Digium Launches The Asterisk Business Edition – The First Open Source Telephony System Geared Towards Business Professionals
February 5, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, AL; SAN JOSE, CA (PRWEB) March 9, 2005
Digium Inc., the leader in open source telephony, announced Asterisk Business Edition today, a professional-grade version of its acclaimed open-source PBX for the Linux operating system. Asterisk, the worlds first open source PBX, offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over TDM, switched, and Ethernet architectures. Asterisk Business Edition provides enterprise environments with a PBX and telephony platform with the tested reliability necessary for critical business applications.
Digiums comprehensive test program ensures Asterisk Business Editions reliability, performance, and interoperability with key hardware, software, and protocols. Digium hardware cards are tested for full compatibility with Asterisk Business Edition, as are several select models of servers, VoIP, and TDM devices. All major software features in Asterisk Business Edition are thoroughly tested for functionality and stability. Test bed systems are also subjected to extreme stress conditions using Emperix® test equipment to simulate hundreds of thousands of calls in various real-world combinations and configurations. As a result, customers can rely on their combination of proven Asterisk software and Digium hardware will work together to provide a feature-rich PBX system.
With the introduction of the Asterisk Business Edition, Digium gives their customers a choice. Those who want to configure, build, and test Asterisk themselves will continue to have full access to the open source edition, but now enterprise users will be able to save time and money, and reduce risk with the Asterisk Business Edition, proven to work right out of the box after configuration.
By creating Asterisk Business Edition, Digium has taken open source telephony to the mainstream, said Mark Spencer, president of Digium. Digium recognizes the needs of the enterprise user to cut costs by using Asterisk, and our new Asterisk Business Edition offers the additional peace of mind that reliability is not compromised with open source software.
Digium will be exhibiting at the Asterisk Marketplace (booth #901) during the VON Exhibition in San Jose, CA on March 7 through 10.
Support and Availability
The Asterisk Business Edition will be available from Asterisk resellers and distributors worldwide beginning in Q2 of this year. For more information, please contact sales@digium.com or call 1-877-LINUX-ME. Asterisk Business Edition is backed by Digiums professional support team with a 90-day limited warranty, including installation and troubleshooting support. Users can also purchase an optional one-year extended warranty.
About Digium
Digium is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first Open Source PBX. Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over TDM, switched, and Ethernet architectures.
Digium solutions reduce the costs of traditional TDM and VoIP implementations through Open Source, standards-based software and next-generation gateways, media servers, and application servers. Digium hardware supports traditional voice protocols, including PRI, RBS, FXS, FXO, E&M, Feature Group D, Groundstart, Loopstart, and GR-303. Data protocols include PPP, Cisco HDLC, and Frame Relay. For packet voice, Asterisk supports IAX (Inter-Asterisk eXchange), SIP, MGCP, Cisco Skinny® (SCCP), and H.323 VoIP protocols.
About Asterisk
Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed from open source software engineers around the world. It supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces. It also supports US and European standard signaling types used in standard business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure. Using the Inter-Asterisk eXchange (IAX) Voice over IP protocol, Asterisk merges voice and data traffic seamlessly across disparate networks. While using packet voice, it is possible to send data such as URL addresses and images in-line with voice traffic, allowing advanced integration of information.
The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners.
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TaxConnex Waives Sales and Use Tax Outsourcing Transition Fees through December
February 5, 2012
(PRWEB) October 07, 2011
TaxConnex, Americas leading independent sales and use tax outsourcing and consulting firm, today announced that it will waive the transition fees for sales and use tax outsourcing transition throughout the remainder of 2011. The announcement comes as companies are looking to implement new sales tax outsourcing relationships before the end of the year.
The fee waiver includes transition services for companies that select TaxConnex as their sales and use tax outsourcing provider and extends to companies that are currently outsourced to other providers.
TaxConnex Partner Brian Greer, describes the fee waiver like this, In the fourth quarter, companies plan for fresh starts for the new calendar year. When a company selects TaxConnex as their sales and use tax outsourcing provider in the fourth quarter, it has adequate time to transition the work to us and start the service with the January returns filed in February. Making the switch to TaxConnex is painless, and now with the waiver, the switch has never been more affordable.
