A software product that implements IP-PBX functions on Linux/Unix servers was among 27 “Best of Show” winners at the Fall 2004 Internet Telephony Conference and Expo. FaceCorp's FacetPhone aims to replace traditional business phone systems with standards-based software that can run on commodity hardware.

According to FacetCorp, FacetPhone utilizes external media gateways in a flexible, scalable, robust, and modular architecture. Features are said to include branch office integration, presence management, visual voice mail and unified messaging, IVR flexibility, graphical customer administration, multi-party conferencing, and telecommuter support. The FacetPhone architecture is illustrated below.

FacetPhone uses external media gateways
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The Internet Telephony Best of Show awards were awarded to innovative products with large feature sets, as well as forward-looking products expected to aid in the development of the next-generation VoIP networks. A complete list of all 27 Best of Show winners from the conference is available here, and will also appear in the December issue of Internet Telephony magazine.

“FacetCorp and their FacetPhone product are positioned perfectly to lead a strong resurgence in sales and deployments of VoIP products and services,” added Michael Genaro, Vice President of Marketing for TMC.

Another Internet Telephony Conference and Expo is scheduled for February 22-25 in Miami, Florida.

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