Author: James Chapman

Xorcom Updated Product Presentations and New YouTube Videos

Posted by | May 3, 2011 | , , |

New English and Spanish Versions Include All Recently Announced Products We have updated the Xorcom product presentations which provide: Introduction to Xorcom Astribank function and features Entire PBX family (XR1000/2000/3000 and XE2000/3000) function and features Optional extras, including TwinStar and hardware echo cancellation Unique selling & support points Customer testimonials Feel free to download this presentation in your preferred language: Download English version Download Spanish version More Videos uploaded to YouTube Short Clips Provide Specific Technical Information about Common Issues We have just uploaded several more 3 to 7 minute clips to our YouTube video library, including: Echo Cancellation in Asterisk: Concepts & Treatment Optimizing Intel Processors for Asterisk Asterisk Under VMware – Astribank PRI in a Virtualization Environment Echo Cancellation in Asterisk: Concepts & Treatment Optimizing Intel Processors for Asterisk Asterisk Under VMware – Astribank PRI in a Virtualization...

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Xorcom’s CEO: Improving PBX Reliability is the Focus of New XE Series

Posted by | Apr 13, 2011 | , , |

CEO Rich Tehrani recently conducted an interview at ITEXPO East 2011 in Miami with Xorcom’s CEO and Co-founder Eran Gal. Both men kicked off the interview complimenting the weather in Miami – fittingly, since the event was held in February. Xorcom was founded in 2004, “based on Asterisk technology,” Gal said. About a year and a half ago, he told TMC’s Paula Bernier in an interview that the company was captivated by the Asterisk Open Source PBX during the time in which open source telephony was picking up speed. “With the understanding that this approach was destined to change the market completely, we set out to become a leading vendor in open source telephony market,” said Gal. Gal hit the company’s pricing and flexibility as two of its main market differentiators against “any other proprietary system.” They came to the show with a new release in tow — the XE series of Xorcom’s PBX’s. The company already offers the XR2000 and XR3000 series, and its XE series (XE2000 and XE3000) also handles both traditional (Public Switched Telephone Network) and VoIP calls, but comes with features rendering them a significant upgrade, such as microprocessor-based temperature control with redundant fans, redundant hard disk drives, internal backup and recovery support. Tehrani couldn’t help but note the antenna on the box Gal brought for the interview. Gal said, “This is a completely new...

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Patton Expands the SmartNode T1/E1/PRI VoIP Gateway Series

Posted by | Apr 13, 2011 | , , , |

Three new SmartNode PRI-class VoIP products are optimized to address real-world business challenges with reliable, rich-featured, right-priced SIP-trunking and media-gateway solutions. GAITHERSBURG, MD: Patton the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, VoIP and mobile video-surveillance equipment is now taking orders for the newly-expanded, award-winning SmartNode T1/E1/PRI line of VoIP solutions. Pattons IBM-certified SmartNode VoIP product line now includes the Patton SN4940 Gateway, Patton SN4950 Gateway-Router, and enhanced Patton SN4960 Enterprise Session Border Router (ESBR). Designed for cost-effective deployment of SIP-trunking and media-gateway services, all three models are aggressively priced for their respective market segment. The expanded selection of SmartNode PRI VoIP equipment enables carriers, enterprises, and integrators to choose the ideal, best-priced solution for their specific network infrastructure, business processes, and go-forward communications strategy. Why pay for a Swiss Army knife when you only need a screwdriver? said Ramon Felder, president and CEO at Patton-Inalp. Many VoIP vendors use a one-size-fits-all approach, forcing customers into an over-priced or underperforming solution. Scalable SmartNode products offer a selection of toolsets optimized for each application. Customers can choose the right model for their needs at the best price. The basic SN4940 media gateway series IP-enables traditional PBX systems for SIP trunking over an existing Internet connection, adds PSTN-breakout for number portability, or provides PSTN access for IP PBX and unified communications. Providing one or four T1/E1/PRIs, gigabit Ethernet, and up...

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Grandstream Announces Vandal-Resistant Outdoor HD IP Camera

Posted by | Mar 28, 2011 | , , |

The Grandstream GXV3662_HD Camera provides day/night high definition video with weather-proof, vandal-resistant and tampering-poof casing suitable for challenging outdoor applications. Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, today announced the GXV3662_HD, a new weather-proof, vandal-resistant and tampering-proof high definition (HD) IP Camera for challenging outdoor surveillance applications. Featuring multi-rate H.264 and MJPEG real-time video compression (up to HD720p), day/night mode, advanced mega-pixel CMOS sensor with wide dynamic range, integrated PoE, IP66 compliant casing, built-in heater and fan, and SDHC interface for local storage, the GXV3662_HD offers support for the ONVIF standard as well as and HTTP API for easy integration with various video management systems. Additionally, the vandal-resistant outdoor camera uniquely offers bi-directional SIP/VoIP audio and video streaming capabilities to mobile phones and video phones, from anywhere in the world including Grandstream’s GXV3140 and GXV3175 IP multimedia phones. For a unified audio + video + surveillance solution, Grandstream’s entire family of IP video cameras (including the GXV3662_HD) is fully compatible with Grandstream’s GXE IP PBX as well as various other SIP-based IP PBX’s and Service Provider Networks. “We are very excited to announce the GXV3662_HD outdoor, high definition IP surveillance camera packed with features, great performance at a highly competitive price,” said David Li, CEO of Grandstream Networks. “This new camera is a major and logical extension of our innovative IP camera portfolio...

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Xorcom’s Echo Cancellation Hardware Module Now Available

Posted by | Mar 18, 2011 | , , |

Reduced load on server CPU and enhanced voice quality provided on hardware module as alternative to software echo cancellation solution typically used in Asterisk® systems Xorcom announced today that it is now shipping a hardware echo canceller module for its award-winning Astribank™ telephony interfaces and Asterisk-based IP-PBX appliances. The module provides a high level of echo cancellation and voice enhancement while reducing load on the CPU as compared to OSLEC, the software-based echo cancellation solution provided in the standard Asterisk framework. New Echo Cancellation Module Increases Number of Simultaneous Calls Supported Until now, Xorcom recommended that their customers use the OSLEC (Open Source Line Echo Canceller) provided as part of the Asterisk operating system. Central Processing Units (CPUs) are so powerful these days that normally the OSLEC has no impact on the IP-PBX operation. However, if the telephony system is used in high density call environments, and/or where additional applications are involved, such as call centers that need call recording functionality, offloading the echo cancellation processing to a separate hardware module makes sense. “By reducing the load on the server’s CPU, the number of simultaneous calls that are supported on the telephony system is increased significantly,” states Izzy Gal, VP Innovation at Xorcom. “We’ve set the echo tail size to 128 taps and our published load tests show that we achieve the same number of simultaneous calls as when...

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