Search For Mission » pbx http://searchformission.com We Search for Mission, and Our Mission is to Search Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:27:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Communication http://searchformission.com/static/communication http://searchformission.com/static/communication#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:46:46 +0000 admin http://searchformission.com/?p=26 I have been exploring a number of programs/systems in the area of communication during the past few years. I am always eager to learn effective means of communication. I am ever curious as how to find the proper method to keep in touch and work collaboratively, as cheap and as easy as possible. With the explosive growth of the OpenSource movement, some very powerful projects came forward to challenge more expensive proprietary ones. Here, I would like to name some of those projects and you can explore more yourself:

DimDim:
Alfresco
Zimbra
Moodle

I hope that my school in Chicago, Catholic Theological Union, a graduate school of Theology, will adopt some of these powerful opensource tools. I am more interested in the integration of these projects together, like using DimDim for classmates and professors to meet virtually. Others have used Alfresco to manage their contents and use it along with Moodle, or allow users to update document changes straight to the server within MS Office (see example below).



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On a side note, I am trying to learn more about Asterisk and other software/hardware combination that will allow the members in my community to connect with other sites for free or cheaply. I am interested in Unified Communication systems. An interesting project named SARK integrates an SMB/SME (Small to Medium Size Business/Enterprise) Server and a PBX. Other open source systems include DRUID and Elastix. Check it out yourself. If you know or use other projects, please let me know and I would be happy to share it with others here.
Stay tune…

]]> http://searchformission.com/static/communication/feed 0 Free, Cheap, Convenient IM/Voice: VOIP, SIP, Skype, software or web-based http://searchformission.com/static/free-cheap-convenient-imvoice-voip-sip-skype-software-or-web-based http://searchformission.com/static/free-cheap-convenient-imvoice-voip-sip-skype-software-or-web-based#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:19:37 +0000 admin http://searchformission.com/static/free-cheap-convenient-imvoice-voip-sip-skype-software-or-web-based I was fascinated with communication ever since I was a child. Some of you might be old enough to remember playing the tin cans connected by strings game :)

I have been reading a lot of information about the many technologies that emerges within the last 5 years. I used to use Dialpad back in the dotcom era. I have been using Skype for a while now and am satisfied with its quality and price, especially “unlimited” calling within the US and Canada. I am playing with Gizmo5 now, as it promises to combine Yahoo Messenger, SIP, Gtalk, AIM, and other services in the convenience of one program. I use GrandCentral to direct calls to both my landlines/cellphone and Gizmo 5 client, also known as the Gizmo Project (answer online so I can save my minutes:).

I will post another time about the results of my research into using Asterisk (and variations like trixbox, which have sugercrm integrated) for a flexible and powerful PBX box. There are others in the market as well (like SIPfoundry; ), but Asterisk seem to be the most popular and widely used. You can read more about open source PBX at this website.

For now, I am also testing out TringMe. This service allows visitors to a website to call me or leave a message by simply clicking on a button and talk. No need to install any software or dial any number.
Try it below:

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