NextWest, Inc., leading provider of IP-based business telecommunications and contact center systems for small to midsize enterprises, today introduced an innovative mobility solution to its PCXi IP-based PBX capabilities. Combining capabilities of PCXi PBX and NextIPS server NextWest is able to deploy full PBX extension functionality to cell phone and home phone users anywhere in world. Because a NextWest cell phone user is same as a regular extension user you can now be reached through one number anytime, anywhere in world.

To achieve this innovative mobility functionality, PCXi system is interfaced to a NextIPS server via 23 or 30 channel cable interfaces. The NextIPS server is then connected to Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Remote cell and home phone users when out of office or working at home can dial access numbers on NextIPS server and login in as remote extension users. After logging in with secure methods remote cell phone and home phones then have all same capability of local extension users. Remote extension users can also be contact center agents and be monitored and operate exactly as if they were agents on primary site. This capability allows even standard analog phone users, without needing to install expensive IP phones, to operate as if they were part of local PBX community.

With NextMobility as well as previous abilities of “Follow Me” NextWest users can now be reached instantly. Customers can receive attention and support they want and need today, not tomorrow. If for some reason you are not available on your cell calls will follow normal PBX coverage options that you have set via NextWest PCXi software-based user console. “Follow Me” can be used in conjunction with extension cell to ensure you will be reached.

Let’s imagine ourselves with perfect set up of digital camera and a few accessories to make things just right. My personal and professional recommendation is that we start with memory. Get more today. If you only have one memory card for your camera it is time to add to collection. If you have more than one then good job! The more memory you have for your digital camera less likely it will be that you get stuck wanting to take more pictures and have no more room on storage. Memory is relatively cheap, takes up no space in your kit and gives you total control over creativity.

Your camera comes with a variety of quality settings to work with when taking images. Don’t use TIFF, leave it on one of medium quality level settings and your camera will take fine images for you and not eat up all your memory. If you use highest setting you will get very few images onto your card. They will for most part be of very high quality but you would only want to shoot at that level of quality if you are intending to make high quality large format prints of your images.

Now if that child of yours is just so incredibly cute and your wall is aching for a portrait of his or her shining face then by all means do it on highest quality. The key will be to use good software to process image and then a printer that can make a large format, high quality print of your image. They exist and for not unreasonable prices I might add.

I was stunned at a recent art show in my neighborhood to be looking at a photographer’s exhibit of large size prints (18x24 and up in size) to find out that he shoots exclusively in digital now. He was a former film photographer who switched over in recent years and now makes stunning prints from his digital images. His landscape images were simply amazing and to find out that he shot them on a good digital camera made me very curious about process, but that is fodder for another article.