Business

Asterisk was created back in 1999 by Digium Inc’s Mark Spencer as an open source PBX telphony applications system. As the most inexpensive telephone system available, Asterisk is free and operates on low cost Linux servers and other options on a range of various hardware.

With a focus to become a more prominent player in the small business VoIP market, Microsoft plans to release a powerful service pack to dramatically improve its Response Point software.

Available this summer, the free service pack update will offer far more VoIP capabilities to current and future users than the system currently does. The software giant hopes the more sophisticated features will offer a compelling new reason to pick or stick with their phone system technology.

More and more companies are adopting IP telephony to utilize the broad range of features and benefits associated with this advancing technology. Businesses unable or unwilling to make the switch will soon find themselves at a competitive disadvantage for a number of reasons. Understanding VOIP, how it works and the different features and capabilities will make all the difference when choosing service and a provider.

AT&T has announced it is now offering business plans for Apple’s iPhone.

Voice over Internet Protocol provider, 8 X 8 Inc., announced last week that as of the end of last year its subscriber base of small to medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) had surpassed the 10,000 mark for its Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone services.