Projecting a professional image is
crucial to success in today's competitive
market. Sometimes the old
answering machine with the scratchy
message saying, "Please leave a message
after the beep," just doesn't cut
it. Bogen Communications has introduced
Friday, a digital voice-mail
system designed specifically for small
businesses. Friday features eight
voice-mailboxes — four individual
ones, three announcement-only
boxes, and a secure dataport that
connects to a desktop computer and
can also be used as an automatic fax
machine switch. Any of the individual
boxes can forward calls to a
remote phone or a pager. You can
even plug in your tape deck and play
your own on-hold music. The Friday-
1000, which operates on a single
phone line, sells for about