Posted by Cloud Net on Tue, Mar 09, 2010 @ 05:08 AM
Walsall’s Cloud Net launches internet telephone service to regional businesses at ‘Business Growth Show’
8 March 2010. Walsall based business phone systems company, Cloud Net, launched its internet-based (VoIP) telephone system to the Birmingham and Solihull business community, to an enthusiastic response, at the Business Growth Show in Edgbaston on 4th March.
“We have had a tremendous response from local businesses with 12 new prospects signed up to our first Associate Partner event on 10 March. We have also met with over 100 potential new users of our system during the day. The fact that our phone system allows small businesses and start-ups to keep costs low, whilst maintaining a professional image really struck a chord with the show’s visitors,” explains David Hill, Chairman of Cloud Net. “Our telephone system provides all the functionality of a costly PBX (switchboard) for a fixed monthly rate per handset of £8.50 along with free network calls and a free IP phone.”
The Cloud Net Connect telephone system is based around an online or ‘virtual ‘ switchboard giving users functionality such as call redirect, conferencing and call recording without the need for a PBX. The online switchboard works seamlessly between multiple locations and remote workers giving the impression users are all in one office.
“We’re the only VoIP provider in the UK that owns and manages its own network, enabling us to guarantee call quality, a vital requirement for businesses using VoIP technology,” adds David. “We also provide subscribers with an IP handset, further reducing capital outlay, which is pre-configured for each user, to simplify the installation process.”
Cloud Net has been trialled around Walsall and Staffordshire before a full regional and national roll out. Its clients include Claims Master, FLE Group, Presteen Associates, Bringing Enterprise to Life and Breathing Space. Customers range from start-ups and freelancers to SMEs moving offices or looking to cut costs.
The company’s straight-forward pricing structure removes the complexity of purchasing and running a small business communications system over the internet. Cloud Net’s ‘switchboard in the sky’ package is offered at a fixed price per handset starting at £8.50 for a standard unit and includes:
• PBX functionality: call redirect, voicemail, conferencing, call recording and ring-back
• Plug-and- play IP handset
• Free, high-quality calls over Cloud Net’s own IP network – ideal for multiple work-sites or remote workers
• Low cost calls outside the Cloud Net network (e.g. UK landline 0.9p per minute)
Cloud Net also offers a 30 day trial.
For further information, please visit, www.cloudnetuk.com, call 01922 21 33 33 or email solutions@cloudnetuk.com
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About Cloud Net
Cloud Net supplies telephone systems to SMEs and start ups with the advantage of no capital expenditure necessary to run a professional PBX and dramatically lower running costs. Cloud Net has developed a dedicated small business VoIP network providing free calls within the network. The company has a happy and growing customer base. Cloud Net is privately financed and started trading in March 2009.
Contact for media information
For more information, to review Cloud Net services or for case studies, please contact Ranbir Sahota or Sara Pennant of Vitis Technology PR agency, on 0121 242 8048, ranbir@vitispr.com or sara@vitispr.com
Posted by Cloud Net on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 @ 03:53 AM
Business VoIP company seeks UK Associate Partners to drive sales to SMEsUK VoIP provider Cloud Net today announced the launch of its partner programme, Cloud Net Direct, a UK associate partner recruitment initiative to support the recent launch of its internet-based telephone system for small businesses, Cloud Net Connect.
The aim of the partner programme is to establish a UK network of 60 associate partners supported by a comprehensive schedule of training and marketing initiatives by the end of 2010. Successful applicants can expect to earn a minimum OTE of £30k p.a, based on selling two handsets per day. The first Cloud Net Direct partner event is planned for 10th March at the company's headquarters in Walsall, West Midlands.
Cloud Net Connect provides small businesses with all the benefits of a high-cost PBX (switchboard) for a fraction of the price. Its ‘switchboard in the sky' is offered on a fixed monthly contract basis, starting from £8.50 per month, including free calls over Cloud Net's IP network, a free IP phone and all functionality including call redirect, conferencing and call recording. The online switchboard works seamlessly between multiple locations and remote workers; as though they were all in one office.
