Net Service is a 3CX certified Partner

St. Louis, MO – January May 16, 2011 – Net Services announced today it has achieved the level of Certified Partner from 3CX.3CX

For Net Services, the partnership enables them to execute a key company strategy: To offer an innovative SIP and PSTN-based IP PBX that can deliver a robust level of functionality at a very affordable price for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Today Mike Stephens CEO of Net Services has successfully passed the 3CX Certification exam to become a Certified Partner. The qualification ensures Net Services can offer the highest level of support for new and existing users of 3CX Phone Systems. Mike is very keen to use is knowledge of the 3CX Phone System and he will be playing a key role installing and support 3CX for our customers. He will continue developing his 3CX skills to ensure he remains updated with new releases of the 3CX Phone System 

We are excited to be a certified partner of the leading software developer of VoIP PBX’s and believe that together we will increase the awareness of the benefits of VoIP for businesses in St Louis and St Charles” said Mike Stephens, CEO at Net Services. “Together with 3CX, we can offer a reliable and cost-effective solution that is easy to install and manage”.

About Net Services:
Found in 2004 by Mike Stephens, Net Services Inc focuses on IT Services and Solutions for St. Louis MO. and surrounding area. With a wild range of support such as voice, data and video for small and mid size business.

About 3CX
3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in the USA, UK, Germany, Cyprus, Malta, Australia and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. The company is focused on the Windows IP PBX market with its innovative 3CX Phone System for Windows, which has been developed specifically for the SMB market. For more information visit: www.3cx.com

Setting your status (Presence)

Introduction

The status feature of 3CX Phone System allows you to inform callers of your current status and to have your calls handled accordingly. For example if you are in a meeting, you can set your status to 'Away' so that calls will be automatically diverted to another extension or to your voice mail. You can configure what should happen when you set a particular status from the MyPhone 'Forwarding Rules' page.

Your current status will be displayed in 3CX Assistant so that users are aware of it. Note that the status setting will persist even if you close 3CX Assistant!

Available statuses

The following statuses (a.k.a. presence) are available in 3CX Phone System:

  • Available – you are at your desk
  • Away – generally used when you are away from your desk – i.e. in a meeting or having lunch
  • Out of Office – used when you are physically out of the office
  • Custom #1 – a custom away status that you can configure
  • Custom #2 – a custom out of office status that you can configure, for example if you are on holiday.

Setting your status (presence)

You have 3 methods to change your status to for example away or out of the office:

From 3CX Assistant

Select the appropriate status using the drop down in the 3CX Assistant toolbar. Your status will be instantly updated and the settings related to this status will kick-in immediately

Via the MyPhone portal

You can also set your status from the home page on the MyPhone portal.

By phone

If you do not have internet access, you can call in to your voice mail and change your status. To do this

  1. Dial the voice mail extension (by default this is 999)
  2. Select 9 to go to the options menu
  3. Select 1 to change your status

Low Voltage Contractor Net Services of St Louis Joins AGC

AGC of St. Louis

AGC is a member-driven organization of general contractors who construct commercial, governmental, and institutional buildings, as well as highways and bridges. Other members include specialty contractors and supplier/service providers.
 
The AGC of St. Louis, with 450 members, is one of the 97 chapters of the Associated General Contractors of America.
AGC provides networking opportunities, advocacy for the commercial construction industry, safety services, educational opportunities, and labor relations representation locally in St. Louis and nationally through AGC of America.
 
Net Services will with its membership in the AGC hope to better service the small business community in St Louis though knowledgeable safety training, and staying informed about
new building projects that are slated for the St Louis and surrounding area.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google Instant from a Webmaster’s Prospective

Last week Google launched Google Instant a new search future that predicts what you’re searching for as you type each character in the search bar. For example typing the letter “l” in the Google bar,  a drop down list appears with first listing being lady gaga.  Average of 74,000 searches is done per month using the phase ” lady gaga’, that stands to reason it would be listed first in the drop down list. Now adding the second character in the search bar other than “a” will result in a different list. Entering “li” you get a different list with “linkedin” the first chose.search_bar

“We’re actually predicting what query you’re likely to do and we’re giving you results for that,” said Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president of search products and user experience, as she demonstrated the feature at a press event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

As a Webmaster It raised my concerns over what effect this would have on how people would find my website, when searching Google. I tested some of my keywords to see if my ranking in the search engine had dramatically changed when Google Instant was used. The findings are the sites I have had not been affected.
I would like to hear from you if you have a opinion about Google Instant.