[asterisk-biz] Asterisk - Reseller Options (Resend)

Sun Feb 4 11:48:24 MST 2007

Glenn, 

You may consider Thirdlane PBX Manager:

http://www.thirdlane.com/pbxmanager.htm

Thirdlane PBX Manager was created with integration and customization in mind
- we believe that it is the most extensible Asterisk Management GUI
available. It is not just "brandable" by UI customization, but is designed
for extending its functionality using a consistent script based approach,
allowing VARs/OEMs and consultants to offer features beyond those of the
base product.

Other differentiating factors you may find to be important:

1)       Thirdlane is feature rich but really lightweight. No database
server is required for operation (one less item to worry about), and you can
always adjust/fix configuration files if it becomes necessary.

2)       Since Thirdlane is a Webmin module, the installation process is
very easy and is a matter of uploading an archive file into Webmin (point
and click). Keeping Thirdlane PBX Manager up-to-date is also easy - it can
check whether the updates are available - updating is just a button click.
Upgrades are free for one year after the purchase. 

3)       All the security/permissions are controlled using Webmin
permissions system which dynamically adjusts web GUI to show only the
"available" functions. 

4)       Branding can be simply done by replacing a few files (images and
text), as well as creating custom style sheets - no new APIs to learn. All
the text is in external files witch can be customized, translated, etc. GUI
is currently translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Russian, and Spanish - we are looking for more translations (and for
maintainers - the application evolves rapidly and it is really hard to keep
translation entirely up-to-date ).

5)       TFTP based phone auto-configuration system covers a few popular
phones (Aastra, Cisco, Linksys, Polycom), but what is more important is that
new phone makes/models can be easily added by integrators without
programming.

6)       We offer both a hosted multi-tenant and customer premises
solutions. They have similar functionality, internal structure and a
consistent look and feel. This makes it easier to migrate customers from a
shared hosted to "dedicated" configuration.

7)       Thirdlane User Portal (part of PBX Manager) gives users web access
to directory, voice mail, etc and allows them to control how their calls are
handled. User extensions with call screening, recording, and follow-me
functionality can be configured either individually or using a bulk
generation capability.

Please feel free to contact me via email or phone at 1 415 721 7717.

Best regards,

Alex 

Alex Epshteyn

Third Lane Technologies, LLC

http://www.thirdlane.com

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Nicky Smith
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 5:51 AM
To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk - Reseller Options (Resend)

Matt,

For what it's worth, I have found Ming at Voiceroute to be very responsive
to questions and I feel he does care about his customers.

Nicky Smith

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:32 AM
To: ming.guang.yong at voiceroute.net; Commercial and Business-Oriented
Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk - Reseller Options (Resend)

Voiceroute looks neat.  Unfortunately, there are numerous typos on the site,
which make the company a huge turn-off.  If the company doesn't care enough
to check for typing corrections, why do I think they'll care about the
customer base? 

On 2/3/07, Ming Guang Yong <ming.guang.yong at voiceroute.net> wrote: 

Glenn,
You might want to consider Druid's OEM program where you get to co-brand
Druid using your own logo and add custom pages
http://www.voiceroute.net/site/index.php?p=partners 

Druid description is at:
http://www.voiceroute.net/site/index.php?p=druid
We have a live demo
http://www.voiceroute.net/site/index.php?p=livedemo

If you have any questions, please contact me at Voiceroute 650-331-1732
ext 301

Ming
> I am resending again since I recieved an error the first time that I 
> sent this:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I am currently researching various asterisk-based solutions to resell
> to our customers.
>
> Right now, the fonality package seems attractive. 
>
> Are there other (commercial) asterisk-based PBX Systems that an
> attractive reseller package?
>
> Here is what we are looking for:
>
> 1.)  Integration:  We would be interested 
> installing/configuring/managing the system ourselves, with the option
> to contact the company if there are any issues arising beyond the
> scope of our asterisk knowledge.  We should be able to handle most (if 
> not all) questions/issues.
>
> 2.)  Demos:  We will be attending several trade shows (After Oct 2007)
> and would like to demo this system.  So, before we decide to partner
> up with a company, we need to install/test/learn about it in our 
> environment before taking this to the public, thus we would require a
> demo build (We can provide the hardware).
>
> 3.)  Minimum Orders:  Since we are a start-up business (Office
> officially opening Sept 2007), our customer base will be quite small. 
> Therefore, we will require a "grace period" to gain a customer base.
>
> We are open to both US-based and International companies to partner
> with.  Whoever has the best combination of reseller options/asterisk 
> features is what we are looking for.
>
> There are other variables that are involved in our choice of reseller
> partners, so please feel free to contact me via email or phone (270)
> 908-0057.  You can visit our website at: 
> http://www.netstarsolutions.com <http://www.netstarsolutions.com/>
>
>
>

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