CPaaS is a word you either know by heart now or never heard of before. In all cases, this blog article delves into what it means and why businesses need it in all aspects of their operations.
Today, almost everyone carries around a smart mobile device that enables seamless communication through multiple channels. However, businesses can find it hard to keep pace without a highly adaptable communication solution. For example, customers can pull out their smartphone and send a request for more information or file a complaint within seconds, but companies will be charged with finding innovative ways to tailor their responses while keeping their messages engaging.
Before we go any further, let’s first define CPaaS. At its most basic, CPaaS can be defined as a fusion of programmable cloud and telecom technologies that provide turn-key communication tools like SMS, interactive voice response (IVR), and video that don’t demand physical backend infrastructure.
In reality, CPaaS is all that and much more because it’s a one-stop-shop for all your communication needs.
So, what are the key characteristics that define CPaaS? Let’s take a look.
1. Traditional Cell Phone & Internet-Based Communication
- Cloud-based communication platforms bring together the functionality of both traditional phone networks and modern IP communications systems.
- Enterprises can benefit from having all their communication channels on a single platform without involving a telecommunications group or purchasing the necessary backend hardware to achieve it.
2. Seamless Integration
- Leading CPaaS solutions come equipped with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Software Development Kits (SDKs). So, developers can easily integrate their systems with the cloud-based platform and quickly deploy their finished enterprise-grade products.
- When businesses integrate communications tools into their applications, it negates the need for customers to switch to a traditional (PSTN) telephony system to call customer service for support. This approach gives a whole new meaning to unified communications.
3. Global Reach
- When brands partner with an established CPaaS vendor like CEQUENS, they can benefit from immediate access to hundreds of carriers across the planet. For enterprises, CPaaS can help them increase their regional and global reach without having to engage in a single negotiation with a telecommunications carrier.
- As cloud-based communications platforms can be personalized to your customers’ specific needs, businesses can take a customer-centric approach that is tailor-made for each audience. For example, if a customer prefers to be contacted via WhatsApp in the evening or over a phone call, you’ll be able to engage that customer, according to their preference through the same CPaaS platform.
4. Real-Time Reporting & Analytics
CPaaS platforms offer real-time analytics and dynamic reporting tools that can help your business make data driven decisions. These reports and data can be accessed easily in one place through a user-friendly dashboard.
5. Multiple Programming Language Support
Leading CPaaS platforms support a variety of programming languages. As a result, your in-house developers can start customizing enterprise communications systems with the code they already know. Some of the programming languages supported by cloud-based communications platforms include the following:
CPaaS also supports a do-it-yourself (DIY) drag and drop model, you can customize how you engage with your target audience without writing a single line of code.
6. Pay-As-You-Go Billing Model
- When companies sign up for the pay-as-you-go billing model, they will be able to customize their communication solutions and identify innovative ways to interact with new and existing customers.
- When businesses incorporate a CPaaS model, they don’t have to make a significant investment in all the backend infrastructure that’s demanded by traditional on-premises communications solutions.
7. Scalable & Reliable
- Cloud-based communications solutions are highly secure, scalable, and agile. You can also scale up or down depending on present demands and only pay for what you use.
- Enterprises that embrace CPaaS solutions are also well equipped to seamlessly scale from prototype to global production capacity. As all this will be backed up on the cloud, enterprises will also be well-placed to improve business continuity.
- In the digital age, CPaaS is an underlying force that drives businesses forward. Its DIY plug and play feature also make it easier for companies to benefit from enhanced communication without all the operational headaches that are inherent in traditional communications systems.
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