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From the Toshiba Blog...Special Trade Up Promotions End September 30th

Special Trade Up Promotions End September 30th

Since we announced this promotion earlier this year, we've seen a lot of excitement from longtime customers who recognize this as a prime opportunity to upgrade. Here are answers to the top questions we've been getting about this incentive program:

Free IP phones? Deep discounts on digital phones and user licenses? Have you people gone mad?

Hardly. We just know it's better for everybody if the Toshiba systems out in the field represent our latest innovations and are actively supported. Toshiba's Value Plus warranty program offers a two-, three-, five- or seven-year manufacturer's warranty on its various phones and systems, but many customers are using equipment much older than that.

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Feeling Stressed?

Here's a fast, effective way to eliminate stress and live your best life now!

Feeling Stressed?

Faster Emotionally Focused Transformation (Faster EFT) works with your mind – body connection. It works because it uses systems that naturally occur in all of us. The basic process is easy to learn and you can do it for yourself.

Bob Bennett and Linda Bennett are Certified Faster EFT Practitioners. Check out their website, ChangesAtLightSpeed.com to learn more. If you're ready to change your life for the better, schedule a private session or a seminar for your management staff. Ask about the special discount for readers of this COMMWORLD newsletter!

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Your work isn't tethered to a desk, your business phone shouldn't be either.

Introducing Toshiba's new UC edge™ - Unified Communications client...

Toshiba's UCedge

Today's phone systems offer mobility features such as follow-me and twinning, so incoming business calls can reach you and ring on multiple devices. But there's more. With Unified Communications client software, a smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop can perform as an extension of the company's phone system. You'll get features you would expect from your desk phone such as extension dialing, call hold, transfer and ad hoc conferencing.

Toshiba's new UC edge™ - Unified Communications client, allows a user to seamlessly work with up to three devices simultaneously such as an iPhone, a PC and an Android based tablet. Through pairing an iPhone or Android phone, users can initiate dialing on a desk phone via a cell phone contacts list, initiate an (IM) conversation on one device, and continue the conversation on another, all while viewing real time presence status.

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Government Workers Cheat and Top Officials Fail to Manage

Government Workers Cheat
                            and Top Officials Fail to Manage

Telecommuting Requires Trust and Good Management

A recent Washington Post.com article by Lisa Rein reveals problems when government workers cheat and top officials fail to manage.

The telework system of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been used by the Obama administration as a model to encourage telecommuting in other government agencies. Approximately 3,800 patent examiners work from home full time and 2,700 employees' telework part-time. However, the agency has a backlog of over 600,000 patent applications with an estimated 5 year wait time. Two years ago, whistle blower complaints about telework program abuses led to an internal investigation.

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Mobility Means Getting More Done, Increasing Sales and Adding to Your Bottom Line

See for yourself by the numbers... Mobility Means Getting More Done
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Who Knew Identity Theft Can Start With a Text Message

How to "Can the Spam"

Identity Theft

Everyone is aware of the risk of identity theft, but did you know it can start with a text message? Spam text messages can also slow the performance of your device by taking up memory and they can lead to extra charges on your cell bill.

One scam starts with a legitimate-looking text that informs you that your email account has been hacked or compromised and has been deactivated for your protection. You are advised to send a return text or click on a link to reactivate your account.

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Telephone Trivia

Telephone Trivia

How many songs about telephones can you name?

Can you name the artist and the year??

Anyone remember Sam Wilson's Trivia Nights back in the late 70's???

  1. The Telephone Man– Merilee Wilson (1977) – "Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man. You just show me where you want it."
  2. Wichita Lineman– Glen Campbell (1968) – "I hear you singin' in the wire. I can hear you through the whine."
  3. Call Me– Petula Clark (1965) – "If you're feeling sad and lonely, there's a service I can render."
  4. I Just Called to Say I Love You– Stevie Wonder (1984) – "I just called to say I love you. I just called to say how much I care."

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