I am surprised no one has mentioned ShoreTel. It is supported on VMware 4.0. Just remember when you add VOIP to your network it will expose your latency and misconfigurations because missing 3 seconds of voice is critical and an email will go unnoticed. VOIP is like the canary in the mine. It dies first and gets all the blame. ShoreTel is designed from the IT prospective and is easy to manage.
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:48 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > I've thought about hosted solutions also but we are currently locked into > contracts for our PRI's. This will be an interesting venture that's for > sure. > > James > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Stu Sjouwerman > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> James,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I went through that whole exercise a year ago, and decided for VOIP, but >> running it**** >> >> In the Cloud as opposed to in-house. RingCentral gives you an enormous >> amount of**** >> >> features for about 20 bucks per person per month, unlimited phone >> minutes. If you**** >> >> absolutely want to run it in-house, a dedicated server with Asterisk >> would be a good**** >> >> idea. VOIP is sensitive to a bunch of things, you need to spec out the >> hardware**** >> >> correctly.**** >> >> >> Warm regards,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Stu **** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 08, 2011 8:57 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* OT - Phone System In A Virtual Machine**** >> >> ** ** >> >> We are looking at replacing our phone system. This has got me thinking >> about VIOP systems and being a sys admin who maintains our current phone >> system (for the most part) has got me thinking about phone system >> redundancy. I have a desire to run a voice-mail and PBX on virtual >> machines, if possible. I just don't know if such things exist and was >> wondering if any of you guys had any info about such systems. We have about >> 150 phones in two locations two PBXs and one central voice-mail/auto >> attendant. Venders I've spoke with so far just want to offer newer versions >> of what we already have. I want something more redundant and easier to >> bring up again in case of disaster. Thanks for any replies. >> >> James**** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Thanks, Jonathan Bible D.C.C. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
