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Article: Digium buys Switchvox; Creator of the open source Asterisk PBX buys a developer of the platform.
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- Network World
- Article date:
- October 2, 2007
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Byline: Tim Greene
Digium, whose open source Asterisk IP PBX spawned a host of start-ups that commercialize the software, has bought up
one of them because it has a better user interface than Digium's.
Digium has bought Switchvox because users without deep technical knowledge can provision it for small businesses, the company
says. Digium's own interface is meant for a trained administrator and poses more difficulties for the uninitiated.
In addition to the friendlier user interface, the Switchvox PBX supports business applications such as CRM software so customers
can make calls from within the applications. It can ...