About TaxConnex
TaxConnex is Americas leading independent Sales and Use Tax outsourcing and consulting firm. Using a team of experienced tax and accounting professionals, TaxConnex provides sales tax outsourcing, sales tax consulting and sales tax emergency response services to businesses of all sizes with a focus on technology companies, small and mid-sized businesses, and VoIP providers.
Palavon New Hosted PBX / CRM VoIP Solution
February 4, 2012
(PRWEB) March 18, 2005
What makes this offer so compelling is that for less than $ 99.00 per month a small business can have an enterprise PBX and CRM. With so many VoIP providers starting up, Palavon really sets the stage for a more diverse offering for small to medium sized businesses. Integrating CRM / PBX with phone service is a very compelling offer to businesses of all sizes. The Palavon distinct strategy is not to just provide VoIP. Palavon is selling the value of enhanced communications. Palavon converges business solutions with VoIP in every package.
Palavon recently completed the installation of it's International VoIP infrastructure which will soon prove to be one of the most robust VoIP installations on the market. Palavon utilizes the same VoIP backbones leveraged by other major providers. Along with hosted PBX solutions , Palavon also provides SIP / IAX origination and termination to the PSTN. The IAX signaling is designed to provide affordable wholesale VoIP termination to the exploding Asterisk PBX community.
Palavon is paving the way for a new revolution in business communications with plans to go global by 2006.
From the Portuguese word, "palavra" meaning speech. V.O.N. is the acronym for Voice Over Network. Palavon means, to speak your voice over the network.
Palavon Inc. was formed in 2004 to provide telephone service for small to medium sized businesses that will help them improve their communication relationships with their customers, vendors and employees. Palavon brings high-end cost effective telephone services to businesses that could not normally afford but need special telephone and internet services in order to effectively compete in today's economy.
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Arterra Mobility Partners with 1-800-COLLECT
February 4, 2012
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) October 07, 2011
Arterra Mobility (http://www.ArterraMobility.com) today announced a collaboration with 1-800-COLLECT, the premier provider of collect calling services, to enable Arterra prepaid subscribers to make a mobile collect call, even when they are out of minutes or balance on their cell phones.
Wireless subscribers can use 1-800-COLLECT service from their mobile phones to place collect calls to both landlines and other cell phones. Until now, 1-800-COLLECT service was available only from landlines and payphones.
The ability to make a collect call from a prepaid mobile phone has simply been unavailable until now. In conjunction with 1-800-COLLECT, weve made it possible for this essential service to be easy to use, regardless of ones account status. We believe our customers will be pleased that this service is now available, said Ben Weintraub, COO and Founder.
Arterra Mobility powers a variety of unique and differentiated brands, including education providers, Internet direct sales firms, M2M providers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), mobile Lifeline providers and others.
Arterra Mobility is a leading provider of back-office services to several MVNOs offering prepaid mobile service. Through this agreement, subscribers served by kajeet and Arterra will have access to 1-800-COLLECT.
1-800-COLLECT makes it easy for Arterra customers to place a reverse-charge call from their Arterra-supported cellphone. The caller simply dials *182, and is routed to the 1-800-COLLECT platform. The caller then enters the phone number they want to call, states their name and the operator does the rest. When charges are accepted, the call is connected. If the call is not accepted or the called party is unavailable, there are no charges to either the caller or the number called.
1-800-COLLECT is an easy to use service that fulfills a need in the fast growing prepaid market, said Alfred Clemesha, Vice President of Marketing at 1-800-COLLECT. 1-800-COLLECT provides a safety-net for callers who run out of minutes or cant otherwise make a call.
For more information about Arterra Mobility, the easiest way to go wireless, please visit http://www.ArterraMobility.com. To learn more about 1-800-COLLECT, the most trusted and recognizable brand in its market, please visit http://www.1800COLLECT.com.
About Arterra Mobility
Arterra Mobility the easiest way to go wireless powers a wide range of innovative wireless services, including kajeet
FastTrack3 Session Border Controller Expands Carrier VoIP
February 4, 2012
Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) April 15, 2005
LiveVoip LLC announced today that it will soon be providing small carriers as well as large VoIP service providers with a new, session border control functionality for building next generation, converged networks. LiveVoips unique FastTrack3 functionality allows carriers to place LiveVoips session border controllers inside their chosen network design, rather than having to make any critical network changes to incorporate the session border controller.
In a FastTrack3 configuration, where a carrier has converged voice and data, FastTrack3 now supports NAT functionality. FastTrack3 now processes management and data traffic from VoIP endpoints without the need for additional devices.
