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Drew Blas Director of Operations at Chargify.com

Topeka, Kansas Area

DevOps, System Architecture, and Security Consultant. Specializing in AWS, infrastructure management, & scalability.

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  • Answers 2

It was a pleasure to speak to Drew. He was extremely knowledgeable about PCI compliance and audits. I will definitely contact him again if I have additional questions.

Source: Clarity Denise Dallas Jul 23, 2018

Drew was fantastic! He answered all my questions completely and thoroughly. He went above and beyond.

Source: Clarity Kevin Day Dec 8, 2017

Very knowledgeable.

Source: Clarity Charles Vsllid Feb 20, 2015

Drew was very helpful, he answered all my questions and concerns within 10 minutes. Thanks again Drew! :)

Source: Clarity Henry Paala Jan 28, 2015

Drew was very helpful in helping me identify and define key roles within the company and providing actionable guidance in moving forward towards a more scalable future.

Source: Clarity Ben Nadel Jun 17, 2014

Excellent guidance on basic service architecture with just a bit of background info to go on. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Drew!

Source: Clarity Daniel McQuillen Mar 31, 2014

Drew is extremely knowledgeable and personable. Super specific advice to my issues and excellent recommendations.

Source: Clarity Wes Garrison Oct 1, 2013

Drew immediately understood the issues at hand and was able to provide some good advice in a previously unconsidered direction. Thanks again!

Source: Clarity Joshua Majonis Jul 9, 2013

Drew was knowledgable and provided very helpful guidance comparing cloud providers, and their suitability for non-technical users and for setting up a cloud-based development environment for a PHP app.

Source: Clarity Alexis Gallagher May 31, 2013

Drew was so incredibly helpful. He probably saved me 8 hours of work from the 40min or so we spoke. Very easy to talk to. There wasn't a single question I asked him that he didn't have a quick answer for.

Source: Clarity Stephen Rhyne May 7, 2013
Drew Blas, Director of Operations at Chargify.com answered:

If you want a system that doesn't require any hardware or infrastructure, then a virtual PBX is the best bet. These systems just use your existing phone numbers (cell phones or whatever) and routes the calls among them.

The big player in this space is http://grasshopper.com/ They have been around for quite awhile and have a lot of features for managing calls. They're well known for their reliability and customer service.

I've also used http://www.ringcentral.com/ and they are very good as well. Never had any issues and they support various softphones and hardware phones as well.

I've also heard about a new up-and-comer https://aircall.io/ - But I know very little about them and they look to still be in beta. But you should definitely try it for comparison.

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