This last few months, I've had the fortunate opportunity to spend some time talking with our service provider partners and a number of enterprises about their plans to adopt SIP Trunking. One of the questions I always ask is, "What do you think is holding back SIP Trunking from wider adoption?" As you can imagine, I heard all kinds of interesting feedback and thought it was time to share it with you.
What is holding back SIP Trunking from wider adoption?
1) The Economy--One would think that with an opportunity to reduce operating expenses immediately, businesses would be looking very closely at the cost savings available through SIP Trunking. And this does seem to be happening, but there is something else at work. It seems that in tight economies, employees are far less willing to "go out on a limb" and try new technologies, even if they could save the company significant money. Why? The fear of having to find a new job during high unemployment is a significant deterrent for most people that makes them think twice before taking significant risks at work...