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Next Open Source Application of SIPxPBX Released by SIP Foundry

January 3, 2006

The Massachusetts based SIP foundry said on Tuesday that the latest version of the open source PBX platform sipXpbx v.3 is now available, the one-file Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based PBX platform that enables real-time communications.

Building on the sipXpbx platform, developers at SIPfoundry have expanded functions and capabilities. A new server was set-up in the company's IT rack. So in addition to running a server for the Microsoft e-mail system, Vesbridge now runs the Linux operating system and SIP exchange software. Polycom IP phones were installed and connected via Ethernet rather than a traditional hard-wired telephone line. Information was keyed into the system and the phones turned on.

The word "PBX" conjures up images of a big machine running proprietary applications that sits isolated from the data and the IT infrastructure to manage the enterprise's voice communications. Those days are gone. The new sipXpbx release delivers a fundamentally new approach to addressing real-time communications needs within the enterprise for voice, instant messaging and video.