In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, collaboration tools have become a necessity for remote and hybrid workforces. This technology enables a 31% improvement in team productivity and reduces operational costs by 2.3%. But as reliance on these tools grows, so do concerns about the security of valuable information.

A cloud-based phone system with collaboration technology can save your company time, money, and much more.

Commonly called Unified Communications (UC), this cloud software combines internal and external voice and video calls, instant messaging, voicemail, and content sharing into one simple solution. The management of this cost-effective collaboration tool is often outsourced to service providers like C Spire and is ideal for businesses of any size and industry.

With the majority of business conducted over the internet, most company leaders recognize the value of a 99.99% reliable fiber connection. But what other technology does a growing company need? For starters, a streamlined IT infrastructure, fewer capital expenses, and expertise support. And that means they need managed IT.

Next-level tech is coming to Birmingham with the return of Bytes & Bites, hosted by C Spire. The annual technology summit is expected to draw 600+ business and IT professionals for networking, leading-edge demonstrations, and lunch on May 4.

Dropped VoIP calls. Glitchy video meetings. Delays accessing your cloud data. When your internet is unreliable, so is everything else.

In our first myth-busting story, we set several cybersecurity misconceptions straight and began establishing that, contrary to popular belief, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) take IT security very seriously indeed.