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3CX to Feature Latest Version of its Phone System for Windows at INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO East 2008 in Miami

Miami, Florida — 20 December 2007 — 3CX today announced it will have the latest version of its IP PBX for Windows, 3CX Phone System, on display at TMC’s INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO East 2008 (booth #327), from January 23 to 25, 2008 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida (www.itexpo.com).

INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO is the world’s largest and best-attended IP Communications trade show. Last year’s East coast event, held in South Florida in January, drew over 7,000 buyers and sellers of IP Communications products and services. The upcoming show in January will be the 17th INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, and TMC projects total attendance to exceed 7,500.

“3CX participation at INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO exemplifies why this show is widely recognized as the #1 venue where service providers, enterprises, government agencies, developers and resellers gather to learn about the benefits inherent in IP Communications products and services,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President. “The evolution in this industry has been monumental and it still continues to grow. We are proud to have 3CX and 3CX Phone System for Windows as a key part of this year’s program.”

3CX Phone System for Windows is an award-winning software-based IP PBX that replaces traditional proprietary hardware PBX. It is entirely SIP-standard based, and therefore interoperates with most popular SIP phones, SIP VoIP Gateways and SIP VoIP providers. It frees businesses from the shackle of hardware-based proprietary phone systems and is very easy to manage by system administrators as it integrates well with Windows Network infrastructure.

3CX Phone System for Windows won a “Best of Show” Award at Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®)’s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West 2007, which took place in September 2007.

“We are excited to be participating as exhibitors at INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO as this is a great opportunity for us to promote our innovative product. We have just launched version 5 of 3CX Phone System for Windows with a set of features that help businesses give employees mobility, rids them of costly telephone tag and reduces administration and training time by IT staff for voz ip. We look forward to meeting the key players in the industry who will attend the event and to promoting our product to them,” said Nick Galea, CEO 3CX.

Registration for the show is now open. Anyone interested may register by visiting voz sobre ip www.itexpo.com.

About 3CX

3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. The company is focused on the Windows IP PBX market with its innovative 3CX Phone System for Windows, which has been developed specifically for the SMB market. For additional information on 3CX please visit www.3cx.com.

About TMC®

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 1,600 sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Communications Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com. (*alexa.com is an Amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.)

3CX and XeloQ Communications announce partnership that will provide businesses with an integrated VOIP Solution

The cooperation delivers a VOIP solution aimed at helping SMBs maximize productivity

Nicosia and Hoofddorp – 10/12/07 – 3CX, the international developer of the leading IP PBX for Windows, and XeloQ Communications, a professional VOIP service provider from The Netherlands with worldwide operations, announced today that they have joined forces to provide small and medium sized businesses with a complete VOIP telephony solution.

The fully integrated solution, which uses VOIP and SIP technologies and incorporates the many advantages of 3CX Windows-based IP PBX with the services of a reliable VOIP provider such as XeloQ, is aimed at helping businesses increase employees mobility and productivity while reducing costly telephone tag.

Nick Galea, CEO at 3CX said, “3CX’s strategic partnership with XeloQ Communications equips companies with an outstanding VOIP solution. Since full interoperability testing has taken place, businesses can use 3CX Phone System with XeloQ VOIP services confident that the solution will work well and that the two partner companies stand behind it”.

Milko van den Wollenberg, Managing Director at XeloQ Communications said, "We are excited to have 3CX as our partner. Their product offers a set of features that no other IP PBX has, and its simple technical configuration and ease of use is exactly what we need to offer our customers a productivity enhancing and cost-saving VOIP solution for their business’ communications”.

The telephony solution provided by 3CX and XeloQ delivers free unlimited calls between offices, very competitive international rates, no annual contracts, no need for changes to current infrastructure, worldwide DID services and group numbers for easy office-to-office connect. All this is combined with an award-winning, Windows-based and open standard PBX that is extremely simple to install and configure and yet includes a sophisticated set of enterprise level features.