The Cloud Net Direct programme will be run by Tom McKinney, Cloud Net's new Sales and Marketing Director who has over 20 years business experience and was previously responsible for developing and managing the sales network for Premier Direct Group plc, the UK's number one company in display marketing.
"Cloud Net's hosted VoIP solution is completely different from anything else currently available on the market today," explains Tom. "This makes Cloud Net Direct an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurial people looking for a first step into the communications marketplace."
David Hill, Chairman of Cloud Net, adds "VoIP is one of the best performing industries in the US, and one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK. With the most advanced VoIP technology and an amazing price point, Cloud Net has enormous sales potential nationwide."
Those wishing to find out more about the Cloud Net Direct partner programme should contact Tom on 01922 21 33 33. For further information on Cloud Net Connect, please visit www.cloudnetuk.com.
About Cloud Net
Cloud Net supplies small business VoIP telephone systems with the advantage of no capital expenditure necessary to run a professional PBX and dramatically lower running costs. Cloud Net has developed a dedicated small business VoIP network providing free calls within the network. The company has a happy and growing customer base. Cloud Net is privately financed and started trading in March 2009.
Contact for media information
For more information, to review Cloud Net services or for case studies, please contact Ranbir Sahota or Sara Pennant of Vitis PR, on 0121 242 8048, ranbir@vitispr.com or sara@vitispr.com
Posted by Cloud Net on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 @ 02:50 AM
Cloud Net has always devoted time and resources to delivering a high quality performance. Cloud Net has now moved to strengthen its standards of performance by working to ISO 9001:2008 standards.
"Cloud Net's commitment to our customers is what drives our continuous improvement efforts," said Cloud Net's Managing Director Charles Chance. "Aligning our processes with the ISO standards ensures we meet and exceed our customers' expectations, which is key to long-term success."
ISO 9001:2008 is the latest edition of the International Standard used by more than one million organizations in 175 countries as the framework for their quality management systems. This standard reinforces management action necessary to ensure continuous improvement in order to achieve the highest customer satisfaction.
Cloud Net Ltd. is the trusted cloud based IT and communications specialist, focused on delivering promises, reliably and on time.
Cloud Net's Quality procedures are designed to explain fully the procedure they follow to control the quality of their communication solutions and form a part of their service to customers. These procedures are to ensure that they achieve the best quality standards in order to become our customer's only choice of communication solutions providers.
Cloud Net Ltd. will seek to continue to expand in a controlled manner by organic growth and acquisition where appropriate. It is their aim to improve the effectiveness of the quality management systems through a system of continued improvement.
The Quality objective of the company is to become and remain the customer's "first choice", based on the customer feedback survey.
Posted by Cloud Net on Sun, Feb 14, 2010 @ 09:15 PM
Cloud Net has appointed Tom McKinney to the role of Sales and Marketing Director.
Tom will work within Cloud Net to develop the business telephone system sales activities of the company concentrating on the development of a targeted sales force whilst playing a strategic role in the overall brand development and marketing. He is focused on delivering the ambitious growth targets in the hosted VoIP arena that the company is committed to.
Tom brings to Cloud Net over 20 years of successful sales and marketing experience gained within various industries working for a number of blue chip organisations. Tom was responsible for more than doubling the agency base from 150 to 350 of self employed agents for Premier Direct Group plc which increased sales from £15m to £35m over an eighteen month period thus creating the number one company in the UK display marketing industry.
He is renowned for his energy levels and his passionate approach to business. Tom has a strong background in creating and developing large self employed networks throughout a number of UK based direct sales organisations which will prove vital in his role with Cloud Net.
Tom says: "Always one to identify a great business opportunity, I believe Cloud Net's hosted VoIP solution provides a unique offering to entrepreneurial people looking to create a business within the advanced communications marketplace"
David Hill, Chairman of Cloud Net, said: "We have been developing our systems and customer base over the last year or so. This is the stage in our planned development when we take things to the next level. Our plans are ambitious but in the fastest growing sector in the country, with the most advanced VoIP technology and an amazing price point we are set to deliver. Tom joins us to help make this promise a reality. His hands on knowledge and skills developed in similar high profile roles is invaluable."
