Fonality Announces "Fonality trixbox Open Communications Certification" Workshops for Telephony Professionals and System Integrators.First Workshop to Be Held in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , March 5th and 6th LOS ANGELES -- Fonality([R]), a leader in open source, Asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. ([R])-based IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. systems, today announced the Fonality trixbox[R] Open Communications Certification (FtOCC) workshop, the first in a series of training and certification courses for the trixbox application platform. trixbox, the largest and fastest growing Asterisk-based platform and community, is quickly becoming the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for open source telephony See Asterisk PBX and OpenMoko. . The FtOCC program will provide the tools and knowledge necessary to successfully implement trixbox in a business environment. "Telephony is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a sea change and sea changes mean huge opportunity. But capitalizing on opportunity requires training and education," said Chris Lyman, Fonality founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The FtOCC courses will quickly teach attendees how to begin earning real money from trixbox and Asterisk." The course will focus on a myriad of subjects including, but not limited to: VoIP, PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). deployment, network assessment, telephony troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving. It is the systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved. Troubleshooting is often a process of elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem. , T1/PRI training, and IP handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. education. The goal of the FtOCC is to arm data VARs, system integrators and telephony professionals with the knowledge needed to deploy and manage PBX installations for businesses from 1 to 1,000 employees. "FtOCC is the next logical step for the trixbox community," said Andrew Gillis, founder of trixbox and director of community development at Fonality. "We are building on the explosive adoption of the trixbox application and providing formal training and certification so businesses can be built upon its customization and deployment." The FtOCC course will be hosted by Andrew Gillis, trixbox project founder and Kerry Garrison, senior product manager for trixbox at Fonality and author of "trixBox Made Easy." Additional training will be given by the trixbox engineering team. Respected partners in the telephony and VoIP industry will also be participating to provide information and free equipment to attendees. For more information on registration for the FtOCC or to download trixbox 2.0 for free, visit www.trixbox.org. About trixbox trixbox, formerly Asterisk@Home, is the world's largest Asterisk based community and open source voice over IP telephony platform. The value of trixbox is that, in under an hour, a non-technical user can download and install, not only Asterisk, but Linux, SugarCRM, MySQL, FreePBX and other applications. trixbox tightly integrates these open applications to work together on one physical server, providing companies with a PBX phone system and the surrounding applications they need to support their business. The trixbox community has the largest number of registered users and the most active forums for discussing and resolving open source telephony and Asterisk-specific issues. About Fonality Fonality, www.fonality.com, is a leader in open source, Asterisk-based IP telephony systems. PBXtra, Fonality's award winning IP-PBX product line for small and medium businesses, includes a modified version of the popular open source Asterisk code base. Fonality has modified Asterisk to add reliability, stability and enterprise-class features, and is the world's largest commercial Asterisk-based deployment. PBXtra uses Fonality's patent pending architecture to deliver all the advanced features of an enterprise-class phone system and call center at 40 percent to 80 percent less than traditional offerings, and is deployed to more than 40,000 business users in the U.S. and other countries. Fonality's trixbox, www.trixbox.org, the world's largest and fastest growing community of users of Asterisk-based software, with an average of 75,000 downloads a month, provides a free, easy to install Asterisk-based VoIP phone See IP phone and softphone. system. Fonality and trixbox are registered trademarks and PBXtra is a trademark of Fonality. Asterisk is a registered trademark of Digium, Inc. Fonality and PBXtra are not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Digium Inc. |
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