New Version Answers trixbox Community Needs
LOS ANGELES –August 7, 2007 – Fonality®, a leading open source telephony company, today announced the beta release of trixbox 2.4, the latest version of the Asterisk®-based telephony platform that has become synonymous with open source telephony and home to the largest Asterisk-based community. trixbox 2.4 incorporates the newest releases of CentOS 5, Asterisk 1.4 and FreePBX 2.3 for broader compatibility, choice and usability. trixbox 2.4 is beta software and timing of the general release will be gated by stability of Asterisk 1.4, as well as integration of all of the components and testing to ensure that it is ready for deployment in a demanding production environment.
For greater compatibility, this release gives trixboxers the option to deploy trixbox on CentOS 5 compatible hardware and reduce install time with the 100 percent Red Hat Package Manager Installer. For greater choice, trixbox incorporates Asterisk 1.4, the latest release from the Asterisk community. The new version of FreePBX 2.3 included in trixbox 2.4 also improves usability with new features including an updated flash operator panel and an improved FreePBX landing page with more status information.
trixbox 2.4 beta, like previous versions of trixbox, includes a host of stable and reliable packages and applications, including Apache, a modified version of Asterisk, FreePBX, Flash Operator Panel, MySQL, phpMyAdmin and SugarCRM. trixboxers who prefer a hardened and supported version of trixbox can still download and use trixbox 2.2. Other key features included in trixbox 2.4 include an automatic back-up and restore system and DHCP manager.
“Listening to the trixbox community is our first priority. They wanted to see Asterisk 1.4 incorporated into trixbox, so we are delivering just that. This beta release is just the first step,” said Andrew Gillis, trixbox founder at Fonality. “And, by having trixbox 2.4 based on CentOS 5, trixbox is compatible with the newest hardware on the market.”
The release of trixbox 2.4 is just one of the latest improvements in a series of updates for both trixbox itself and the community. In recent months, Fonality has added service and support for trixbox, the trixStore, the trixbox Buyer’s Club, additional Fonality trixbox Open Communication Certifications (FtOCC, pronounced "F-talk") and the popular trixbox Appliance that was awarded four stars by PC Magazine and was named a 2007 TMC Labs Innovation award winner.
FtOCC courses consistently sell out and have proven to be a useful and important way for Asterisk resellers to get practical, hands-on experience with the latest software developments, and also share best practices. There are two upcoming FtOCCs scheduled; FtOCC at ITEXPO will take place in Los Angeles on September 10-12, 2007 and FtOCC London will take place in London from October 9-11, 2007. To register for FtOCC go to http://www.trixbox.org/ftocc
For more information on trixbox or to download trixbox 2.4 for free, go to www.trixbox.org.
About trixbox
trixbox, formerly Asterisk@Home, is one of the world’s largest communities of users of open source, Asterisk-based VoIP telephony platforms. In less than 15 minutes a non-technical user can download and install Asterisk, Linux, SugarCRM, MySQL, FreePBX, HUDlite and several additional applications. trixbox tightly integrates these open applications to work together on one physical server, providing companies with a PBX phone system and the surrounding applications needed to support their business. The trixbox community has the largest number of registered users and the most active forums for discussing and resolving open source telephony and Asterisk-based issues.
About Fonality
About Fonality
Fonality, www.fonality.com, is a leader in open source, Asterisk®-based IP telephony systems. PBXtra, Fonality's award winning IP-PBX product line for small and medium-sized businesses, includes a modified version of the popular open source Asterisk code base. Fonality has modified Asterisk to add reliability, stability and enterprise-class features, and PBXtra is the world's largest commercial Asterisk-based deployment. PBXtra uses Fonality's patent-pending architecture to deliver all the advanced features of an enterprise-class phone system and call center at 40 to 80 percent less than traditional offerings, and is deployed at more than 2,000 companies around the world. Fonality's trixbox, www.trixbox.org, one of the world's largest and fastest growing communities of users of Asterisk-based software with an average of 65,000 downloads a month, provides a free, easy to install Asterisk-based VoIP phone system.
Fonality, HUD and trixbox are registered trademarks and PBXtra is a trademark of Fonality. Asterisk is a registered trademark of Digium, Inc. Fonality, trixbox and PBXtra are not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Digium Inc.
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