Tom will be working with the rest of the team over the coming months to ensure that the service that they enjoy is simply the best. Those wishing to find out more about the many benefits, features and functions can simply visit www.cloudnetuk.com for more details.
For more information about Cloud Net,Tom or any other aspect of the business please contact Tom on 01922 21 33 33.
Posted by Cloud Net on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 @ 03:31 AM
Full internet-based PBX system and inclusive handsets from £8.50 per user per month.
Walsall, 8 February 2010. Cloud Net has launched its Cloud Net Connect Hosted VoIP service for small businesses, start ups and freelancers in the UK. Cloud Net is the UK's only VoIP provider that guarantees call quality by owning and managing its own network and also providing its own Internet Protocol telephone handsets (for free).
Cloud Net Connect allows customers to replace their traditional small business telephone systems without any capital expenditure on either PBX hardware or handsets, meaning that Cloud Net customers do not need to purchase new VoIP phones to benefit from cheaper and free call rates.
The company offers its "Switchboard in the Sky" online PBX system on a monthly contract basis making it a fraction of the price of a traditional hardware based switchboard which costs several thousand pounds to purchase with additional license fees on top.
Pricing packages start from as little as £8.50 per month for a standard IP handset.
Cloud Net's small office phone system includes: all the key business features of a modern PBX (switchboard) free with a fixed subscription per handset. In addition, the "Switchboard in the Sky" is automatically upgraded without user intervention: and there are no maintenance charges.
The company's straight-forward pricing structure removes the complexity of purchasing and running a small business communications system over the internet. Cloud Net's inclusive packages consist of:
• Quality internet phones - robust, feature rich phones
• Internet based switchboard ( PBX)
• Management portal - you can configure your system really simply online
• Free calls on Cloud Net's network - great if you have offices in different locations or remote workers
• Geographic telephone numbers - no need for 0844 numbers or mobiles
• Voice mail
• Fax boxes
• Call redirect
• Call recording
• Ring back
• Conferencing
• Caller identification
Cloud Net's hosted VoIP solution allows people to talk to each other across the network irrespective of where they are, for as long as they like, free. Companies with multiple branches can suddenly conference, free. Home workers can operate as though they are in the office. Using the follow me feature mobiles become part of the network and so you can even answer when travelling.
Calls outside the Cloud Net network are also competitively priced. Sample costs include: UK landline calls from 0.9p a minute and from 9p per minute to mobiles. Cloud Net's international calling rates are also highly competitive, e.g. 1.3 p per minute to the US or 3.2p per minute to New Zealand.
Cloud Net handsets are fully configured to customers' requirements before being despatched and allow customers to plug and play their new VoIP business telephone system straight into their broadband without the need for adaptors. Watch Cloud Net's video to see how simple it really is: http://www.cloudnetuk.com/blog/bid/27099/VoIP-Goes-Plug-and-Play.
As the "Switchboard in the Sky" is highly intuitive, users can change settings simply by using the online help videos, guidebook or by contacting the support desk.
Charles Chance, Managing Director of , Cloud Net says: "We know that the success of Skype has brought a lot of attention to the possibilities of VoIP for business, so we wanted to go one step further and provide a full professional switchboard with VoIP handsets. We believe that we are the first company to allow customers to truly benefit from a plug and play business VoIP solution. We have also removed the headache of deciphering pricing plans with additional costs for features - our pricing is all inclusive for professional PBX features."
David Hill, Chairman of Cloud Net added:, "Cloud Net has built its own hosted UK VoIP telecoms network, ensuring that unlike many other hosted VoIP companies, who lease network space, the company is in full control of call quality*. Our customers are able to speak directly to the network owner, so reducing response times for support and sales queries. Although companies like Vonage and Skype already operate in the VoIP space, they don't provide full business switchboard functionality, so we are bringing a small business phone system to the market, which addresses the needs of SMEs wanting to benefit from a professional switchboard without incurring high costs."