About 3CX
3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in German (http://www.3cx.de), Spanish (http://www.3cx.es), French (http://www.3cx.fr), Italian (http://www.3cx.it), Portuguese (http://www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (http://www.3cx.jp), Simplified Chinese (http://www.3cx.cn) and many other languages. 3CX keeps a comprehensive IP PBX, SIP and VOIP FAQ on its website covering all the most common questions on the topic.

About XeloQ Communications
XeloQ Communications is a VoIP provider operating in the International VoIP arena since 2002 and has the technical & commercial people and skills to support whatever is possible in the exiting world of the Internet Telephony. We run our operations and NOC's from the Netherlands, Venezuela and Ukraine so we have support departments covering different time zones. We deliver VoIP and Internet Telephony to worldwide consumers, small and medium businesses and enterprise customers. Our main strategy is to serve our (branded) resellers (currently 80 resellers in 29 countries) and B2B customers. Businesses and resellers are welcome! More information: http://www.xeloq.eu

3CX Proves That Soft Is Better Than Hard - When It Comes To Phone Systems

3CX’s software-based phone system frees businesses from proprietary hardware with an easy to install, manage and use SIP-based IP PBX

London, UK - 05/12/07 – 3CX has announced the release of version 5 of 3CX Phone System for Windows; the newest version of their award-winning software-based VOIP PBX for Windows which helps businesses give employees mobility, rids them of costly phone tag and reduces administration and training time by IT staff.

3CX Phone System allows businesses to completely break free from the shackle of hardware-based, proprietary phone systems. Built on the open SIP standard, 3CX Phone System interoperates with all popular SIP phones, VOIP Gateways and VOIP providers.

Nick Galea, CEO at 3CX said, “We are excited to deliver version 5 of 3CX Phone System at a time when the market is realizing that proprietary, hardware-based PBXs are becoming obsolete. 3CX IP PBX is a modern software based PBX that evolves the communication of businesses to the 21st century, by delivering mobility, productivity and cost-saving advantages”.

Key advantages of adopting 3CX Phone System:

• Increases mobility – allows remote workers and tele-workers to be seamlessly integrated to the company’s phone system
• Eliminates expensive telephone tag using the inbuilt Presence feature
• Easier phone system administration via a web-based configuration
• Vendor independent – significant cost savings by choosing VOIP provider and SIP equipment of choice

“The feedback we have received from clients following the successful deployment of our previous versions in thousands of sites is very positive, and I feel confident that with all the great new features that we have incorporated in this new version, our product will help SMBs get even more advantages out of the migration to a software based PBX in a cost-effective and innovative way”, added Nick Galea.

Key new features of 3CX Phone System v5:

• Call recording – easily record calls for monitoring purposes
• Phone provisioning – set-up new extensions automatically
• Firewall friendly VOIP client with included mini VPN – ideal for remote users
• Integrated fax server
• G729 codec support
• 3CX bridges for branch offices
• SIP Trunking support

And many other features that make 3CX Phone System easy to install, configure, manage and use; allowing employees to increase mobility and productivity.

Four available editions: Free, Small Business, Pro, Enterprise and Free
3CX Phone System for Windows is available in four editions, all supporting an unlimited number of extensions: The Small Business edition supports up to 8, the Pro edition up to 16 and the Enterprise edition up to 32 simultaneous calls. Pricing is very competitive: Small Business costs €375, the Pro runs at €795 and Enterprise costs €1150.

3CX Phone System Free edition
A Free edition, supporting an unlimited number of extensions, is also available. The main differences with the commercial editions are that it is not possible to buy a support package for the Free edition, it does not offer fax, call queuing, Exchange 2007 support, call pick up and call parking, MWI, presence (to check extension status of other users), remote configuration of extension options, G729 codec support, 3CX Bridges (to connect remote branch offices) and call recording. Not withstanding, the Free edition does more than most commercial PBXs do; it includes an auto attendant and Unified Messaging. The Free edition can be downloaded from http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/download-phone-system.html.

