Friday, February 21, 2014

Three main reasons why companies should use 3CX WebMeeting


According to Epson and the Centre of Economics and Business Research, on average workers are spending more than two hours weekly in meetings. Add to that the extra time spent when travelling is required and also calculate the costs on fuel, plane tickets and accommodations. Who’s really paying for all that, and how do you calculate ROI???? With Video Conferencing you can save time and money while increasing your company’s productivity and performance.

Video Conferencing Saves Time

More work gets done in less time when workers don’t have to travel and leave their office. Adopting a video conferencing software such as 3CX WebMeeting, employee productivity and efficiency will be enhanced and company performance will be greatly improved. Almost instantly, employees can attend online meetings and get in touch with their clients and partner organisations from all around the world. Video conferences can be done in as little as 20 minutes and help avoid lengthy and pointless meetings.

Video Conferencing Saves Money

Whether employees are travelling by plane or driving to a certain destination the prices on plane tickets and fuel are significantly high. Additionally, more costs occur from insurance, accommodations, meals and mobile calls during their travels. In the end companies are left with a hefty bill for a single employee attending a meeting. Video conferencing will reduce travelling thus saving the company a sufficient amount of money.
Video Conferencing increases productivity and performance.

Video Conferencing increases Productivity & Performance

Video conferencing allows flexibility in meetings. It can happen anytime from anywhere with internet capabilities. Communications are made easier between co-workers thus boosting their team’s performance. In addition, video conferencing can also be used to keep in touch with clients and partner organisations on a regular basis. Key features such as desktop sharing can make online meetings fun and interesting. Users can share presentations, videos and explain project progresses while demonstrating them to key clients and partners thus improving relationships as well.

What is more, video conferencing can be used for recruitment. Regardless of location, companies can hire the best talent from anywhere in the world, since communications are made free and global through video conferencing.



Find out more about 3CX WebMeeting's features

Friday, January 17, 2014

3CX and beroNet Connect to Guarantee Full Support for Partners and Customers



Strategic partnership combines 3CX’s award-winning Windows-based IP PBX with beroNet’s VoIP Gateways for a fully interoperable enterprise unified communications solution.

LONDON UK and BERLIN, GERMANY, 15 JANUARY 2014 – 3CX, developer of the award-winning Windows VoIP PBX 3CX Phone System, and beroNet, a German-based gateway manufacturer, announce that through their strategic partnership, beroNet gateways are fully interoperable with 3CX Phone System, guaranteeing 3CX customers and resellers full support.


“beroNet is a highly regarded European gateway manufacturer and this cooperation allows us to offer our customers a front-line, best of breed PBX solution. This partnership provides an unwavering guarantee to all our customers and partners that 3CX Phone System is fully supported by both companies, and thus provides them with peace of mind,” said Nick Galea, 3CX CEO.


“3CX is the world’s most innovative Windows based PBX system and it’s our aim to provide our partners and customers with quality gateways to accompany this renowned UC solution. Together, beroNet and 3CX will ensure that our gateways are fully tested with 3CX Phone System before their release, thus ensuring the entire beroNet line of gateways fit in seamlessly with 3CX,” said Christian Richter, beroNet, CEO.
Guaranteed Interop between beroNet Gateways and 3CX Phone System


The 3CX and beroNet partnership provides advanced integration and full interoperability between 3CX Phone System and beroNet gateways. All firmware will be tested on 3CX Phone System before its release, giving partners and customers peace of mind. 3CX and beroNet will work together to ensure that the gateways are automatically configured with 3CX Phone System and that any interoperability issues which may occur will be solved.
Gateways – Still a Necessity


Even though VoIP is very popular, many businesses still prefer to use their existing phone lines. Some businesses may need their VoIP phone system integrated with their existing telephony equipment and fax. There is no other way to achieve this without using a VoIP gateway.


beroNet gateways are known for their high quality standards and provide 3CX Phone System users with the ability to virtualize 3CX Phone System with Hyper-V or VMware. In the event of hardware failure, 3CX Phone System continues to run and processing usage is reduced. For businesses that want to leverage SIP trunks and break free from their proprietary PBX but at the same time use their existing phone lines, beroNet gateways are the ideal solution.


