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Elastix 120411225420 Phpapp02
Elastix 120411225420 Phpapp02
Elastix 120411225420 Phpapp02
Telecommunications Service Provides basic voice service for free Information Service Provides enhanced communication service that involves data storage/processing i.e. Internet access, voice mail
Call Routing
Integrates other media like Video, Electronic White Board Flexibility
Reliable Services
C O N C E P T U A L
M O D E L
IMPLEMENTATION MODEL
VoIP Architectures
PC to PC
Internet
VoIP Architectures
Phone to Phone via the Internet
Internet
VoIP Architectures
Phone to Internet to Gateway to PSTN
Internet
GATEWAY
PSTN
Internet
GATEWAY GATEWAY
PSTN
PSTN
VoIP Examples
Xbox Voice Windows messenger AOL Instant Messenger Motorola Phone Adapter (Vonage) Cisco Phone Cox Cable in Hampton Roads, Virginia
A VoIP Network
Company/Developer: Palosanto Solutions OS family: GNU/Linux Source model: Free and open source software Kernel type: Monolithic (Linux)
Elastix is an open source Unified Communications Server software that brings together IP PBX, email, IM, faxing and collaboration functionality. It has a Web interface and includes capabilities such as a Call Center
WHY ELASTIX?
Elastix has a good support for telephony hardware. It includes drivers
for the major manufacturers like Dinstar OpenVox, Digium, Sangoma, Rhino Equipment, Xorcom, and Yeastar. The most of these drivers are supported through the zaptel project or modified versions of it. Other drivers are supported by the mIDSN project and other projects.
Elastix also support other phone brands thanks to
the SIP and IAX protocols that Asterisk implement. These protocols are based on public available standards. For this reason any manufacturer can build a product that supports them. Some supported manufacturers are Polycom, Atcom, Aastra, Linksys,Snom, and Cisco.
There are new ways of communication every day and the addition of features and functionality must be constant. Elastix its capable of establish an efficient environment on an organization with the addition of many features that allows to integrate other locations of a company to centralize their business and take it global. A user in a corporation located in South America shares the same functionalities of another located in Asia besides having direct internal communication. Some of the basic Features of Elastix include:
Voicemail Fax-to-email Support for softphones Web Interface Configuration Virtual conference rooms Call recording Least Cost Routing Extension Roaming Caller ID Advance Reports
SOFTPHONE
A softphone is a software program for making telephone calls over the internet using a general purpose computer, rather than using dedicated hardware. For registering an extension number you can use a softphone. The biggest advantage is that it does not cost to you (if you use free versions) and it is easy to use. X-Lite softphone is shown below which can be communicated visually