Do you like the idea of hosting your communications in the Cloud, but you still want to have full control of your PBX? Until today this wasn’t possible, you’d either have to sacrifice control to put your PBX in the cloud with a hosted provider, chained to their

Chromis Technology, a leading provider of voice, video, and networking technology in Phoenix, AZ, today announced it has been awarded a Digium Pinnacle Partner award in the category of “Pinnacle Circle of Excellence”. These Pinnacle Partner awards are presented annually to leading Digium partners who have excelled in developing and

Chromis Technology is now pleased to offer customers the Cisco Small business lineup of products which include: * Unified Communications 320 VoIP and analog telephone system * SPA series VoIP telephones, wireless telephones, and analog adapters * Ethernet switches with Gigabit and PoE options * Routers, security appliances, and wireless devices For more information

Welcome to November! We’re back in action! (Our WordPress blog broke after an update back in February.) So check back soon for regular updates on everything new and exciting from the Chromis Technology team! There’s lots of new things to talk about these days!

A Digium Switchvox “cold spare” is an appliance that is identical (or nearly identical) to your primary Switchvox appliance. In the event your primary appliance is unavailable for any reason, the cold spare is right there on-site to replace the primary appliance and minimize any downtime. If you don’t

Chromis Technology wish you and your family a happy and healthy holiday, and a very happy new year! Please note that our holiday office hours will be: Closed Friday, Dec 23rd Closed Monday, Dec 26th Closing early Friday, Dec 30th (1:00pm MST) Closed Monday, Jan 2nd Thank you for

So you purchased that shiny new video conferencing solution for your conference room and all is well. But what happens when you want to want to bring in your roadwarrior sales rep who’s in New York, your engineering team in Seattle and your potential new client in Florida? You

Digium has released the next iteration of their award winning Switchvox SMB platform. Click here to read the official Digium press release. Based on Digium’s Open Source Asterisk platform, Here is a list of key features introduced in Switchvox version 5.0: •        Switchvox Graphical User Interface (GUI) – A newly

Only days after Microsoft announced its acquisition of Skype, comes a Product Announcement from Digium that Skype for Asterisk will not be available for sale or activation after July 26, 2011. Perhaps a victim of the software giant’s new control over the popular Skype platform? I’ll let you

UPDATE: PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR AN UPDATED PORT LIST If you plan on using phones or accessing your Digium Switchvox PBX from remote locations such as home or a hotel, your network administrator must forward certain ports back to your PBX. (There are other ways to reach your server as

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4853) was signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 17, 2010. Included in this legislation is a benefit regarding the purchase of certain assets used in a business.**** **The legislation allows taxpayers to take a

OK – so we do admit that we’re not the first to do it in Arizona, but we’re really excited to announce that Chromis has finished certifications to sell Polycom Telepresence & Video Products! So why did we do it? W**ell we see a big future in Video Telepresence.

Bria Android Edition is now available on the CounterPath Store or from the Android Market for $7.99 USD. Bria Android Edition is a highly secure, standards-based mobile VoIP softphone that works over both 3G and Wi-Fi networks. Bria allows you to use your Android device to make and receive

The User Interface of Bria 3.0 for MacDesktop and mobile VoIP software manufacturer, CounterPath, has released a new version of its Bria softphone for Mac and Windows. Bria 3.

[](https://www.chromis.com/store/show/KX-TPA50B04)Panasonic KX-TPA50 Panasonic recently introduced a couple of new DECT 6.0 Wireless SIP products that I’ve been able to play with for the past few weeks before they

Does your company have an Asterisk telephone system? Ask yourself this, how valuable would professional support, improved performance, and enhanced features be to your company? Would you like to make a move without having to switch out all your phones or Digium TDM cards?  Chromis Technology, a leading Digium Select

– -.--.- Chromis Technology is pleased to be one of the first Digium Resellers to be both a Certified Switchvox Partner and also a Certified Asterisk Integration

This morning at VoiceCon Orlando, Polycom introduced a phone that I’ve had the pleasure of beta testing for the past few weeks, the SoundStation IP 5000 Conference Phone. After I was done with my analysis, I gave it to a good customer of mine to check it out and

Digium announced the details of their annual AstriCon Event, the official conference for Asterisk. For the past three years it has been held in Phoenix. This year the East Coast will play host. The seventh iteration will be held on October 26-28, 2010, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention

Is your phone system driving you crazy? Do you wish you had a more effective communications solution for your business? Digium and Polycom are looking for companies that have had it up to here with their key systems and PBXs! Tell them your story by clicking here and you could

You say you have been living under a rock and you are not familiar with broadband Speed Testing? Allow me to explain… Speed Testing is a important tool for measuring bandwidth speeds. This is especially important when preparing for a VoIP migration, or any other broadband dependent application… My preferred

New to Switchvox version 4.5, Phone Feature Packs give you the ability to easily setup your Polycom IP phones to work seamlessly with your Switchvox PBX. They also deliver many of the Switchvox Applications right to your handset, such as recording a call, browsing your voicemail, picking up parked

Switchvox SMB 4.5 (Release number 21669) has been announced today by Digium at IT Expo East in Miami. The new version is available for immediate download. Go to ‘Machine Admin > Upgrades‘ to upgrade your SMB server. The new version contains the following enhancements: ** ** Phone Feature Packs – In this release,

Chromis Technology has partnered with Polycom and Jabra to offer a FREE Polycom EHS cable with every GN 9330E headset purchased. Buy one for everyone in the office, get a FREE EHS cable with each headset! There is no limit to how many you can get, and no rebate forms

Polycom introduced another phone to round out their entry-level line up this past weekend: The SoundPoint IP 335. I’ve been beta testing this phone for the past 6 weeks and have put it through the paces. And now that it’s been formally introduced, I can tell you my