Jane Brooks
Digium, Inc.
(256) 428-6075
jbrooks@digium.com
Ruth Morse
Intelesys
(248) 586-9500
rmorse@ivdsystems.com
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - Dec. 15, 2008 - Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, and Intelesys today announced a partnership offering sales and integration of Asterisk-based Voice over IP (VoIP) phone solutions.
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 resellers and 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 premier development frameworks for application builders looking to leverage the power of Asterisk to create custom telephony solutions.
"Intelesys is excited to be able to offer Digium's Switchvox and Asterisk solutions," said John Lowery, CEO of Intelesys. "Voice over IP phone systems are allowing organization to reduce operation expenses, increase productivity, and in many cases gain a competitive edge." Lowery went on to say, "The open source Asterisk solution has proven to be a reliable communication platform with robust, practical features that are easy to maintain."
Jim Butler, global channel sales director for Digium said, "We're pleased to have such an experienced VoIP phone system integrator as Intelesys come on board as a reseller. With the combination of Digium's Switchvox solution and Intelesys' proven track record, phone customers are certain to benefit."
About Intelesys
With over 24 years in the telephone, computer and networking industries. Intelesys is dedicated to building efficiencies in phone and computer networks. Working with a large range of clients, from enterprise to small business, Intelesys maintains more than 3000 telephone systems. Often considered an innovator in the industry Intelesys was the first in the area to deploy VoIP phone systems for its clients. Since 1997, Intelesys has been leading the way, leveraging the advantages of VoIP phone systems and converged networks, for its clients.
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 to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. 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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