{"id":53095,"date":"2022-08-29T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=53095"},"modified":"2025-09-21T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:38:18","slug":"ringcentral-cloud-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentral-cloud-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximize your PBX investments with RingCentral Cloud Connector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to deploying cloud telephony, enterprises have a lot to consider before fully migrating from on-premises to the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For starters, many enterprises have existing, complex PBX systems (and possibly a different one at each location), and might operate in regulated industries that require on-prem systems in order to meet security standards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These businesses may also feel they need to leverage their current PSTN \/ PBX infrastructure due to being tied into long-term contracts, but still want to offer users modern tools like team messaging or HD video and pave a pathway to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/how-it-works.html\">pure cloud UCaaS<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses also face significant cost challenges that can involve many locations and decision-makers. Phasing in cloud technology while <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/infographics\/7_benefits_of_switching_from_PBX_to_cloud.pdf\">still taking advantage of your on-premise PBX<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will help you modernize in a cost-effective &amp; realistic way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-form-widget download-cta-banner \" data-url=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/ebook\/10-ways-voice-will-disrupt-the-workplace.pdf\" data-id=\"6a0b572f4de75\" id=\"6a0b572f4de75\" data-form-type=\"cta download banner ENTERPRISE\">\n<div class=\"rc-post-content-cta rc-post-content-cta_download orange\">\n<div class=\"img-rc-cta-download\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"290\" height=\"234\" fill=\"none\" id=\"svg--1362823973\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M213.846 96.959C222.779 130.299 257.048 150.084 290.388 141.15C323.728 132.217 343.513 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strategy that allows only a small group of users or branches to transition to the cloud. This would allow them to track, manage, and mitigate risks before committing to their entire organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why we\u2019re excited to announce <\/span><b>RingCentral Cloud Connector<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a hybrid PBX solution that allows you to continue taking full advantage of your existing on-premise PBX <\/span><b>while partially moving to the cloud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"cloud\"><\/a>What is RingCentral Cloud Connector?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54697\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ringcentral.com\/us\/datasheet\/cloud-connector.pdf\"><b>RingCentral Cloud Connector<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers large enterprises the ability to migrate to the cloud in a phased approach through interconnecting your on-premise PBX with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/how-it-works.html\"><b>RingCentral MVP<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via SIP trunking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ringcentral.com\/us\/datasheet\/cloud-connector.pdf\"><b>RingCentral Cloud Connector<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enables seamless dialing between on-premises PBX and RingCentral MVP users\u2014regardless of geographical location\u2014as if they were on one unified platform. Businesses will save costs on international and internal dialing through free onNet calling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tiered approach allows you to migrate teams strategically\u2014by departments, site location, or operation type\u2014and test <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/how-it-works.html\"><b>modern cloud<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features such as team messaging, digital whiteboarding, task management, unlimited cloud storage, annotations, HD video meetings, virtual backgrounds, AI-powered transcriptions, closed captions and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build on existing PBX investments and enjoy enhanced collaboration tools. Run existing contracts out while shifting portions of your organization to the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s why a hybrid PBX might make sense for your company:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"reduce\"><\/a>Reduce migration risks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest benefit to having a hybrid PBX model is that it makes it much easier to transition to cloud. It can be expensive and a little psychologically unsettling to make the jump to the cloud, especially if you think your phones work \u201cjust fine the way they are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54698\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given those realities, it makes sense to have a new office, or new phones in an office, be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/what-is-a-voip-phone.html\">IP phones<\/a>, while still maintaining your existing infrastructure. Migrate to the cloud through a multi-year, phased approach vs. a rip and replace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ringcentral.com\/us\/datasheet\/cloud-connector.pdf\"><b>RingCentral Cloud Connector<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows you to try <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/how-it-works.html\"><b>RingCentral MVP<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a small group of users\/departments first and see how the cloud integrates with your existing technology stack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"reap\"><\/a>Reap cloud benefits now<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54699\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1082\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s teams can work from anywhere\u2014in-office, remote, and hybrid. But scaling an on-premise PBX to support this new work dynamic is either difficult or impossible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With RingCentral Cloud Connector, IT teams can take full advantage of cloud capabilities immediately <b>while maximizing their investments on their on-premises PBX systems<\/b>. You get the best of both worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other benefits from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ringcentral.com\/us\/datasheet\/cloud-connector.pdf\"><b>RingCentral Cloud Connector<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Improved ROI and cost optimization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on telecommunications spend. Save costs on global dialing and internal employee communications, and enjoy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/ie\/en\/customer_success.html\"><b>15-20% savings (on average)<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for external dialing for users who migrate to the cloud.