January 10, 2008

Toshiba Strata Integrates BeyondVoice

Cbeyond's BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service is now integrated with the Toshiba Strata CIX family of IP business communication systems.  Cbeyond uses its private, IP-based managed services network to provide more than 20 productivity-enhancing applications including BlackBerry, broadband laptop access, web hosting, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking to its 33,000 SMB customers. Toshiba's SIP Trunking feature gives users ISDN-like features over a data connection without the need to buy separate circuit cards for voice and data.  Unlike older solutions where a VoIP Gateway is necessary to connect the IP network to the TDM trunks, the Strata CIX system with the MIPU card and SIP Trunking puts the SIP Trunk support natively into the telecommunications system.  The same MIPU interface also supports IP stations, remote users, soft phones, WiFi telephones, and a range of VoIP-based applications, including Voice Mail, Automated Call Distribution (ACD), and Strata Net multi-system networking.