Voice Over the Grand Canyon: A Switchvox Case Study Grand Canyon Resort Corp (GCR) is the company that oversees Grand Canyon West. Grand Canyon West comprises the Western part of the Grand Canyon in Arizona and is contained within the Hualapai Nation. GCR chose Chromis Technology to install Digium’s Turnkey Asterisk PBX, Switchvox SMB, to create a VoIP
dCAP: The nitty gritty... Our resident Digium Certified Asterisk Professional (dCAP), Jonathan Rusk, was asked about the certification process in the wake of Astricon. I thought his response was too detailed and too good not to publish as its own entry. So if you’ve ever wondered what the dCAP is all about, here
Chromis Technology: dCAP Certified Need a Digium-Certified Asterisk Professional (dCAP) in Phoenix? Call Chromis Technology and speak to the newest dCAP engineer: Congratulations to our own Jonathan Rusk for passing the Digium dCAP test last week. The dCAP test consists of a 150 question written exam concerning Asterisk and Asterisk-related technology, and a hands-on
New from Jabra: The Go 6470 & The Pro 9470 Last week I told you about Jabra giving you a sneak peek into the future… Well Cory Andrews over at VoIP Supply gives us the first look at the Jabra 6470, a multiuse headset for your mobile (cell), desk (such as Polycom) and softphone (such as eyeBeam). You can seamlessly
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Digium Releases Updated Switchvox Appliances Digium has released three updated Switchvox Appliances, the AA65, AA305, and the AA355. The new appliances replace the older AA60, AA300, and AA350 appliances. The updated versions each feature a new front-mounted LCD control panel, making it easy to setup and manage your system. Also, the AA65 features a new
Jabra gives a sneak peak at the future... Jabra released a sneak peek at their new line of headsets today. Having seen an early beta version about 6 months ago, I’m surprised it didn’t take them a little longer to get them to market. Check it out at: http://www.jabra.com/teaser/ You can even
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and CounterPath's eyeBeam: What you need to know... If you’re like us, you’re using a Mac. If you’re also like us, you’ve already upgraded your Intel based Mac to OS X Snow Leopard. Being the Asterisk guys we are, we also use CounterPath’s eyeBeam softphone client, so here’s what you need to
Skype for Asterisk is here! We’ve waited long enough, and the day has finally arrived; Announced this morning at IT Expo West in Los Angeles: Skype for Asterisk is here! From the official Press Release: “Digium, the Asterisk Company, and Skype today announced the general availability of Skype for Asterisk. Skype for Asterisk software
Switchvox gets a fresh new look... Users who have updated to the current version of Switchvox may have noticed a new graphics package that, according to the release notes: “Reflect the new Digium and Switchvox brands.” To update your Switchvox PBX to Release 18775, go to Machine Admin > Updates. Additional issues fixed in this release are:
Users are flocking to Switchvox... I must apologize for the lack of blog posts lately. We’ve been super busy with Digium Switchvox installs this summer. Let me give you the 10,000 foot overview of some of them and show you how our customers across the spectrum have been using Switchvox SMB… I can’
Introducing Chromis PBX/Phone bundles Check out the latest edition to our webstore: Complete PBX bundles that come with everything you need to get your company up and running using Digium’s Switchvox PBX and Polycom telephones. Chromis Bundles start out at the entry level Do-It-Yourself Starter Kit which is perfect for small offices of
Polycom to Release SoundPoint IP321 / IP331 Polycom is introducing an upgrade to their entry level IP320 / IP330 telephones. The new models, dubbed the Soundpoint IP321 and IP331, will replace and are virtually identical the old. However they will feature more memory and processing power under the hood to accommodate the ever growing Polycom SIP stack. Ship
Chromis becomes a Digium Select partner I don’t know why I haven’t made a bigger deal out of this before today, but it’s been about a month since this announcement took place. Digium, the Asterisk Company, and Chromis Technology have announced that we have moved from “Registered” to “Select” level partnership. “We are
Go Mobile For Less with Polycom Wireless Office in a Box Introducing the newest member of Polycom’s KIRK wireless handset portfolio, the KIRK 2010 is a sleek, lightweight, easy-to-use, handset that offers 12 hours of talk time and 150 hours of standby time. Enable your users to move about the office while always remaining in touch with customers and colleagues.
Reverse 911 is put to the test in Gilbert, AZ ChromisZach here. I live in Gilbert, AZ, which is a suburb in the East Valley of Phoenix. It ranks number 23 among the safest cities in America according to the results of CQ Press’s 15th annual Safest City Award rankings. The report ranks 397 American cities in six different
The iChromis.com blog is now optimized for mobile touch browsers The iChromis.com blog is now optimized for mobile browsers on the iPhone, iPod touch, and Android thanks to the team over at Brave New Code and their WPtouch plugin for WordPress. WPtouch is a lightweight, fast-loading, feature-rich and highly-customized theme application modeled after Apple’s app store design specs.
Digium "Officially" Kicks Off Planning for AstriCon As I reported a while back, (in my “Astricon 2009 will again be held in Chromis’ backyard” blog post) Digium’s AstriCon event will again be held in Phoenix for 2009. A press release this morning validates that post and provides vague details about the sixth annual Open Source Telephony
Will we laugh at this in 20 years? So I’ve seen this a few times in the past couple days and every time I see it I can’t help but think that this is going to be hilarious when we look back on it in 20 years. Polycom has produced this 3:30 minute video for
Polycom VVX1500 gets hacked for Switchvox The boys in Buffalo over at VoIP Supply have figured out a way to get the “quietly unsupported” Polycom VVX1500 “business media phone” working with their Switchvox 4.0 server. I say quietly because I haven’t seen either Polycom nor Switchvox publicly come out and admit that the device
Polycom Experience HD Voice Rebate Offer Do you remember the first time you listened to a CD player? The difference in clarity and the overall listening experience was truly amazing. Chromis Technology, together with Switchvox and Polycom, are bringing this same dramatic shift in clarity and experience to VoIP telephony. Polycom’s SoundPoint IP phones with
Switchvox SMB 4.0 upgrade now available Digium quietly released the new Switchvox SMB Edition 4.0 yesterday. It features Fax integration, H.263 and H.264 Video support, Instant messaging, Call queue improvements, better auto provisioning which includes support for snom telephones, and G.722 HD Voice support, just to name a few of the enhanced
Now available: Support subscriptions for open source Asterisk I don’t think a lot of people saw this one coming. Digium has introduced support subscriptions for open source Asterisk. Yearly support subscriptions range from the basic Level 1 plan at around $600 for a small installation to the Level 4 enterprise plan at around $8,000. Support subscriptions
Join us April 14th at Arizona's Business + Information Technology Expo Chromis Technology is a member of the Arizona Technology Council, a non-profit trade association founded to connect, represent and support the state’s expanding technology industry. To promote economic growth and professional development in Arizona’s technology sector, the Council provides members networking opportunities, business support and access to educational
Sound off on what you really think of AT&T and the iPhone GigaOm has published an iPhone Satisfaction Survey (Titled: Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy AT&T’s iPhone) which encourages you to give your opinion on the iPhone running on AT&T’s network. I think the questions are a little biased to the negative, but they do bring up