About 3CX
3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, developed specifically for the SMB market, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in German (http://www.3cx.de), Swedish (http://www.3cx.se), Norwegian (http://www.3cx.no), Finnish (http://www.3cx.fi), Dutch (http://www.3cx.nl), Spanish (http://www.3cx.es), French (http://www.3cx.fr), Italian (http://www.3cx.it), Portuguese (http://www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (http://www.3cx.jp), Simplified Chinese (http://www.3cx.cn) and many other languages. 3CX keeps a comprehensive IP PBX, SIP and VOIP FAQ on its website covering all the most common questions on the topic.

Useful Links:
3CX website: http://www.3cx.com
3CX Case Studies & Testimonials - http://www.3cx.com/clients/index.html
3CX Phone System Free, Small Business, Pro and Enterprise editions comparison table - http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/edition-comparison.html
IP PBX, SIP & VOIP FAQ - http://www.3cx.com/PBX/SIP-faq.html
Nick Galea’s blog – http://www.nickonit.com

VOIP to Be Used for Emergency Notifications

Organizations look to unified communications for efficiency and emergency preparedness in VOIP:

"It's just another way of trying to get a message out to students. When something bad happens like the Virginia Tech [shooting], you have to try to get to students any way you can," said Steve Stempien, director of information services at Adrian College.Be it in the form of meditation or anything else.

The technology also has more prosaic, albeit important, uses. Admissions counselors at the college intend to use the new Mobile Call Manager as a way to "stay in communication with prospective students," said Stempien.

This and other functionalities are part of a package that ShoreTel is introducing Nov. 12 as it tries to jump on the unified communications bandwagon.

You can read the article here.

3CX and InPhonex deliver a complete and reliable VOIP Solution by joining forces

The partnership offers businesses a fully tested, integrated and easy to use VOIP solution

Nicosia, Cyprus and Florida, USA – November 8, 2007 – 3CX, the international developer of telecommunications software, today announced they have teamed with InPhonex, a leading provider of high quality internet telephony services and infrastructure, for end-users and service providers worldwide. The companies together now supply a fully integrated and highly reliable end-to-end business grade solution using VOIP/ SIP technologies.

Businesses already using 3CX VoIP Server for Windows can now benefit from InPhonex’s internet telephony services for voice calls as an integrated solution, confident that there are no inconsistencies between the products. "As IP Telephony gains momentum, it is essential for providers to be able to offer a VOIP solution that eliminates deployment challenges, such as reliability and interoperability," said Nick Galea, CEO at 3CX. “3CX’s partnership with InPhonex provides an excellent voice over ip solution. Full interoperability testing has been executed, so customers can use our IP PBX with InPhonex internet telephony services knowing that the solution has been tested and that they have full support from both companies”.

"By working with 3CX, we are delivering a cost-effective solution to our customers that incorporates the best voice quality, seamless integration and interoperability into an existing IT environment”, said Todd Hirshorn, President, InPhonex, LLC. “The 3CX Phone System for Windows is a reliable product that is extremely easy to install and manage. The ease of technical configuration and features make the solution perfect for us and provide our business customers a fully integrated telephony solution, including SIP trunking, SIP server, VOIP phone, SIP Phone, VOIP gateway, SIP Proxy”.

The solution allows for a choice of calling plans to best fit each customer’s needs. Each plan includes free calls to other InPhonex subscribers worldwide, prepaid "out of plan" calling with low international rates, and unlimited calling to the destinations they call the most for one flat monthly fee. Every account includes over 20 free features such as voicemail, callerID, call waiting and International call forwarding. This is combined with an award-winning Windows based IP PBX with features that make it easy to install, configure and manage, increasing productivity andenabling businesses to reduce their telecommunication costs and boost their profit margins.