The Cloud Net service has been piloted in the West Midlands since October 2009, and is already being successfully used by small businesses as diverse as start ups, private detectives, charities, sole traders and small consultancies. See what users are saying here: http://www.cloudnetuk.com/case-studies
For pricing, please see http://www.cloudnetuk.com/standard-pricing/
For handset information, please see http://www.cloudnetuk.com/ip-telephone-handsets/
Cloud Net offers a 30 day trial. For further information, please visit, www.cloudnetuk.com, call
01922 21 33 33 or email solutions@cloudnetuk.com
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*Cloud Net's VoIP packages can be run over the public internet through a customer's existing broadband provider, however, Cloud Net can only guarantee call quality, if users purchase Cloud Net's broadband, which is competitively priced at Small Office ADSL2+ - £19 per month or Enterprise ADSL2+ - £30 per month.
About Cloud Net
Cloud Net supplies telephone systems to SMEs and start ups with the advantage of no capital expenditure necessary to run a professional PBX and dramatically lower running costs. Cloud Net has developed a dedicated voice over IP (VoIP) network providing free calls within the network. The company has a happy and growing customer base. Cloud Net is privately financed and started trading in March 2009.
Contact for media information
For more information, to review Cloud Net services or for case studies, please contact Ranbir Sahota or Sara Pennant of Vitis PR, on 0121 242 8048, ranbir@vitispr.com or sara@vitispr.com
Posted by Cloud Net on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 @ 08:51 AM
Cloud Net's latest partnership is with Gone Fishing For Business.
It offers their members the chance to have communications as professional as large companies whilst remaining local and friendly.
Gone Fishing 4 Business is a business networking organisation. It was launched in January 2008 by Chris Towe, formerly Divisional Director of the Burton & District Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to give the opportunity for businesses in the area to network on a regular basis. There are currently 5 meetings in Derby, Burton on Trent, Uttoxeter, Swadlincote and Walsall. There are over 200 member companies.
Gone Fishing 4 Business members are always looking for cost savings, flexibility, good service and ways to improve their green credentials. Cloud Net delivers on all these fronts and with free calls within the Cloud Net Network this is a good step to accelerating cooperation and networking between members.
The recession has put additional pressures on businesses to review their operations and question their use of resources. Every pound spent has to work harder for businesses and all communication channels must deliver more for less.
Gone Fishing 4 Business wants to for support local business with best of breed services and resources and the new partnership with Cloud Net helps ensure their members are at the leading edge of telecoms technology and services.
"Like other technologies, telecommunications are advancing on a daily basis, with established providers straining to keep up. Our phone systems operate through high speed voice optimised broadband connections, and we are at the leading edge of this technology" said David Hill, Cloud Net's Chairman.
"Companies want a contact number for life wherever they are based, lower costs and the ability to operate with as many people or branches as they want, without massive operational change or cost. This is where the new generation of telecoms we offer really helps."
With free hardware, free set up and a far cheaper line rental arrangement than is offered by other telecommunications companies, Cloud Net allows Gone Fishing For Business members to save on telecoms costs, allowing them to invest their savings in making the business more productive. And it is this approach to telecoms solutions that work with the increasingly mobile and flexible needs of a modern business, rather than one that rigidly dictates the way in which it works, that has most excited Gone Fishing For Business.
Gone Fishing For Business will be working closely with Cloud Net over the coming months to ensure that members are kept right up to date with the partnership and the benefits it can provide for them. Those wishing to find out more about the many benefits, features and functions can simply visit them at www.cloudnetuk.com for more details.
For more information about Cloud Net or their new alliance with Gone Fishing For Business contact Cloud Net's local account manager, Danielle Cochrane.
