IP PBX Solution for Open Businesses and Service Providers

Thirdlane PBX is a complete software that combines Asterisk with a manager Thirdlane PBX (PBX Manager) and other components to form a powerful system that is easy to install, manage and adapt to the customer. Customers can choose their own hardware, phones and install the PBX in minutes. Advanced features include generation of user extensions in batches, automatic provisioning model based on existing formats, extensible library of "scripts, performance analysis tools and integration with Outlook.

Asterisk is an extremely versatile and powerful platform, the goal of the designers was not to limit these strengths. Extended capabilities of the system were included from the outset and have been integrated into the GUI. They made the software as open as possible, plan in terms of speed and visibility of configuration files and development environment.

The Thirdlane PBX Manager is a very friendly and intuitive product that lets you configure your PBX pretty fast and makes the maintenance of everyday accessible to less technically capable managers, while maintaining the functionality of Asterisk, and the ability to extend the system code using the facilities and scripts.

Can be implemented in different OSS (various types of Linux and FreeBSD) are supported different versions of Asterisk (1.2.x and 1.4.X), as well as autoprovisionamiento allows a variety of phones (Aastra, SNOMED, Cisco, Polycom, Linksys). Obviously, this opens up the market and gives the ability to Resellers, Integrators and Consultants, to add real value to the basic configuration of a PBX, through adaptation to customer needs

The Thirdlane PBX Manager is available in single-user version of "Single-tenant or multi-user Multi-Tenant." Multi-Tenant version lets you create multiple virtual PBXs on a single Asterisk box. These PBXs are completely independent and have their own administrators, users, extensions, routes, queues calls, media files, etc.. Additionally, another product of Thirdlane Outlook Dialer is included for free on all editions of Thirdlane PBX.

The solution is a PBX Thirdlane full of professional features at a fraction of the cost of a traditional PBX, while providing a level of features that go beyond those available in several of the more expensive systems.

Some of the highlights of version 6.0 of PBX Manager are:

• Management type cluster, enabling service providers and system administrators to manage multiple servers from a single management console with a single entry of a password.
• Enhanced Auto provisioning, support more phones, extending the ability of resellers to bring the customer provisioning process.
• Configuration and management of the conference improved, obtaining full conference facilities with real-time control through a rich web interface.
• CRM Integration with pre-configured connections to popular CRM solutions and search engines, plus the ability to adapt to the customer "pops" the screen from any web-based CRM.
• Version 6.0 of PBX Thirdlane ladder is now.

Centrex - A host of IP-PBX service

Centrex, also called "hosted PBX" is a telephone exchange (telephone switch) remotely hosted VoIP service provider (or ITSP) who offers a service for companies.

Centrex service existed as a remote for conventional telephone lines, and was now suitable for VoIP communications. Centrex software is part of the ITSP's SIP server. Asterisk, an open source freeware for IP-PBX allows the partition of the server to host multiple companies / users.

Each company that hires the service receives a partition of the SIP server and is assigned to a group of numbers that serve as extensions. Extensions are communicating with each other as if they were within a company and receive a corresponding numbered typical short extensions. CENTREK with the services offered are identical to those of a telephone / telephone switch, including all services as normal preatendedor, call waiting, ACD, IVR, among others.

A user of a Centrex service might think that using a central / switch convention. The same applies to a person outside the company, which does not notice the difference by calling from abroad.

Makes sense for Centrex:

• Short-term business projects or
• Companies that want to migrate to VoIP, but want to experience its benefits and disadvantages
• Companies that can not afford the investment of an IP-PBX
• Companies that suffer strong fluctuations in number of users

A list of firms offering Centrex can be found here below:

Centrex provider charges a base rate per month extension. Additional services are charged as options. The customer can configure all your configuration via a web interface. Companies that use Centrex should have a good Internet connection. The ITSP recommended connections for voice and data separate. The hardware you need is a user of Centrex

• A multi FXS Gateway (if you use conventional phones)
• A switch (if you use IP phones)