About 3CX
3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in German (http://www.3cx.de/), Spanish (http://www.3cx.es), French (http://www.3cx.fr), Italian (http://www.3cx.it), Portuguese (http://www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (http://www.3cx.jp), Simplified Chinese (http://www.3cx.cn) and many other languages.

It has a very good VOIP and SiP faq in several language, such as in German VOIP and SIP, French, Spanish, Polish, and other languages.
You can also find here information on SIP trunking, VOIP Gateways and other PBX related information.

About InPhonex

Founded in 2003, InPhonex is a leading provider of proven, high quality Internet telephony services and infrastructure for business and consumer end-users and service providers worldwide. InPhonex offers solutions for virtual VoIP companies who want to become independent IP telephone service providers, through the VarPhonex Reseller Program, combing robust network infrastructure and leading edge services with the industry's most customizable private label package.

Headquartered in Miami, Florida USA, InPhonex is a privately held company with technical data centers in Florida and Virginia serving 150 countries. For more information, visit www.inphonex.com and the reseller program at www.varphonex.com.

Will Mobile and VOIP merge into one?

In a move sure to please many, mobile phone company 3 has released a phone that allows you to make free calls.

The 3 Skypephone, which can operate as a normal 3G phone, lets users also make free Skype calls and send free instant messages to other Skype users anywhere around the world.

"People like using Skype and enjoying free calls on their PC, so why not let Skype free on the mobile and in a way that's really easy to use," 3 CEO, Nigel Dews, said.

"This is simply giving people what they want, and challenging the traditional phone company view that dictates customers get charged for everything they do, with access to VoIP (voice over IP) on the mobile being essentially off limits."

The phone will appeal to those with an addiction to text messaging, allowing more than 10,000 free chat messages and 4,000 minutes of call time between Skype users.

Skype calls on the Skypephone go through 3's network, and cannot be used through a WiFi network.

Despite the Skypephone's free calls having the potential to cut into 3's revenue, the phone company is confident the product will help build its customer base.

Read the whole article here.

Benelux IP Telephony Market is strenghtened by Portland and 3CX

Zoetermeer and Nicosia, 17 October 2007 – Telephone communication happens smoothly, more efficiently and less expensively with 3CX Phone System for Windows. 3CX Phone System replaces traditional proprietary telephone systems and implements a software-based PBX that supports the open SIP standard, PSTN phones lines and popular VOIP providers. Furthermore, purchase and maintenance of the system is less costly than a proprietary or Linux-based telephone system.

Step-by-step installation dialogs ensure quick installation and easy maintenance. The 3CX Telephone System elmininates telephone cabling because it uses the existing computer network.

3CX Telephone System main features:

• Complete telephone system, including call transfer, inbound routing and call queues
• Much less expensive then a proprietary or Linux-based PBX
• Scalable to any number of extensions or lines – without the need for expensive system modules
• Adds and Moves of extensions are much easier – no need for patching network points
• Web-based configuration and status monitor
• Receive voice mails by email (Unified Messaging)
• Vendor independent – use popular SIP phones from different vendors

Kim van Brugge, director of Portland Europe said, “With the 3CX solution, we can offer our resellers access to the booming VOIP telephone system market. They can expand their portfolio for existing customers and gain new ones. In the business market, lower costs, flexibility and higher customer satisfaction via a computer-based telephone system are important sales arguments. We expect that 3CX will play an important role in our portfolio.”

Nick Galea, CEO of 3CX Ltd added, “Portland Europe is a prominent Value Added distributor in the Benelux. Their extensive dealer network, as well as, their ability to proactively sell and support our products in the Benelux market make them a perfect distribution partner for 3CX.”

3CX Phone System for Windows is available in three versions: Small Business, Pro and Enterprise. For more information, pricing and downloads, resellers can visit www.portland.nl.