Posted by Cloud Net on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 @ 02:14 AM
VoIP has been identified as the best performing industry for the next decade and is poised to clean up the competition. US research company IBISWorld has produced 2 very recent reports in the highlighting the VoIP industry and it's spectacular growth. The headline figure is that the industry has multiplied in size 1,790 times since it's inception in 2002. This dwarfs all other industry growth including search engines which have only (only!) multiplied 16 times in the same period.
IBISWorld say that the VoIP industry is characterised "by strong revenue increases which are expected to continue into the future. The proliferation of VoIP has been in offering a cheaper alternative to traditional wireline and wireless services, and is the primary reason for why subscriber and revenue growth has been strong."
Cloud Net, the friendly professional VoIP company based in Walsall has identified the same trends in the UK and is working towards delivering this kind of growth and success in the UK.
Managing Director of Cloud Net, Charles Chance said, "It would be a tragedy if the VoIP explosion that is happening was totally dominated by US based companies. We have the technology, the know how and the wherewithal to make this a UK based success story and we fully intend to."
Charles continued, "The benefits of business VoIP lie behind the astronomical growth of the industry. In summary these are:
- Making professional high quality telephone systems affordable for everyone
- Cutting down the cost of communication, making it free in many aspects
- Geographical location becomes unimportant - any area code can be associated with any phone
- Complete integration with other technologies making unified communications a low cost deliverable
- The most advanced feature set on the planet."
IBISWorld produced the following table:
Best Performing Industries In The Coming Decade (2010-2019)
|
Rank |
Best Performing |
Growth |
|
1 |
Voice Over Internet Protocol Providers (VoIP) |
149.6% |
|
2 |
Retirement & Pension Plans |
133.7% |
|
3 |
Biotechnology |
127.6% |
|
4 |
eCommerce & Online Auctions |
124.7% |
|
5 |
Environmental Consulting |
120.3% |
|
6 |
Video Games |
112.9% |
|
7 |
Trusts & Estates |
105.7% |
|
8 |
Search Engines |
100.9% |
|
9 |
Recycling Facilities |
80.9% |
|
10 |
Land Development |
72.7% |
And by comparison it has also shown the worst performing industries for the next decade:
Worst Performing Industries In The Coming Decade (2010-2019)
|
Rank |
Worst Performing |
Growth |
|
1 |
Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
-52.0% |
|
2 |
Tank & Armored Vehicle Manufacturing |
-51.9% |
|
3 |
Vacuum, Fan & Small Household Appliance Manufacturing |
-34.4% |
|
4 |
DVD, Game & Video Rental |
-32.8% |
|
5 |
Photofinishing |
-31.5% |
|
6 |
Lighting & Bulb Manufacturing |
-26.8% |
|
7 |
Telecommunications Resellers |
-26.4% |
|
8 |
Laminated Plastics Manufacturing |
-25.3% |
|
9 |
Synthetic Fiber Manufacturing |
-24.6% |
|
10 |
Wire & Spring Manufacturing |
-24.5% |
In the other report IBISWorld indicate the following key industry statistics for VoIP 2009:
Whist UK trends follow the Amercian experience voulmes are much lower. This is creating the opportunity for UK based companies.
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Details of the reports are here http://www.ibisworld.com/pressrelease/pressrelease.aspx?prid=210 and here http://www.ibisworld.com/industry/default.aspx?indid=1269
Posted by Cloud Net on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 @ 02:37 PM
Southern Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SSCCI) has teamed up with Cloud Net, to offer members a recession-busting telecoms package.
Businesses in the region are being offered a state of the art internet telephone system from just £6.50 a month, with a free internet-based switchboard, free internet phones, free local calls and a host of advanced call features included as standard. Cloud Net is a VOIP provider, which means that users make calls over the internet, via an internet-based switchboard called a PBX. Unlike other providers, Cloud Net operates its own network, so quality of service is guaranteed. Support is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week from friendly staff at the company's West Midlands headquarters.