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About 3CX (www.3cx.com)

3CX is the developer of 3CX Phone System which is an open standard unified communications platform for Windows that works with standard SIP phones and replaces any proprietary PBX. 3CX Phone System is more manageable than standard PBX systems and delivers substantial cost savings while increasing productivity. Some of the world’s leading companies and organizations use the 3CX Phone System, including Boeing, the Caterham F1 Team, Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts, Harley Davidson, and MIT.


3CX was named a CRN Emerging Vendor in 2011 and 2012 and has been awarded CRN’s 5-Star Partner Program rating in 2013. 3CX has also been awarded Windows Server Certification and won the Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, the Windows IT Pro 2008 Editor’s Best Award and a Best Buy Award from Computer Shopper.


3CX has offices in Australia, Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Malta, South Africa, the UK and the U.S. Visit us at: http://www.3cx.com, and on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/3CXPhoneSystem.


About beroNet (www.beronet.com)

beroNet is a German company founded in 2002 by 3 engineering entrepreneurs and is a recognized expert in the development of products and technologies for both the enterprise and service provider markets that enable reliable and efficient VoIP, ISDN, Analog & GSM connectivity technologies and through access devices engineered and manufactured in Germany.


beroNet is emerging as the leading designer and manufacturer for low density, high density PSTN & GSM VoIP access technologies through VoIP Gateways and PCI / PCIe Cards and products that are gaining both in dominance and preference by a growing number of PBX, Open Source, Call Center and IVR integrators as well as PBX equipment manufacturers and operators.


beroNet is dedicated to advanced VoIP telephony solutions. We work towards the evolution and embrace of next generation IP communications: technologies that combine the best of the Internet with the best of the existing fixed and wireless telephony infrastructure, breaking down the barriers to communications and making it easier for people and businesses everywhere and anywhere to communicate.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Find and Track Mobile Devices with 3CX Mobile Device Manager

Have you or an employee ever lost one of your company’s mobile devices, or had any stolen? The Metropolitan Police reported that as many as 10,000 phones are stolen each month in the UK alone. Losing a mobile device is a big problem, and not just because you need to replace the hardware. Your phones likely have your sensitive corporate data on, which is then lost or exposed.

With 3CX Mobile Device Manager, if any of your Android smartphones or tablets get lost or stolen, you can see their exact location via Google Maps. With GPS tracking, you have the ability to recover your devices.

Being able to find and track your mobile devices with 3CX Mobile Device Manager also gives you the ability to make sure your mobile employees take the most efficient routes when meeting customers. You can control and supervise staff movements and monitor the status of each device in real time, as well as being able to easily give road directions to your employees when necessary.

You can pinpoint any location within Google Maps from the dashboard and send it as a message. When employees open the message, their Google Maps app shows them the exact location. When people know that their movements are being monitored, research shows that they become more efficient and company productivity levels rise.

Find and Track also helps to keep your customers happy by improving response time and by being able to avoid vague answers when they ask where your employee is. By being able to locate them in real time, you improve customer service by informing the customer as to your employees’ exact whereabouts and estimated arrival time. Also, if a customer needs something urgently, you can see which of your workers is nearest to the customer and re-route them quickly.

Click here for more information on 3CX Mobile Device Manager.

Monday, November 28, 2011

3CX Mobile Device Manager

3CX Mobile Device Manager is an online service that secures, monitors, manages and supports your mobile devices. You can manage applications, data and configuration settings remotely for all sorts of mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets and notebook computers.

Mobile devices and applications have flooded the market, therefore mobile device management is growing in importance. Businesses lower support costs and security risks when they optimize the functionality of their mobile devices, while controlling and protecting data and configuration settings on them.

