Great Companies. Excellent products. Check out some of our recommendations based on companies and products we routinely rely on and work with.
Open Source Telephony
- Asterisk: The Asterisk project, the core of open source telephony.
- Digium (Now a Sangoma subsidiary): One of the cornerstones of open-source VoIP technology, providing the core framework for modern business communication systems and management of the Asterisk project.
- FreePBX: A pioneering and innovative graphical user interface for Asterisk that helped revolutionize the open-source VoIP movement.
- Issabel: A sophisticated unified communications platform built on Elastix and FreePBX, offering comprehensive features including call center management, email integration, fax services, instant messaging, and contact management.
VoIP Hardware Manufacturers
- Sangoma: Industry-leading provider of carrier-grade PSTN cards featuring Octastic DSPs and Asterisk/SIP compatible gateways, as well as desktop VoIP phones.
- Xorcom: Unique in the market for their commercially-supported hot failover Asterisk systems, ensuring business continuity and reliability.
- Poly (formerly Polycom & Plantronics; now part of HP): Premium VoIP phones and communication devices known for exceptional build quality and performance.
- Grandstream: Comprehensive range of feature-rich VoIP phones suitable for businesses of all sizes.
- Yealink: Manufacturer of cost-effective VoIP phones that deliver excellent value without compromising on features.
- Algo: Specialized Canadian manufacturer of VoIP endpoints, including door phones, intercoms, paging systems, strobe lights, and push-button devices.
- CyberData: Manufacturer of high quality VoIP phone system peripheral devices, including legacy migration/integration hardware and IP equivalents of existing analog devices, including SIP Paging Gateways and Amplifiers, SIP Paging Adapters, SIP Speakers and Door Intercoms.
- Ribbon (formerly Edgewater Networks): Specialists in carrier-grade VoIP gateways for seamless network convergence and deployment.
Additional Software & Tools
- SuiteCRM: Enterprise-grade open-source customer relationship management system, built on SugarCRM.
- SugarCRM: The original Open Source Customer relationship management platform.
- Dokuwiki: User-friendly, database-free open-source wiki platform perfect for documentation.
- Hylafax: Enterprise-class open source software for sending and receiving faxes and alpha-numeric pages.
- Wireshark: Powerful open-source network protocol analyzer that allows users to capture and analyze network and VoIP data
- ProxMox: Open Source Server Virtualization platform that allows users to manage both virtual machines (VMs) and Linux containers (LXCs)
- Asternic: Creators of essential tools like the Flash Operator Panel (FOP) and ccCdr graphic CDR reporting system.
More VoIP Resources
- Asterisk Project Wiki: Comprehensive documentation and resources for all aspects of Asterisk implementation.
- voip-info.org: The definitive online resource for Asterisk and VoIP information.
All the above products, providers and partners above are routinely relied upon to deliver dependable, scalable business communication systems.