Imagine the city skylines of the mid-1800s before the advent of the electric elevator, with few, if any, buildings of more than 10 stories. Now think of New York, Frankfurt or Hong Kong. For better or worse, elevators enabled the construction of skyscrapers and fundamentally altered urban landscapes.

As elevators have transformed cities, so technology has transformed modern organizations. Yet many small to mid-size associations, seeking to build for the future, are constrained by the complexity of installing and managing state-of-the-art systems.

That's where Virtual can help. Implementing efficient systems for managing association operations is our key practice area. In fact, technology is the foundation of everything we do - from our clients' standards initiatives to the systems we leverage to drive efficiency in running operations.

We have deep experience integrating and deploying best-of-breed solutions from Avectra (www.avectra.com), Certain Software (www.certain.com), Kavi Corp. (www.kavi.com), Lyris Technologies (www.lyris.com), and Teamware Group (www.teamware.net). These solutions enable us to run client business operations at peak efficiency and provide members with the tools to collaborate effectively, regardless of geographic location.

Our clients also enjoy the benefits of our Avaya Definity telecommunications system, which gives even smaller organizations the resources of the telecommunications systems used by the world's leading corporations, but at a tiny fraction of actual cost.

The system routes calls seamlessly to your dedicated staff or core Virtual staff, based on caller preference. Our system supports a distributed workforce and mobile staff, even when work locations change frequently (west coast/east coast/worldwide travel). We also offer cost-effective, in-house conference bridge services, accommodating up to 45 simultaneous callers.