3CX Mobile Device Manager uses Google Maps via its user-friendly online dashboard to allow users to easily find and track connected devices in real time and view the routes employees have taken. You can also send messages to any number of devices simultaneously without any charge and receive instant delivery status.

Users can remotely lock mobile devices or completely erase sensitive company data from an abused, lost or stolen mobile device and any attached SD cards with the remote wipe feature in order to increase security. 3CX Mobile Device Manager also offers secure communications between the 3CX Mobile Device Manager servers and devices, which keeps keep data secure.

Users can manage mobile apps that are on each device - you can deploy apps to connected devices without needing to upload them to the Android Market, as well as manage, block or remove rogue apps on individual or groups of devices. By doing this, data plan and call budgets remain below their limits.

Have complete control over all your mobile devices with mobile device management. Sign up for your free 3CX Mobile Device Manager account today. For more information, visit http://www.mobiledevicemanager.com

Friday, October 21, 2011

3CX Named a 2011 CRN Emerging Technology Vendor

3CX, international telecommunications developer of Windows-based PBX software, has announced that it has been selected as a 2011 CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. The list features the most innovative vendors who deliver technology that is easy to use and also generates high margin solutions providers require. 3CX made the annual list due to 3CX Phone System.

3CX Phone System for Windows drew praise for providing a high-value, low-cost VoIP IP PBX that’s software-based and provides unified communications. It uses the Open SIP Standard, which means it works with any SIP IP Phones and is easy to manage. 3CX runs on a standard Windows computer and can be virtualized. It is far less expensive to purchase and expand compared to proprietary phone systems. For instance, adds and moves can be done in seconds with the 3CX web interface. Being an IP-based PBX means that there’s no need for separate wiring as all phones use the existing computer network.

Businesses can save money on their telephone administration costs because it works seamlessly with leading VoIP providers and it allows users to make and receive calls via Skype. It improves employees’ productivity with desktop call control presence. 3CX also delivers mobility to employees by allowing them to work from home via remote extensions.

The 3CX Channel Program is open to all IT and telecoms solutions providers and gives an excellent opportunity for resellers to use their Windows skills to tap into a new market. 3CX Partners generate profitable recurring income as they resell 3CX products and their own services to existing customers, whilst also targeting new customers. The roll-out involves software / hardware sales and provides the opportunity for consultancy.

Benefits of the 3CX Partner Program include access to free products and technology. Numerous free partner training events held worldwide each year and direct access to the 3CX Support Team.

“Enabling customers with the tools and strategies to solve real business problems has always been a priority to solution providers. The market has grown increasingly competitive over the years; so too has the demand for innovative, channel-friendly technologies.” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “From the cloud to semantic technology, this year’s list of Emerging Technology Vendors highlights the emphasis on innovation and ease of use that has been the hallmark of any successful channel offering.”

The vendors that make up the CRN Emerging Technology Vendor list were founded in 2005 or later, have revenue under $1 billion and have an active U.S. channel strategy. Final selection of the Emerging Technology Vendor list was made by the CRN editorial team.

3CX CEO Nick Galea said, “We are proud to have been included in this year’s CRN Emerging Technology Vendor list. 3CX continues to lead the market for Windows based IP PBX solutions. Companies are switching to 3CX Phone System as it allows them to make huge savings on their monthly telecoms bills and provides rich features. 3CX is a 100% channel company, providing an excellent opportunity for IT specialists to resell a high-value, low-cost PBX solution, as well as bundle in hardware and consultancy services to their existing and new customers. 3CX provides all the tools needed for our channel partners to be successful.”

For more information visit http://www.3cx.com

Thursday, May 5, 2011

3CX Phone System Gets Skype Connect Certified

3CX, developer of the award-winning 3CX Phone System for Windows, has announced that its internationally used cross-platform communications application has received Skype Connect™ interoperability certification! Now, businesses of all sizes that are using the 3CX Phone System can now communicate more efficiently by directing their outbound calls to mobile phones and landlines around the world through Skype. It will also allow those companies to receive inbound calls from their clients, partners and suppliers who are Skype users.

