Sphere Communications Announces Online Availability Of Sphericall IP PBX Unified Communications Software.Online Availability Streamlines Distribution For Enterprise-Class IP Communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. Solution To IT Channel SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Sphere Communications announced today the online availability of its award-winning Sphericall IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch eXchange) A telephone switch that supports voice over IP (VoIP). IP PBXs convert IP phone calls into traditional circuit-switched TDM connections for the PSTN. unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. software through its distribution partners. Value added resellers can now download and evaluate a fully-featured free trial version of Sphericall IP PBX unified communications software, making it easy for resellers around the globe to experience the power of Sphericall and to deliver comprehensive IP communications solutions to their customers. "Our unique product architecture lends itself to online software distribution. Within minutes, partners can be evaluating the rich feature set and flexibility of our open unified communications software," says Graeme Robinson, President, Sphere Communications. "We are excited to be taking this next step in the evolution of enterprise communications towards software-based business applications." Today, Sphericall software is available for download through NETXUSA, a Sphere Master Distributor. Sphericall IP PBX unified communications software runs on industry-standard servers and supports a wide array of standards-based communications devices including session initiation protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) phones, SIP gateways, and new SIP trunking services. Sphere's open standards-based approach gives VARs and their customers the highest level of flexibility and choice in the design and implementation of their enterprise IP communications solutions. "When our VAR partners try out Sphericall for themselves, they are always very impressed at the power and flexibility of Sphere's IP PBX and unified communications software," says Tom Boone, 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. , NETXUSA, a Sphere Master Distributor. "And through NETXUSA's comprehensive services, we fully support our VARs; all the way from pre-sales activities through post-sales implementation and support." In conjunction with Sphere, NETXUSA provides its value added resellers with training, technical support and professional services for Sphere's software products. Sphericall delivers high quality voice over IP, three-way desktop video conferencing, point-and-click call management, text messaging, presence, unified email / voice mail, integrated softphone, and comprehensive 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). features. Sphericall has achieved elite JITC JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command (formerly Joint Interoperability Test Center) JITC Joint Interoperability Test Center (obsolete; now Joint Interoperability Test Command) PBX1 certification from the U.S. Department of Defense, delivers 99.999% reliability and scales to 30,000 ports per system. "Add to that our freely available Web Services SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ," says Pat Henkle, director of Product Management, Sphere Communications, "and a growing number of VARs are finding Sphericall to be the ideal platform to build their business." Sphericall software is the first in the industry to feature standards-based open Web Services, which enable ISVs, VARs and Developers to easily integrate unified communications with business applications. Sphere's Web Services Software Development Kit (SDK) and Web Services Description Language “WSDL” redirects here. For other uses, see WSDL (disambiguation). The Web Services Description Language (WSDL, pronounced 'wiz-dəl' or spelled out, 'W-S-D-L') is an XML-based language that provides a model for describing Web services. (WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. ) enable rapid application integration within a simplified, platform-neutral development environment. For information on downloading Sphericall IP PBX software, please visit NETXUSA's website at www.netxusa.com. For information on downloading Sphere's Web Services SDK and WSDL please visit Sphere Communications' website at www.spherecom.com. About Sphere Communications Sphere Communications is the first to deliver IP PBX technology as a business application for Service Oriented Architecture. A software company, Sphere delivers the most robust IP-based software communications technology available in the marketplace. The Sphericall platform hosts an extremely rich PBX feature set and is proven in deployments that scale to more than 20,000 users. Sphere provides OEMs, ISVs and application developers with the Sphericall Web Services SDK, enabling communications to be easily integrated into business applications and purpose-built communications systems. Founded in 1994, Sphere Communications is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois and provides its products to a wide variety of customers worldwide. For more information please see the Sphere Communications website at www.spherecom.com or contact us at 1-888-774-3732. |
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