3 Great Trade Up Opportunities You Won't Want to Miss...

Toshiba and COMMWORLD of Kansas City have teamed up to bring you 3 incredible Trade-Up opportunities to choose from whether you have an aging Toshiba, Panasonic, Nortel or Avaya phone system:

1. Interested in hosted VoIP, but don't want to give up reliability? Trade Up to Toshiba VIPedge™ Cloud-Based Telephone Solution - the most reliable hosted phone system available. Get FREE IP telephones for each phone you trade in!
2. Ready to go Pure VoIP with a state-of-the-art system installed in your office? Trade Up to Toshiba IPedge® On-Premise, Pure-IP Telephone System. You get up to 50% off IPedge® user license with Toshiba's award-winning Call Manager!
3. Get the best of both worlds — VoIP and Digital. Trade Up to Toshiba Strata® CIX670™ On Premise, Converged Digital and/or IP Telephone System and get $50 Trade-In for each phone you trade in!

Save even more on select models of Toshiba's latest IP telephones. You get 5 telephones for the price of 3 with your new IPedge® or CIX670™ system!

Call us at 816-763-1100 or email info@commworld-kc.com to schedule a free consultation. We'll explain the differences between the technologies and help you decide which is best for your business. These offers are too good to last forever. Promotions end March 31st and some restrictions apply.

Why upgrade your old phone system when it still works?

Because you're missing out on technology advancements that can improve productivity, profits and your customer's experience!

1. Manage the System Yourself
2. Unified Messaging
3. Mobility
4. Call Record
5. Unified Communications

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Do You Believe in Magic?

Politicians have tricks up their sleeves when it comes to the PPACA

Bob Bennett, CEO & Founder of COMMWORLD of Kansas City usually writes articles on Business Philosophy for KC Business Magazine. This time, his article takes on a political issue you may find thought-provoking.

If the U.S. business community began operating with the same abusive philosophy as the present government, we will soon transform into a Third World country. The United States would function only on hope and "magic." ("Magic" meaning the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand legislation.) I say abusive philosophy because Congress' legislation (13 percent approval rating) seems to always be based on "Do not do as I do; do as I say." Matters that the legislators address by creating laws are almost always beyond the capability and expertise of the people writing those laws. If their laws were really good, politicians wouldn't constantly exempt themselves, their staffs and cronies from the encumbrances inflicted by those laws. Businesses, by law, are not allowed to enact those kinds of preferential policies in respect to employees and customers. Ironic, isn't it?

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Out with the Old (Copper Wire) — In with the New (IP)... Not so Fast...
Analysis to help you decide

Last Thursday, January 30th, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved a request from telecom carriers which moves the U.S. closer to an all Internet Protocol (IP) network. This decision allows experiments using IP delivered over coaxial cable, fiber or wireless networks with the goal of replacing traditional, in-place copper wire based facilities. The movement started with AT&T's request in late 2012 to begin testing for a transition to all IP networks.

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UMKC's Bloch School of Management wins another National Award

The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship has recognized the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation as the 2014 National Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Model Program.

Bob Bennett, CEO and Founder of COMMWORLD of Kansas City earned his MBA and BBA at UMKC and has served on the Bloch School Dean's Advisory Council for five years.

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1200-1400 Year Old "Phone"...

Forgive us Alexander Bell, but there's an older phone in the Smithsonian.

Between 1200 and 1400 years ago, a skillful and inventive people called the Chimu lived in Northern Peru. They had no written language, but were very innovative. The Chimus developed what might be called the earliest version of the "telephone". It was based on the same "technology" that you probably tried as a kid — 2 tin cans with string in between.

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