Nick Galea, 3CX CEO, said, “By utilizing Skype Connect, businesses running a 3CX Phone System can allow customers, partners and employees to call them. Click & Call buttons on a company’s Web site can make it quick and easy for customers to reach out and buy – thereby increasing sales.”

Businesses of all sizes are looking for ways to reduce their communications costs. Skype Connect™ delivers an offering to business customers that can interoperate with existing SIP enabled PBX or UC systems. Skype Connect integrates easily with a business’ 3CX Phone System, enabling employees to use Skype to make outbound calls to landlines or mobile phones at Skype’s standard calling rates. In addition, through the separate purchase of Skype’s online numbers, a company can receive inbound calls via Skype from business contacts and customers calling from landlines and mobile phones.

Customers can also call a business by using Skype’s Click & Call feature. By adding a Click & Call button to a company’s Web site, email and other online promotions, customers using Skype can call with just a click of a button, making the business easier to reach, as well as providing a free communication between your business and your customers. All Skype calls being received in the 3CX Phone System via the Click & Call button will be handled like any other call, which means call queuing, transferring of calls, making use of the digital receptionist and additional features available with the 3CX Phone System can reduce the barriers to communicating with your business and help increase sales, as your business will be far more accessible to potential and existing customers.

The 3CX Phone System can help improve employee productivity since users can take advantage of Skype Connect™ to call around the world, while also taking full advantage of the additional key features of the 3CX Phone System, such as call switching, routing, queuing, call recording and more.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

3CX Release Version 10 BETA!

3CX, the company behind the IP 3CX Phone System, have announced BETA of their new version 10 PBX. Version 10 is a major release, using Silverlight for the user portal, 3CX MyPhone for the first time. MyPhone will replace the 3CX Assistant and the old 3CX MyPhone portal as everything has been grouped in one easy to use portal.

The company has said that the new 3CX MyPhone will be web based, but users will also be able to install MyPhone as a desktop app (it will run on Macs as well). In this mode it uses the browser in the background but allows the user to resize 3CX MyPhone to their preference, as well as launch it automatically.

It's definitely worth checking out, especially after you see the features:
  • Notification to Windows Event log, 3CX Event Log and optionally by e-mail on key events
  • PnP support for 3CXPhone for iPhone, Android and Windows, Grandstream Executive GXP-21xx and Yealink phones. This means that you can just plug in the phone, assign extension in the management console and the phone will be automatically configured. This eliminates the need to specify the provisioning URL in the phone or via DHCP option 66.
  • Complete support for the new Grandstream GXP-1450, GXP 2100, GXP 2110 and GXP 2120 phones. Requires firmware v. 1.0.1.56 and up. Note that these phones are still in BETA
  • Support for the Grandstream GXP 3140, GXP 3175 video phones
  • Support for the Yealink VP 2009 video phones
  • Ability to black list IPs
  • Ability to block extensions being registered from outside the network
  • You can configure that particular extensions can not be used outside of the local network
  • Ability to limit extensions registering externally to use tunnel
  • Native 64 bit version (not available in beta)
  • Ability to record prompts via the phone – simply click on prompt, enter extension name and record prompt
  • Reduced memory footprint and elimination of extra service
  • Specify extension group in outbound rules to easily create Class of Service rules
3CX have provided a downloads section where you can try out the BETA version 10.

3CX BETA Version 10 Phone System can be downloaded here. The administration manual can be found here (PDF). The 3CX MyPhone and Extension user manual is web based and can be found here while users can post any questions about the BETA here in the 3CX Phone System V10 BETA forum.

You can use this Beta V10 Demo Key to activate enterprise features: LFMD-4QDR-7OHP-ZZO2