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Easy scaling: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add global users and sites easily and quickly as you expand your global reach.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Enhanced collaboration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Test our modern collaboration tools with a subset of users such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/teams\/overview.html\"><b>team messaging<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentral-whiteboard\/\"><b>digital whiteboarding<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ringcentral.com\/app\/message\/desktop-web\/manage-tasks-ringcentral-app-desktop-web.html\"><b>task management<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ringcentral.com\/article\/9770.html\"><b>unlimited cloud storage<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/teams\/overview.html\"><b>picture annotations<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/video.html\"><b> HD video meetings,<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/virtual-backgrounds-closed-captioning-and-more-for-your-video-meetings\/\"><b>virtual backgrounds<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentral-mvp-meeting-ai\/\"><b>AI-powered meeting transcriptions<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ringcentral.com\/article\/10737-RingCentral-Meetings-Closed-Caption-Host.html\"><b>closed captions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and more.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Seamless user experience:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> While you migrate on your schedule, the hybrid PBX environment will allow a seamless user experience between on-premise PBX and cloud PBX users (for extension to extension dialing).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b><a id=\"why\"><\/a>Why choose RingCentral for your hybrid PBX\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53098\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Forward-all-calls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We pride ourselves on being an award-winning <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/lp\/gartner-magic-quadrant.html\"><b>leader in cloud telephony<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and strongly believe that voice is a key pillar of all critical business communications. We go to great lengths to understand what our customers need\u2014and innovate to solve those needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are several reasons to choose RingCentral for your hybrid PBX solution:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/features\/global-office-communications\/overview.html\"><b>Global reach<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral Cloud Connector is available in over 50 countries, meeting your business growth as you expand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/analytics\"><b>Analytics<\/b><\/a><b><b>: <\/b><\/b>Though competitors do provide some level of reporting and analysis,\u00a0<b>only RingCentral provides comprehensive and integrated analytics<\/b> for\u00a0<b>both the IT professional and line-of-business user<\/b>.\u00a0 From a single interface, both user types enjoy\u00a0<b>significantly more detail, flexibility, and customization. <\/b>Most of RingCentral\u2019s <b>analytics are included in our most popular packages<\/b>, whereas many of our competitors&#8217; features are incomplete, disjointed, rigid, or can only be unlocked by paying additional fees.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/platform.html\"><b>Voice integrations<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral has <\/span><b>deeper, broader, and higher quality voice integrations than all of our competitors. <\/b>We provide deeper capabilities, which means you can access your softphone wherever you are\u2014on your browser, in your favorite app\u2014and your advanced calling, SMS, and fax features are embedded.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/effortless-customer-engagement.html\"><b>Best of breed CCaaS<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/solutions\/enterprise-business.html\"><b>large enterprise migration experience<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral offers the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best of breed <\/span><b>UCaaS and CCaaS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all on one bill and on one network, with more experience supporting large, complex enterprise migrations than our competitors. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/trust-center.html\"><b>Security Innovation<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trusted by top global brands, we\u2019re the most reliable and secure cloud-based UCaaS provider. We are SOC 2, SOC 3, GDPR, and HIPAA compliant, and have received dozens of globally-recognized security certifications including UK Cyber Essentials Plus and HITRUST.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b><a id=\"ready\"><\/a>Ready to start the move?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Migrating to the cloud is a large commitment for organizations small and large. But with RingCentral, we\u2019ll guide you and your business every step of the way. It\u2019s part of our commitment to making your communications simpler and more productive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Cloud Connector and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ringcentral.com\/us\/datasheet\/cloud-connector.pdf\"><b>get the datasheet here<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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