Switchvox has long grabbed headlines by offering small- to medium-sized businesses an IP PBX solution built from open source software – technology that promises to deliver stability, rapid development and greater flexibility than today’s proprietary solutions. Now, Switchvox is making news again by partnering with VoIP Supply, a single source for VoIP products and services. The arrangement enables VoIP Supply to sell Switchvox SMB on its new PBXselect.com e-commerce Web site.

 

Switchvox SMB is built from open source software and uses open standards. The IP PBX allows companies to make calls using traditional analog lines, as well as VoIP services. The system can be peered to allow free VoIP calls between office locations, in addition to offering comprehensive reporting tools to monitor the solution's performance in real time.

The agreement will allow VoIP Supply to deliver Switchvox to end users and resellers in a faster and more flexible way than other solutions because of Switchvox's turnkey software architecture and instantaneous software delivery infrastructure. VoIP Supply will also be able to use any handsets its customers request and further leverage its distribution arrangements with leading IP handset manufacturers. The new VoIP Supply site provides SMBs with IP PBX systems like Switchvox SMB.

 

"VoIP Supply has one of the largest online reseller communities in the industry and this new sales channel will open the door for increased revenues for Switchvox," said Joshua Stephens, CEO of Switchvox. "

 

In May, Switchvox teamed up with Junction Networks to provide an all-in-one IP PBX system and VoIP service. Switchvox and Junction Networks, a business class VoIP provider, are now offering a deal that includes a trial account of Junction Networks’ VoIP service when companies purchase an affordable, full-featured Switchvox IP PBX solution.

 

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Cindy Waxer is a Toronto-based freelance journalist specializing in business and technology. She has written for publications including TIME, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, Computerworld, Canadian Business, and Workforce Management. To see more of her articles, please visit Cindy Waxer’s columnist page.