your Phone System Fail?

When the unexpected happens, will your customers be able to each you? How long would it take your business to recover from a complete failure of your telephone and data systems?

THERE’S NO WAY TO PREDICT WHEN DISASTER WILL STRIKE YOUR BUSINESS

It’s not ‘what if something happens?‘ but ‘when.’ Until recently, the only way to ensure this scenario didn’t happen to you was to duplicate all of your systems and implement a complex disaster recovery plan. Both of those require significant investments in equipment and infrastructure, which is why many businesses have instead chosen to roll the dice and hope for the best.

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Today, there’s another solution that is cheaper and much more efficient. Cloud-based phone systems have greatly advanced system recovery and business continuity in the face of an outage.

A Simpler (and More Effective) Way to Manage Disaster Recovery

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• Built-in disaster recovery and redundancy planning
• Easy re-direction of call flows without disruption
• Continue working, even in the event of a total power or internet outage

When a router fails to work or a server goes down, your customers can still reach you with a ShoreTel cloud-based phone system.

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• When the unexpected occurs, your phones stay available
• IT staff has more time for strategic business goals
• Easy to connect remote sites and mobile employees to the phone system
• Manage multiple phones in dozens of locations without a WAN
• Upgrade your phone system with NO capital outlay

Explore ShoreTel Connect CLOUD – a brilliantly simple cloud phone system and unified communications solution that takes the weight of owning, configuring and managing your phone system off your shoulders and puts it onto ours.


GCC performs Disaster Recovery Services, Assessments and Consultations and System Backups.

Some of these services include:

  • Installing UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
  • Lightning Surge Protection (On CO lines, Verizon, T1s, aerial cables, etc.)
  • Power Replacement
  • Backup of databases for PBXs, voicemail systems and other associated equipment
  • Consultations for Emergency Overflow of calls to a backup destination in the event a T1 is down or cut
  • Preventive Service Contracts against extreme and costly unexpected repairs


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