Choosing the Right Expansion Module for your Cisco IP Phone

May 27, 2010

If you need to add additional line support to a Cisco IP phone, there are several add-on “attendant console” modules to choose from which can be used for additional line appearance call control. Choosing the correct expansion module for your application depends upon the model of Cisco IP phone you are working with, and [...]

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HAAST: High Availability Clustering for Asterisk

May 19, 2010

Asterisk Open Source PBX continues to march along, supported by a community of thousands of active developers. The appeal of Asterisk as a foundation for voice communications has transcended first adopter and Linux devotees. Today even large, traditional enterprise users are taking a long hard look at open source as they struggle to [...]

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Google Makes VoIP Acquisition: All That and a Bag of GIPS

May 18, 2010

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (18 May, 2010) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Holding AB (publ) (OSE:GIPS) today announced that they have entered into a transaction agreement under which Google Acquisition Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, will make a recommended voluntary public cash offer to acquire [...]

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Microsoft to Officially Discontinue Sales / Support of Response Point

May 17, 2010

Microsoft has announced that they will be discontinuing sales and support of Microsoft Response Point as of August 2010. This should not be a huge shock to users and resellers of the Response Point platform, as the future of the the product has been in doubt for some time.
“After taking a good look at [...]

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Choosing the Right Network Switch for VoIP: Part 1

May 11, 2010

If your business is considering VoIP, making sure your LAN (Local Area Network) switching infrastructure is up to the task is a key consideration. Before we investigate a few key features you should look for in a network switch, we should first have a solid understanding of exactly what a switch is and what [...]

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Sangoma Releases D100 Transcoder Card

May 4, 2010

Sangoma has announced the release of a new card for dedicated VoIP transcoding. The Sangoma D100 card will be available in both PCI and PCI Express form factors. The Sangoma D100 provides dedicated hardware processing for codec conversion, alleviating strain on your host server hardware. The Sangoma D100 will facilitate up to [...]

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Microsoft Active Directory Support for Elastix Users

May 3, 2010

For those unfamiliar, Elastix is an open source IP PBX software that includes many of the best configuration tools, add-on’s and utilities available for Asterisk into a single graphic user interface.
Easy integration with the popular Microsoft Active Directory schema has been a weak spot in Asterisk and other open source telephony projects in terms [...]

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First Look at the New Snom 821 IP Phone

April 27, 2010

At the recent CeBit 2010 show, Snom announced the impending release of a new desktop IP phone to their roster. The new Snom 821 will replace the current Snom 820 in the Snom VoIP phone product lineup.

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Cyberdata Set to Ship V2.0 VoIP Paging Amplifier

April 12, 2010

Monterey, CA hardware vendor CyberData has announced general channel availability on their 2nd generation VoIP paging amplifier. If your business has recently upgraded to a VoIP phone system, or you’re planning on upgrading soon, the CyberData Paging Amplifier is a great way to integrate your legacy overhead paging horns with your new IP [...]

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Free Open Source Call Recording with Oreka GPL

April 12, 2010

Call recording is a “must have” feature for many businesses, especially call centers. If you are thinking about implementing an IP PBX solution using open source technologies such as Asterisk or Trixbox, call recording can be an important consideration.
Recording multiple simultaneous calls on an Asterisk or Trixbox server can increase the resource overhead (load) [...]

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