9 Bargain IT Tools For SMBs
12/14/2012 Stretch your IT budget with open source and free products and services. Added win: Open source tools' opportunity for customization.
12/14/2012 Stretch your IT budget with open source and free products and services. Added win: Open source tools' opportunity for customization.
Asterisk For Calling And Conferencing
Asterisk is open source software for running a PBX phone system and other communications tools. Thorpe said it had "all the bells and whistles" necessary to power his previous employer's phone system, which was used by 300 people across six offices. "I still buy the phones and servers but there's no licensing on an annual basis," Thorpe said. "There's also nobody to call if you run into a problem, but we can manage that ourselves."
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