Zach Garcia
Chromis Technology, LLC
(602) 357-8073
zgarcia@chromisinc.com

Julie Webb
Digium
(256) 428-6203
jwebb@digium.com

DigiumĀ® and Chromis Technology Announce Select Level Partnership

New Partnership brings premier Asterisk based solutions to the Southwest

HUNTSVILLE, AL, and PHOENIX, AZ, May 5, 2009 — Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, and Chromis Technology, LLC (Chromis) today announced that it has moved the Phoenix Systems Integrator from its “Registered” to “Select” level partnership.

Digium is the creator, sponsor and driving force behind Asterisk; the most widely used open source telephony software. The company’s product lines include a wide range of hardware and software to enable businesses to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own VoIP systems. Digium provides the award-winning Switchvox family of turnkey IP PBXs for small and medium enterprises. In addition, for custom implementations, Digium offers both commercially licensed and open source versions of Asterisk as premiere development frameworks for application builders looking to leverage the power of Asterisk to create custom telephony solutions.

Based in Phoenix, AZ, Chromis Technology is a full service turnkey telecommunications provider, consultant and contractor with customers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, and Utah. Their portfolio includes telephone systems, circuit inventories, project management, low voltage, IP trunking, and VoIP integration solutions. The Chromis team can streamline existing networks for cost efficiencies or expedite and facilitate any growth.  With strong relationships with vendors like ADTRAN, CyberData, Digium, Jabra, Polycom, and Tripp Lite, Chromis is able to provide any type of system or service to its customers.

“Chromis Technology is passionate and dedicated to answering our customer’s need for modern communications and simplification of inter-technology connectivity,” said Jonathan Rusk, Chromis Technology Chief Scientist. “It is our desire to spread Digium’s message of alternative, innovative, affordable telephone solutions to the Southwest.”

"We are thrilled to have moved Chromis Technology up to our Select Reseller tier,” said Jim Butler, director of global channel sales for Digium. “They have proven that they are dedicated to their clients and provide excellent customer service.

About Digium
Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has become the open source alternative to proprietary communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less. Digium offers Asterisk software free to the open source community and offers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line includes a wide range of hardware and software to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey VoIP systems or to design their own custom telephony solutions. More information is available at www.digium.com.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk SCF, Switchvox, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Appliance and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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