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We have just released a new version of our low-end appliance, the XR1000. Upgraded hardware in the new version allows each model in the series to support up to 50 users and 10 concurrent calls, irrespective of the codec used. Powered by a Celeron 1.2 GHz processor and...
Redbus Media Group was opening a new office and therefore required a new PBX. The customer wanted something flexible enough to integrate with existing Nortel IP Phone 2004 handsets, and simple enough to implement in under one month. They turned to Xorcom certified...
We have just published three separate support alerts having to do with DAHDI version 2.3: DAHDI Fails to Configure ISDN BRI d-channels Astribank Spans Fail to Register Astribank Firmware Loading Issue with DAHDI 2.3 If you have been experiencing any compatibility...
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This is the second installment of Xorcom University, a 5-part video series that provides a technical overview of the Xorcom offering, Asterisk-based telephony solutions for commercial installations. This video covers Astribanks, Xorcom's unique devices that provide...
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Kudos to our US & Canada Sales Manager, Bill Soto, for preparing these great videos! He has created a series of five 5-10 minute clips which explain how Xorcom products work to provide robust, reliable telephony to commercial installations. Here is the first...
Since we've been receiving some inquiries about the move to Elastix 2.0, we thought we'd post the current status here. Porting Xorcom servers to Elastix 2.0 is definitely in our roadmap. We are currently waiting for the release of Dahdi 2.4 for Elastix (expected to be...
We have finished interoperability testing with Aksys Networks and have incorporated their KONNECT IP phones as options in the CompletePBX End Point Configuration tool. The KONNECT IP phones, available in the US and Canada, are fully SIP compliant. Read the full press...
Complete Concierge™, our new offering for the hospitality market comprised of a Xorcom IP-PBX and an interface to the leading PMS (Property Management Systems) was recently introduced in a webinar. To the best of our knowledge, Complete Concierge is the only...
We have the perfect solution for one of the biggest challenges faced by hotel property owners today: providing comprehensive communications for hotel guests and staff at a reasonable cost. It's an integrated hospitality telephony solution called Complete Concierge™,...
This Canada-based blogger, who counsels I.T. professionals looking for information on the voice side of the network, recently published his impressions of Xorcom products and utilities. Check the article out at: http://voipforit.com/xorcom
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Our own senior software engineer, Tzafrir Cohen, has been named "Community Member of the Month" for June 2010 by the Elastix Project. This probably comes as no surprise to those who follow the Elastix bug track system, or the Asterisk lists, or Tzafrir's own personal...
A transitional approach is always preferable to a forklift approach, as far as the customer is concerned. So, certified Xorcom reseller Replentec, based in Ireland, proposed to their long-standing customer Cavanagh Isdell & Co a move to VoIP that would replace...
In a recent article published in "No Jitter", Doug Carolus presents research and trends in the adoption of open source telephony solutions based on Asterisk. He notes, in a rather surprised tone: "...larger deployments typically are based on Asterisk because these...
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It turns out that the PSTN lines in Uruguay have a particular ring cadence that is difficult for Asterisk to detect correctly. As a result, Xorcom reseller Giuffra y Asociados' integration team suffered major setbacks during the implementation of a Xorcom XR2000...
The customer, a recruitment agency located in London, requested a flexible telephony solution at an affordable price for their new branch office. The main concern was the ability to record calls on demand and monitor active calls. Impressions of the customer, Wesley...
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Our CTO, Leonid Fainshtein, recently presented an extremely informative Webinar about simple things you can do to protect your Asterisk PBX against unauthorized access. You won't want to miss these important tips, which were compiled on the basis of real-life support...
PBillX Inc., developers of P$X FIAS software that interfaces between any VoIP Asterisk solution and Micros Oracle PMS, Protel PMS, or Amadeus Hospitality, has successfully completed interoperability testing with Xorcom’s XR3000 IP-PBX. As a result, businesses in the...
Recently an attack on an Asterisk-based telephony system, which resulted in $11,000 worth of stolen minutes, was reported. The number of similar attacks is steadily increasing. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU AND YOUR CUSTOMERS! Over 99% of the attacks reported until now...
“Since we were unfamiliar with Asterisk, we expected that the installation, implementation and testing cycle would take a few weeks, but in reality, since Xorcom configuration was so intuitive, our phone system was shut down for only a few hours.” - Bruno K., Cirrus...
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FTS, a billing software company with several international branch locations, wanted to move from a traditional PBX shared among many companies to their own VoIP-enabled system. The main challenge was to have a seamless transition to the new PBX with minimal downtime....
Xorcom accepted a speaking opportunity at AstriEurop, held April 14-16 in Paris. Although we decided not to exhibit there (the conference coincided with a technical training session we held for partners in our corporate offices), our CEO Eran Gal thought the event...
“The capital cost of implementing the proposed solution [from Xorcom] was half the price of purchasing a traditional solution yet by using IP telephony all the functionality is still provided. While the cost savings are impressive, what is really great about this...
Did you know that Xorcom Astribank drivers are native in Asterisk? This simple fact makes installing these USB-2 connected telephony interfaces a breeze. The video, featuring Kerry Garrison as trainer, shows just how simple Astribanks are to configure.
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As part of his ongoing coverage of VoIP solutions on the 888VoipStore Web site, Kerry Garrison has just released a video review of the entire Xorcom stand-alone Asterisk-based IP-PBX line. Kerry reviews each of the models in turn -- XR1000, XR2000 and XR3000 -- and...
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Here are some choice quotes from the press release: “The Xorcom-Yealink partnership ensures that complete, scalable IP-PBX solutions can be deployed easily to the enterprise,” stated Stone Lu, Vice President of Yealink. “With Xorcom’s flexible and modular PBX...
Did you catch the awesome video where industry guru Kerry Garrison reviews the Xorcom Astribank USB2 telephony interface? It's recently been posted on the Asterisk tutorials blog.
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Last Thursday we held two instances of a Webinar that proved to be our most popular to date. We chose the topic 'optimizing performance' as a result of the numerous inquiries we have received over the years from our partners and their customers, who simply want to...
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