System Alerts: A Business SMS Use Case
As with hardware, certain software systems need constant monitoring to maintain them, this is yet another instance where SMS can provide a quick and cheap method of notification should something go wrong.
The following are just some of the sectors already benefiting from using SMS text messaging to send system alerts: I.T. Professionals, SMEs
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