About Portland Europe
Portland Europe is known for quality, easy to use and no-nonsense software. The company was founded in 1997 and was the first software distributor to distribute software electronically in the Benelux. The company has more then 1000 resellers in the Benelux who buy and sell software via the internet. Portland Europe regularly expands its portfolio with well-priced solutions to help companies manage their networks, PC’s and communications. Ease of installation and management are key! Besides 3CX, Portland Europe distributes in the Benelux Alt-N, CA, Centennial, Kaseya, Proofprint, WebSPy and Qbik.

About 3CX
3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in Dutch (http://www.3cx.nl/) German (www.3cx.de), Spanish (www.3cx.es), French (www.3cx.fr), Italian (www.3cx.it), Portuguese (www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (www.3cx.jp), Simplified Chinese (www.3cx.cn) and many other languages.

3CX maintains a VOIP and SIP FAQ in several languages, which includes information about SIP trunking, SIP proxy, VOIP Gateways and others. Some of the languages include: VOIP in Swedish, SIP FAQ in Portuguese, in Norwegian, and Danish.

3CX IP PBX for Windows is now available to Danish resellers via Inter-Data A/S

3CX VoIP PBX for Windows is easy to install, configure and manage

Silkeborg, DK – 3CX today announced that a distribution agreement between 3CX and Inter-Data A/S has been signed for the Danish market.

“This enables us to bring new and innovative products to the channel. 3CX offers our resellers an excellent opportunity to move into the VoIP market – a market with rich business opportunities, not only on the hardware, but especially on software and service offerings” said Rene Rasmussen, CEO Inter-Data A/S.

Chris Martin, Sales Director 3CX, added, “Inter-Data are well poised to provide Danish resellers with a complete end-to-end solution by adding 3CX Phone System to their current server product range and VOIP products, and backed up by the Inter-Data A/S Business Team.”

Just last month, 3CX Phone System for Windows received a “Best of Show” Award at Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®)’s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West 2007, in the United States.

Mr. Rasmussen confirmed, “Our ID Business team has tested several different soft VOIP PBX’s, and has without doubt found 3CX Phone System the easiest to work with, both in terms of initial installation, configuration and management – We are confident that our channel partners will benefit from the innovative 3CX IP PBX for Windows, with SIP trunking, SIP server, VOIP Gateways, SIP proxy, etc.”

About 3CX
3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in Dutch (http://www.3cx.nl/) German (www.3cx.de), Spanish (www.3cx.es), French (www.3cx.fr), Italian (www.3cx.it), Portuguese (www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (www.3cx.jp), Simplified Chinese (www.3cx.cn) and many other languages.

3CX maintains a strong VOIP and SIP FAQ including facts about SIP trunking, SIP servers, VOIP and SIP phones, VOIP Gateways, and it is present in several languages, such as VOIP in Finnish, a VOIP and SIP FAQ in Dutch, in Hungarian and in Romanian.

About Inter-Data A/S
Inter-Data A/S were founded in 1993, and are specialized in PC manufacturing and value-added distribution. Inter-Data A/S employ 60 highly motivated employees at both the head office in Silkeborg and branch office in Copenhagen. Inter-Data A/S Business department focusing on channel development on innovative products like 3CX, Supermicro, Thin Clients ect.

Inter-Data A/S is distributing a range of leading brands, like Supermicro, Samsung, Synology, Xerox, MSI, iGEL, Kingston, Microsoft, 3CX and many more.

Canada Wants To Become The Next India For U.S. Software Companies

West Coast-based American companies are more likely to choose Canadian cities, namely Vancouver, for outsourcing work, according to a new survey.

By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
InformationWeek
October 2, 2007 04:20 PM

Could Canada become the next India for American-based software companies outsourcing work?

Not exactly, major lack of sleep there. However, Canada is becoming an attractive option many American software developers are eyeing for their future outsourcing strategies, according to a new report released on Tuesday by SD Forum and Luxoft, a Russia-based outsourcing firm.

Of the 200-plus U.S.-based independent software developers that took part in the survey, 94% say they're outsourcing project work, either domestically, offshore, or near-shore, or in some combination of all three. India is the leading offshore destination of those companies outsourcing, followed by Singapore, Russia, and China.

