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The Gotcha-Free PBX: Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI Application User's Guide

The Gotcha-Free PBX: Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI Application User’s Guide

Monday, February 2, 2015

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For those just beginning the Incredible PBX™ for Asterisk-GUI adventure, start here. Once your system is up and running, you’ll be ready to kick the tires. And today we’ll cover the applications for Asterisk® that are included in Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI. Down the road a bit, we’ll provide an in-depth review of the Incredible PBX internals and how to tweak things under the covers to get the most out of Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI. We’re not planning to provide… Read More ›

The Gotcha-Free PBX: Introducing Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI (CentOS)

The Gotcha-Free PBX: Introducing Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI (CentOS)

Monday, January 26, 2015

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[iframe-popup id="5″] To celebrate ITEXPO® this week, we’re back in the gift-giving mood. So today we’re pleased to introduce the first of several new turnkey VoIP solutions for the Asterisk® platform. Incredible PBX™ for Asterisk-GUI provides virtually the same feature set of applications for Asterisk as our previous releases. But this time around, you get a Gotcha-Free PBX with pure and honest open source GPL code. No patent, trademark, or copyright minefields to trip you up. Just abide by the… Read More ›

We Have a Dream, Too: The Return of (Gotcha-free) Open Source GPL Software

We Have a Dream, Too: The Return of (Gotcha-free) Open Source GPL Software

Monday, January 19, 2015

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History repeats itself. That’s the timeless old saying, and we have a theory about that. The reason history repeats itself is because most folks never spent much time studying history so they didn’t learn from the mistakes and greed of those that preceded them. Here’s our brief history lesson on technology and what we’ve learned about choosing a pumpkin. With a Single Pumpkin Provider, Expect to Take Home a Crappy Pumpkin! Let’s turn back the clock 30 years, shall we?… Read More ›

An Open Letter to Sangoma: Here's to a New Beginning in 2015

An Open Letter to Sangoma: Here’s to a New Beginning in 2015

Monday, January 12, 2015

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#83329085 / gettyimages.com 2015 is starting off with lots of surprises for the VoIP community so let’s get right to it. Sangoma Technologies has purchased Schmooze Com with all its assets including FreePBX® on January 1. You can read all about it here and here. Please do. The bottom line is the ownership of FreePBX has changed, but the development staff and presumably the future direction of the project have not. As usual, there is more than a little bad… Read More ›

30 Minutes to Paradise: Incredible PBX for Ubuntu 14.04 is Ready for Primetime

30 Minutes to Paradise: Incredible PBX for Ubuntu 14.04 is Ready for Primetime

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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A few months ago, we introduced a preview of Incredible PBX for Ubuntu 14. And now we’re pleased to release the latest production-ready version with all the bells and whistles including Incredible Fax featuring HylaFax and AvantFax. Introducing Incredible PBX 11 for Ubuntu 14.04 Today’s plan is to build a production-ready version of Incredible PBX with Ubuntu 14.04 that mimics the functionality of our previous builds with literally dozens of turnkey applications that show off the very best features of… Read More ›

Lessons Learned: Getting Started in the Billion Dollar VoIP Business

Lessons Learned: Getting Started in the Billion Dollar VoIP Business

Monday, December 29, 2014

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So you’ve built a few VoIP PBXs for your neighbors and your friends’ small businesses. And now you want to make a living doing it full time. After all, it wasn’t that hard to get started since all of the VoIP software was practically free, and the hardware investment was only a few hundred bucks. But now your friends need a way to make reliable phone calls every day, and they want someone to call when the phones don’t work.… Read More ›

Santa's Technology Roundup: The Best Products of 2014 with Some Surprises

Santa’s Technology Roundup: The Best Products of 2014 with Some Surprises

Monday, December 22, 2014

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View image | gettyimages.com Once a year we like to pause and take a look back at 10 technology products that really grabbed our attention. 2014 will be remembered as a spectacular year. So here’s what made the Nerd Vittles short list for 2014… Smartphone of the Year: It’s a 5-Way Tie And the winners in no particular order… Galaxy Note 4, iPhone 6+, LG G3, HTC One M8, and Moto X.1 So which should you choose if you can… Read More ›

The Definitive VoIP Quick Start Guide: Introducing PBX in a Flash 3

The Definitive VoIP Quick Start Guide: Introducing PBX in a Flash 3

Saturday, December 20, 2014

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It’s been an interesting year with RedHat’s acquisition of CentOS™. But the dust is slowly settling, and we’ve developed a new installation methodology for PBX in a Flash™ which we believe provides everyone with the best of all worlds. Like it or not, Red Hat® is in the driver’s seat now with CentOS, and Scientific Linux™ already has announced that they plan to fold into CentOS with the 7.0 release. That left the rest of us with two choices: fork… Read More ›