Signate Announces PBX Management Software for Telephone Service Providers; SigMAN(TM) SP Turns Linux-Based Computers into Hosted PBXs.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Signate, the leading provider of VoIP telephony solutions that combine high performance hardware and open source software, today announced SigMAN SP, its Hosted 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). (Private Branch eXchange) software for telephone service providers with up to 3,000 customers. Hosted PBXs using SigMAN SP can support remote businesses, remote offices and remote employees with VoIP extensions. A superset A group of commands or functions that exceed the capabilities of the original specification. Software or hardware components designed for the original specification will also operate with the superset product. However, components designed for the superset will not work with the original. of the functionality Signate introduced in September with SigMAN, its PBX management software, SigMAN SP turns a Linux-based computer into a full featured, partitioned PBX that allows providers the ability to offer their customers advanced telephone capabilities without the capital investment of a dedicated system. Each customer partition can function like a dedicated telephone system with its own auto attendant The part of an interactive voice response (IVR) system that replaces the human operator and directs callers to the appropriate extensions or voice mailboxes. See IVR. (s), music on hold, operator(s), call queues, audio conference rooms, hunt groups, voice mail and call detail reporting. Providers may give customers as much, or as little, access as their businesses require, so customers can manage their own facilities. SigUSER(TM), the included user panel, gives PBX users the ability to manage their own voicemail, call forwarding call forwarding n. A telephone service that enables a customer to have an incoming call automatically rerouted to another extension. Noun 1. and follow me settings from a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. without going through a PBX administrator. "Every Signate product has a foundation of industry standard hardware and open source software so it can deliver roughly twice the performance of proprietary products at half the cost," said William Boehlke, Signate's Chief Executive Officer. "SigMAN SP delivers advanced functionality to service provider customers for an initial investment of around $10 per user," he said. SigMAN SP can be configured with a hot failover server, so if a server fails its function can be automatically assumed by another system. Signate further backs SigMAN SP with support around the clock and around the world, from offices in the United States, England and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . SigMAN SP requires an Intel x86 server capable of running Red Hat ES Linux, or Signate's high capacity Telephony Server 5000. A PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). board or external gateway is necessary to connect the PBX to the public switched telephone network. A high speed internet connection is required to link the PBX to VoIP telephone service providers. Telephone handsets connect over a standard computer network. SigMAN SP is available from Signate or through a Signate reseller. Pricing starts at $1,995 for Intel x86 servers. For more information about SigMAN SP or becoming a Signate reseller, visit www.signate.com. About Signate Signate is a leading global provider of design, installation, configuration, training and management services for open source VoIP telephony systems. For more information, visit Signate at www.signate.com. Trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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