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ExplainerUC&C8 May 2017 · 1 min read

Virtual Phone Systems - the halfway house to Cloud?

Virtual telephone systems are growing in popularity and when we examine why, it appears that virtualising your business telephone system in VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V can be the perfect hybrid deployment model before moving to a full hosted cloud communications platform.

Virtual phone systems cloud transition

Virtual telephone systems are growing in popularity and when we examine why, it appears that virtualising your business telephone system in VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V can be the perfect hybrid deployment model before moving to a full hosted cloud communications platform.

In this article we've listed the generally available software based phone systems available in the market in 2017. The highlighted platforms are systems we've reviewed recently, click through to read our phone system reviews for each product.

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Virtual Phone Systems

3CX
Avaya Aura Communications Manager
Avaya Equinox
Avaya IP Office
Cisco Business Edition 6000
Cisco Business Edition 7000
Microsoft Skype for Business
Mitel MiVoice Business
Mitel MX-One
MiVoice Office 400 Virtual Appliance
NEC Univerge 3C
Panasonic KX-NS1000
ShoreTel Connect ON-SITE
Unify OpenScape 4000
Unify OpenScape Business
Unify OpenScape Enterprise Express

If you're buying a new unified communications platform and need guidance, check out our 2017 Technology Track and Buyer's Guide. Read our full list of Phone System reviews here.

 

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