The FastTrack3 configuration is excellent for carriers and service providers that have an existing network in place with segregated voice traffic, and want to introduce added border control functionality and security for VoIP in a non-intrusive manner. FastTrack3s ability to handle both configurations gives small and large carrier service providers maximum flexibility in their network engineering, less disruption to the existing network, and faster time to market with new services and applications. This gives them an important advantage that can separate them from the competition.
This new functionality makes FastTrack3 the one stop solution for the converged networks typically deployed by larger carriers and large service providers. With the ability to accommodate both FastTrack3 topologies, complete with VoIP and data NAT functionality.
These capabilities were developed as part of LiveVoips own network connecting to other carriers, says Joop Cousteau, Developer and Softswitch Division Vice President, of LiveVoip LLC. All carriers want a session border controller to easily and flexibly be added and integrated to their IP network designs, rather than having to rework the network to fit the session border controller.
The FastTrack3 functionality is another key advantage introduced by LiveVoip to service the needs of all carriers migrating to IP. LiveVoip is also the only vendor to provide carriers with architecture for superior application performance and integrated as well as split signaling and media for options and configuration. LiveVoips high-end FastTrack3 MAX is the most powerful and efficient Session Border Controllers available providing over 101,000+ concurrent calls in a compact 2U chassis. FastTrack3 MAX is destined to be the leading solution for hosted NAT traversal, and network protection for hosted IP telephony services like IP Centrex and managed Asterisk style IP PBX systems.
About LiveVoip LLC
LiveVoip LLC a new supplier and innovator of session border control technology that ensures customers, expert delivery of IP communications services. Our FastTrack3 MAX series of session border controllers overcome technical hurdles typically encountered at VoIP network borders. The company is headquartered in Mesa, AZ, with offices throughout the world. Launched in late 2003, LiveVoip, LLC is an Arizona based company privately funded Delaware company. More information is available at http://www.livevoip.com
FastTrack3 and LiveVoip LLC are registered trademarks of LiveVoip LLC. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies.
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Exinda Presents Next Generation WAN Optimisation at IP Expo
February 4, 2012
Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 10, 2011
Exinda, a global provider of WAN Optimisation solutions incorporating Unified Performance Management, will educate IP Expo 2011 visitors on the network performance challenges associated with running todays mission critical business applications and how to resolve them. As video, VoIP and other collaborative applications become must-haves, so businesses need to be able to run them without suffering any network performance issues. At IP Expo, Exinda will demonstrate to visitors how to do this through the latest innovations in WAN Optimisation techniques via two key seminars.
On Wednesday 19th October between 13:50-14:20 within the Data Centre Optimisation theatre, Exinda will discuss its Next Generation WAN Optimisation solution. Visitors will be able to learn how to improve ROI through overcoming network challenges when accessing cloud applications by implementing a Unified Performance Management solution. The presentation will also address the three requirements of application performance management: visibility, control and optimisation in a single unified platform.
On Thursday 20th October between 10:30-11:00 within the Network Optimisation theatre, Exinda will explain the intricacies of how it can help businesses make the most of the new Web 2.0 and video driven applications required by todays enterprises. With VoIP, SaaS, video delivery and hosted cloud traffic all needed on todays business networks, it is critical that the network continues to perform seamlessly even under the scrutiny of these intensive applications. Visitors will be able to learn how implementing Exindas next generation WAN Optimisation solution with policy-based Layer 7 application, visibility, control and dynamic video delivery can improve network performance, and therefore ROI.
Kevin Suitor, Vice President of Marketing at Exinda, explains, Exindas technology continues to lead the way, thanks to our complete range of WAN Optimisation solutions designed for businesses of tomorrow. The demands on organisations to offer the latest technologies that will give them a competitive advantage, both from employees and customers, is constantly increasing. What we at Exinda are offering is a way to maximise the use of these technologies through network optimisation techniques that will ultimately not break the bank.
Suitor continues, Through the two seminars at IP Expo, we are giving visitors the chance to see what can be achieved with the latest in WAN Optimisation techniques. And if this isnt enough, we will also be available on our stand to discuss visitors specific issues and problems.
Exinda will be available at IP Expo on stand number B28 from 19th-20th October at the Earls Court 2 centre in London.