However, Canadian cities, including Vancouver and Toronto, win out over India for future outsourcing strategies by American independent software vendors, particularly among those that use a mix of offshore, domestic, and near-shore work.

Read the whole article here.

3CX chooses Zen Software as distribution partner in UK and Ireland

3CX VoIP PBX for Windows enables businesses to break free from their proprietary PBXs

London, UK – 3 September 2007 – SIP Server software developer, 3CX and UK-based software distributor, Zen Software have entered into a strategic relationship to promote and manage the distribution of 3CX - a VoIP phone for Windows - in the UK and Ireland markets. Together they plan to establish 3CX as a leading player in the VoIP market for SMEs, providing a solution which enables resellers to expand the services they offer their customers.

3CX is an open standard, fully featured IP PBX server built to SIP standards. A cost effective, easy to use alternative to traditional hardware PBXs, 3CX seamlessly integrates: existing PSTN lines using VOIP gateways, VOIP providers and SIP compliant handsets or softphones, providing a comprehensive PBX server without proprietary hardware or software restrictions. 3CX benefits include:

• Reduced call charges using VOIP providers (SipGate, Blueface etc.)
• Web-based, easy to use administrative interface
• Auto Attendant, Ring Groups, Call Queuing, and Voice Mail for flexible call routing
• Hot Desk - move phones from one desk to another without re-wiring or re-configuring
• Allows remote employees to pick up their extension from anywhere.

3CX maintains a VOIP and SIP FAQ in several languages, including: a VOIP FAQ in Greek, in Japanese language, a SIP FAQ in Korean, in Chinese, Hong Kong, etc.
To read the whole article, click here.

2X opens Asian Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan to serve booming Asian server-based computing software market

2X opens Asian Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan to serve booming Asian server-based computing software market
Tokyo, Japan, 23 July 2007 – 2X Ltd, developer of thin client computing software, envisages its 2X ThinClientServer and Citrix-like 2X ApplicationServer products, will be vital to Asian companies, as the demand for manageable, low energy consuming and affordable IT infrastructure explodes. In view of this, 2X has opened an office in Tokyo to facilitate in expanding the Asian partner network, as well as help support Asia-based users.
Thin client / server based computing growth in Asia-PacificThe thin client market in the Asia-Pacific (including Japan), or APJ region, has recorded strong year-on-year growth, from 171,000 units in 2004 to 280,000 units in 2005, representing a 64% expansion. The growth has been fueled by a strong vendor push across the countries in the region, as well as growing acceptance of the thin client concept, as vendor presence increases across APJ. (Excerpts from: Asia/Pacific (Including Japan) Thin Client Market 2005-2010 Analysis and Forecast by Market Research.com)
2X will be capitalizing on this growth and is setting up a partner network of resellers and distributors across the region. To this end, 2X has opened the Asian headquarter office in Tokyo, Japan and is planning to open another office in China in the coming months. 2X will shortly set up localized websites including Japanese (www.2Xsoftware.jp), Traditional Chinese (www.2Xsoftware.hk) and Simplified Chinese (www.2Xsoftware.cn). In addition, 2X will be localizing the interface of 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services.

For more, go to http://www.2x.com/news/2xasia.htm

3CX Phone System Provides Economical Enterprise Telephony on Windows

3CX frees the Enterprise PBX from proprietary hardware, dramatically reducing the cost of Enterprise telephony

Miami, Florida – 26 June 2007 – 3CX today released the Enterprise edition of its new product 3CX Phone System, a Windows-based IP PBX that completely replaces a proprietary PABX. 3CX Phone System is based on the open SIP standard and interoperates with a wide range of popular SIP phones, VOIP Gateways and SIP-based providers. The Enterprise edition of 3CX Phone System implements enterprise telephony features such as Call Queuing and Exchange 2007 integration. It has been independently tested and certified for Microsoft Windows 2003.

