Johnny Kromer

Johnny Kromer
Starting his career as a Technician, Johnny quickly moved on to becoming a system specialist for large switching systems and spent a year in Belgium in the international support centre handling all system related queries from South Africa, India, Spain and Ireland. An expert in PABX, VoIP, and cloud-based communication systems, Johnny is now the Divisional Manager of the Technology team at Nashua. When he isn’t exploring the world of technology you’ll find him fishing in his favourite stop. And besides fishing, his favourite things are his Harley and expensive toys.
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Is cloud communications making the office PABX obsolete?

Posted by Johnny Kromer on 31 Oct 2018 11:00:00 AM

In our ever-changing world analogue systems are becoming obsolete thanks to digital advancements, but will the PABX system even die?

The Private Automated Branch Exchange (PABX) has been a very useful business tool for the world. It gave organisations the ability to hold calls within the same network at minimal cost, saved us from having to hike to the next office just to get clarification on that memo, and if you were inclined, the switchboard made you feel like you were on Captain Kirk's Starship Enterprise.

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Topics: Integration

4 things you might not know you could do with your Microsoft License

Posted by Johnny Kromer on 24 Oct 2018 11:00:00 AM

There is so much more you can get from your team and your environment if you use Microsoft to its full potential! Here are some functions you might not have known you have.

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to understanding and utilising a Microsoft Licence is that very often companies aren’t aware of what services and apps they have paid for and thus also have access to. The second challenge then becomes how to best use and integrate these into the company’s operations.

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Topics: Microsoft Insights

Microsoft data centres in SA: How this will change your business [UPDATE]

Posted by Johnny Kromer on 17 Oct 2018 11:00:00 AM

Here are some of the benefits of having Microsoft’s Data Centres in South Africa and of having your enterprise’s data in the cloud.

With software giant Microsoft starting to launch its first data centres in the country – and the first ever in Africa – South Africa is set to shrink a huge technology gap that exists between it and other, more technologically mature, countries. The presence of the data centres, along with other local cloud services, will reportedly create approximately 165 000 new jobs in South Africa through 2022.

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Topics: Microsoft Insights