About Exinda
Exinda is a proven global supplier of WAN Optimisation and Application Acceleration products. The company has helped over 2,000 organizations in over 80 countries worldwide improve the end user experience, manage application performance, manage congestion over the WAN and reduce network operating costs for the IT executive. For more information, please visit http://www.exinda.com.
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AstriCon Europe 2005 to be Held in Madrid in June
February 3, 2012
Stockholm, Sweden / Huntsville, AL (PRWEB) April 16, 2005
IPsando, an information technology company focusing on Internet Protocol (IP) communications consulting and Digium, the creator of open source telephony, today announced that AstriCon Europe 2005, the first of two annual Asterisk user conferences, will be held June 15-17, 2005 at the Auditorium Madrid Hotel in Madrid, Spain. In response to the large number of attendees at AstriCon 2004, IPsando and Digium selected the Auditorium Madrid Hotel, the largest urban hotel in Europe, to ensure that AstriCon Europe 2005 would be able to host the large number of telecommunications executives and open-source users expected to attend the conference.
Boasting more than 200,000 users in over 200 countries, Asterisk is changing the way businesses purchase telecommunications services and how carriers build their voice over IP (VoIP) solutions by providing a complete business- and carrier-class PBX solution based on a Linux computer.
Asterisk has taken the telecommunications industry by storm initially winning favor with Linux enthusiasts, but now gaining traction among telecommunications carriers and enterprises large and small, said Steven Sokol, CEO of IPsando and AstriCons organizer. As a result, we wanted to make sure that we are providing our Asterisk users with regular forums to discuss the future in open source telephony.
The three-day conference will open with a keynote address by Mark Spencer, president of Digium, and consist of a day of tutorials, including three tracks ranging from beginner to expert , a conference day showcasing innovations, strategies and business cases, followed by a one-day developers summit. In addition to the conference, there will also be an exhibition, with vendors and service providers that work with Asterisk.
Topics to be addressed include:
Integrating the PBX with IT Infrastructure: Asterisk for the Enterprise
VoIP Migration In-a-Box: Asterisk for Service Providers
Lower Cost, More Flexibility: Asterisk for Call Centers
Your VoIP Swiss Army Knife: Asterisk for Developers
Managing Your Asterisk PBX: From the CLI to the GUI
Registration is open at https://www.AstriCon.net/europe/. An Early Bird discount of 20% is available through April 25, 2005. AstriCon is also accepting potential sponsorship and speaking applications for all AstriCon shows (including AstriCon Fall in the U.S.) through the AstriCon website http://www.AstriCon.net/europe/speakers/. Please include the proposed presentation title, a description of the presentation, as well as speaker bios and contact information.
About Asterisk
Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed from open source software engineers around the world. It supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces. It also supports US and European standard signaling types used in standard business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure. Using the Inter-Asterisk eXchange (IAX) Voice over IP protocol, Asterisk merges voice and data traffic seamlessly across disparate networks. While using packet voice, it is possible to send data such as URL addresses and images in-line with voice traffic, allowing advanced integration of information.
About Digium
Digium is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source PBX. Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over TDM, switched, and Ethernet architectures.
Digium solutions reduce the costs of traditional TDM and VoIP implementations through open source, standards-based software and next-generation gateways, media servers, and application servers. Digium hardware supports traditional voice protocols, including PRI, RBS, FXS, FXO, E&M, Feature Group D, Groundstart, Loopstart, and GR-303. Data protocols include PPP, Cisco HDLC, and Frame Relay. For packet voice, Asterisk supports IAX (Inter-Asterisk eXchange), SIP, MGCP, Cisco Skinny® (SCCP), and H.323 VoIP protocols.
The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
About IPsando
IPsando is an information technology company focusing on Internet Protocol (IP) communications consulting and in particular Asterisk, the industrys first open source PBX.
Founded by Olle E. Johansson and Steven M. Sokol, both well-known contributors to Asterisk and coordinators of AstriCon, the company runs conferences and training seminars, develops software and provides consultancy services. IPsandos AstriCon training "Introduction to Asterisk" is a five day boot-camp that delivers the knowledge and insights needed learn, implement and produce Asterisk solutions.
Additional information is available at http://www.ipsando.com or by emailing info@ipsando.com.
Media Contacts:
Olle E. Johansson
IPsando
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+46 70 593 68 51
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MRB Public Relations
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