The exclusive package for SSCCI members gives local companies an important competitive advantage and will help them to drive up service standards, as Cloud Net Chairman, David Hill explains:
"0845 numbers and costly call diverting can be detrimental to good customer relations, yet many businesses still use these services. It may be a cliché, but customers want to feel as though their call is important and they don't want to be charged a premium rate to contact you. Customers want the reassurance of phoning a landline number, rather than a mobile number, and they want to be able to talk to you when it suits them, rather than when it suits you. They respond favourably to being addressed by name when you pick up the phone and, if they can't talk to you direct, they want to hear a human voice, rather than a computer-generated message. Normally, features like call forwarding, conferencing, caller identification, voicemail and ring back are costly. By switching over to Cloud Net, you will receive these features at no additional cost to your business. And that is on top of free local calls, free handsets and a low monthly subscription charge."
The system that has been developed by Cloud Net offers considerable cost-savings on phone bills - typically around 40%. Calls are charged by the second rather than by the minute and they are significantly cheaper than other networks. All calls to South Staffordshire dialling codes are free.
David is in no doubt about the difference this system could make to local businesses:
"The impact on a company's bottom line of changing over to Cloud Net is easy to measure. The average business landline makes 293 calls per month, of which two thirds are landline calls. Across the West Midlands, for example, there are 801,000 business fixed lines, with the cost of calls amounting to around £246m. A Cloud Net phone costs £6.50 a month, compared to an average of £13.96 so, if everyone in the West Midlands swapped over to Cloud Net, businesses in the region would save £148m a year. That's before you take into account any savings on calls. Less easy to measure, but no less significant, is the impact of a more professional telephone system on customer service. In today's tough business environment, this is an important advantage - and one that South Staffordshire businesses can now enjoy for free."
For ore information, visit www.cloudnetuk.com/sscci or call 01922 213333 and quote SSCCI offer.
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Posted by Cloud Net on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 @ 01:30 PM
Cloud Net's latest partnership is with Women In Rural Enterprise (WiRE). It offers their members the chance to have communications as professional as large companies whilst remaining local and friendly.
WiRE supports women in rural business by offering members a package of practical business services and Cloud Net's internet based telephone service fits right into that slot.
WiRE members are always looking for cost savings, flexibility, good service and ways to improve their green credentials. Cloud Net delivers on all these fronts and with free calls within the Cloud Net Network this is a good step to accelerating cooperation and networking between members.
The recession has put additional pressures on businesses to review their operations and question their use of resources. Every pound spent has to work harder for businesses and all communication channels must deliver more for less.
WiRE has a commitment for supporting business with best of breed services and resources and the new partnership with Cloud Net helps ensure their members are at the leading edge of telecoms technology and services.
"Like other technologies, telecommunications are advancing on a daily basis, with established providers straining to keep up. Our phone systems operate through high speed voice optimised broadband connections, and we are at the leading edge of this technology" said David Hill, Cloud Net's Chairman.
"Companies want a contact number for life wherever they are based, lower costs and the ability to operate with as many people or branches as they want, without massive operational change or cost. This is where the new generation of telecoms we offer really helps."
With free hardware, free set up and a far cheaper line rental arrangement than is offered by other telecommunications companies, Cloud Net allows WiRE members to save on telecoms costs, allowing them to invest their savings in making the business more productive. And it is this approach to telecoms solutions that work with the increasingly mobile and flexible needs of a modern business, rather than one that rigidly dictates the way in which it works, that has most excited WiRE.
WiRE will be working closely with Cloud Net over the coming months to ensure that members are kept right up to date with the partnership and the benefits it can provide for them. Those wishing to find out more about the many benefits, features and functions can simply visit them at www.cloudnetuk.com for more details.
For more information about Cloud Net or their new alliance with WiRE contact Cloud Net's local account manager, Danielle Cochrane
Posted by Cloud Net on Thu, Dec 24, 2009 @ 07:55 AM
Our offices will be closed from 24th December 2009 until 4th January 2010 for the Christmas period.
Please note, technical support is still available during this time. If you have an urgent support query, please open a ticket by sending an email to support@cloudnetuk.com or by clicking here and one of our engineers will get back to you.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for their continued support throughout 2009 and wish you all a very happy Christmas!
Cloud Net