The Call Queuing feature allows companies to hold callers in a queue, whilst agents answer calls. Agents are able to login and logout to queues from Windows seeing the exact number of callers in the queue.

The Exchange 2007 integration feature allows 3CX Phone System to use the Unified Messaging Server in Exchange Server 2007 as the voice mail server. This way, users can connect to their Exchange Server to listen to their calendar, have Exchange read out mails and receive their voice mail in their email inbox.

“The release of 3CX Phone System Enterprise edition is set to accelerate the massive change occurring in the Enterprise Telephony market space. With 3CX Phone System Enterprise Edition, advanced features such as Call Queuing can now be obtained for a fraction of the price of traditional Enterprise PBXs. What’s more, advanced features such as integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 unified messaging are not even available on today’s proprietary PBXs,” said Nick Galea, 3CX CEO.

Key features of 3CX Phone System Enterprise Edition:

• Complete phone system - provides call switching, routing & queuing
• Eliminates phone wiring & patching of extensions to a particular network point
• Makes teleworking easy because employees can answer extension from home
• Purchase cost dramatically lower than a traditional hardware PBX
• Scalable - Unlimited extensions and phone lines. No proprietary expansion modules needed!
• Web-based configuration & status indication - Easy phone system management!
• Unified messaging - Receive voice mail via e-mail
• Auto attendant (e.g. 1 for sales, 2 for support etc.)
• Reduces long distance and inter office call costs using VOIP providers.
• Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging integration
• Call Queues
• Certified for Windows 2003

Four available editions: Small Business, Pro, Enterprise and Free
3CX Phone System for Windows is available in 4 editions: The Small Business Edition supports up to 25 extensions, the Pro edition supports an unlimited number of extensions. The Enterprise edition includes advanced features such as Exchange 2007 integration and Call Queuing. Pricing is competitive: Small Business costs $350, the Pro runs at $895 and Enterprise costs $1250.

3CX Phone System Free edition
A free edition, supporting an unlimited number of extensions, is also available. The main difference with Pro and Small Business is that it’s not possible to buy a support package for the free edition, nor does it include the advanced features of 3CX Call Assistant. Not withstanding, the Free Edition does more than most commercial PBXs do; including an auto attendant, voice mail and even user-to-user support via the 3CX moderated product forums at http://www.3cx.com/forums/. The free edition can be downloaded from http://www.3cx.com/ip-pbx/index.html.

About 3CX
3CX is a privately held company with a management team backed by years of experience in developing and selling network infrastructure software. It maintains a global presence with offices in 6 countries and localized information available in German (www.3cx.de), Spanish (www.3cx.es), French (www.3cx.fr), Portuguese (www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (www.3cx.jp), Traditional Chinese (www.3cx.hk), Simplified Chinese (www.3cx.cn), Vietnamese (www.3cx.vn) and Korean (www.3cx.co.kr). Furthermore a localized website is maintained for all major countries: www.3cx.it, www.3cx.nl , www.3cx.ru, www.3cx.pl, www.3cx.ae, www.3cx.gr, www.3cx.cz, www.3cx.dk, www.3cx.fi, www.3cx.hu, www.3cx.jp, www.3cx.com.tr, www.3cx.no, www.3cx.ro, www.3cx.com.my and www.3cx.se.

PCI compliance guide published...

London, UK – May 30, 2007 – Businesses that rely on payment by credit cards are required to comply with the PCI security standards by September 2007. Non compliance could result in loss of merchant account, severe fines and lawsuits. In view of these new regulations, Acunetix has published a PCI Compliance Guide to help companies understand the concept behind the Payment Card Industry as well as documenting the steps needed to reach compliance.

What is PCI compliance?

PCI Compliance is a structured security checklist which aims at securing financial data, and helps to distinguish the secure and reliable businesses from the risky ones. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard was created in a joint effort by the major credit card companies: American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover to monitor and develop the PCI standard. Consumers who use credit/debit cards online to purchase products or services risk suffering financial losses when businesses process their transactions through systems which are not secure. The PCI standard aims to stop the cause of online financial and identity theft from its source by ensuring the systems which process and store customer details are secure.

