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:

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’

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 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

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

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.

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

My VoiceCon Orlando plans are all set. I’m flying in on Monday, just in time for the show’s opening, and leaving just before the show closes on Wednesday. I’m staying at the Gaylord Palms (And the winner for worst hotel name ever goes to… I understand that

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I’ve been wrestling with purchasing a $2.99 application from the Apple iTunes store for a few days now. And I can’t answer the question why really… I’ve certainly spent WAY more money on much more frivolous and wasteful things. Heck I’ve spent more on a

This video is a perfect summation of how I feel about twitter… It’s a hilarious 4 minutes on the absurdity of it all. Granted it’s a little extreme, but for the most part it hits the nail on the head. Props to Tom Keating from TMC posting it

Well maybe YOU would… And now you can… For some reason…? Let me explain… It’s really a love vs. hate thing with me and the social networking app: I both love and detest the overall concept of twitter. So I have stayed away from it for as long as

While the boys are back in Phoenix working hard, I’ve (chromiszach) been on an Eastern Caribbean cruise sucking back Mai Tai’s and UV rays. I’ve had a great trip so far and have done some really cool stuff including an underwater scooter experience that was out of

While Chromis didn’t make the cut to be included on the Skype for Asterisk Beta, the guys over at the Adhearsion did. Jason Goecke talked about the experience on his Warheads Stacked in the Kitchen blog site this morning.  Digium also gave an update yesterday via one of their

I had a conversation in a hotel bar with Danny Windham, CEO of Digium, a few weeks ago in Miami during the IT Expo. We got to talking about Phoenix, Arizona (Chromis Technology’s hometown) and the subject of Astricon came up. He asked me if I had attended, since

We’re very selective at Chromis Technology about whose products we’ve chosen to represent and in turn sell to our customer base. Digium, that’s a no brainer, they’re THE Asterisk company. Polycom, everyone knows they make the best handsets out there. Jabra… I think you get my