ALSO CALLED: Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange and IP/PBX DEFINITION: An IP PBX is a private branch exchange (telephone switching system within an enterprise) that switches calls between VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol or IP) users on local lines while allowing all users to share a certain number of external phone lines. The typical
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WHITE PAPER: Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
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This white paper will help you to accurately compare traditional Centrex service to Hosted IP Centrex, it will also share critical information to help make your migration from Centrex to VoIP a success.
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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For years, midmarket CIOs have eyed with envy larger companies' embrace of Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, technology. After all, VoIP can be a good way to cut costs and add flexibility to telephony.
CASE STUDY: Posted: 19 Oct 2005 | Published: 01 Sep 2005
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A leading global supplier of networking equipment and network management solution provider wanted to automate dial-plan tracking and troubleshooting for its IP-PBX product.
IP PBX DEFINITION (continued): IP PBX can also switch calls between a VoIP user and a traditional telephone user, or between two traditional telephone users in the same way that a conventional PBX does. The abbreviation may appear in various texts as IP-PBX, IP/PBX, or IPPBX.
With a conventional PBX, separate networks are necessary for voice and data communications. One of the main advantages of an IP PBX is the fact that it employs converged data and voice networks. This means that Internet access, as well as VoIP communications IP PBX definition sponsored by SearchUnifiedCommunications.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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