Read more about it at http://www.acunetix.com/news/pci-compliance.htm

3CX Phone System Wins WindowsNetworking.com Gold Award

3CX’s IP PBX for Windows receives the stamp of approval from prominent Windows-based resource site

London, UK – 24 May 2007

3CX today announced that WindowsNetworking.com, one of the leading resource sites for network administrators and IT professionals, awarded 3CX Phone System the prestigious Gold award. The award serves as a mark of excellence and dependability, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.

“Only outstanding products receive the WindowsNetworking.com Gold award. In winning this, 3CX Phone System has distinguished itself as a solid, innovative, and essential product,” said Sean Buttigieg, Managing Director, TechGenix.

The WindowsNetworking.com review team consists of leading authors and administrators, experienced in offering advice to network administrators in order to set up, maintain and troubleshoot network environments of any size from SMBs to the corporate enterprise.

“We are honored to receive this award from WindowsNetworking.com as the site is a leading resource site and held in very high regard. Being recognized by editors from such a prestigious website is great reward for our product,” said Nick Galea, CEO 3CX.

Read the full review at: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/3CX-Product-Review.html

About 3CX Phone System for Windows
3CX Phone System is a software-based IP PBX for Windows which replaces traditional PBX hardware phones. It is based on the SIP standard and supports standard SIP software / hardware phones. It allows calls to be made via a VOIP service provider or via the regular PSTN. Easy to install and configure, it includes a web-based configuration interface, voice mail, auto attendant, call hunting and other features. Both commercial and a free edition are available.

About 3CX
3CX is a privately held company with a management team backed by years of experience in developing and selling network infrastructure software. It maintains a global presence with localized information available in German (www.3cx.de), Spanish (www.3cx.es), French (www.3cx.fr), Portuguese (www.3cx.com.br), Japanese (www.3cx.jp), Traditional Chinese (www.3cx.hk), Simplified Chinese (www.3cx.cn), Vietnamese (www.3cx.vn) and Korean (www.3cx.co.kr). Furthermore a localized website is maintained for all major countries: www.3cx.it, www.3cx.nl, www.3cx.ru, www.3cx.pl, www.3cx.ae, www.3cx.gr, www.3cx.cz, www.3cx.dk, www.3cx.fi, www.3cx.hu, www.3cx.jp, www.3cx.com.tr, www.3cx.no, www.3cx.ro, www.3cx.com.my and www.3cx.se.

About WindowsNetworking.com
WindowsNetworking.com is the reincarnation of the immensely popular 'World of Windows Networking' resource that has been around since the early days of the web. Founded by former owner Johannes Helmig to serve the need for reliable information on how to setup, maintain and troubleshoot Windows networks of any size. Years of hard work and dedication has resulted in a resource that truly lives up to its name and has been deservedly praised as the best independent resource for networking. Frequently updated with articles, tutorials and tips by a team of leading authors from around the world, WindowsNetworking.com remains a firm favorite within the networking community. WindowsNetworking.com forms part of the TechGenix group of websites.

FSF cozies up to Apache

he Free Software Foundation says it is on track to build Apache License compatibility into the upcoming GPL version 3, despite "11th-hour" problems that scuppered the feature in the latest GPL 3 draft.

The GPL is the most widely used open source licence, and the Apache License, besides covering the immensely popular Apache web server, is also a well-established licence. The incompatibility between the two has long caused headaches for developers, since it means code can't be shared between projects covered by one licence or the other.

Apache License compatibility was one of the major features planned for the latest draft of the GPL 3, released in March, and its absence came as a surprise.

But the FSF said on Tuesday that compatibility will make it into the final version of the GPL 3.

"I think a final change we'll see before the GPL 3 release will be that compatibility," said FSF executive director Peter Brown during a panel discussion at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.

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