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blue4S: 4S newcom turns the Mac mini into the world’s slickest IP PBX
Berlin-based 4S newcom GmbH presents blue4S (formerly iBlue), the world’s slickest IP PBX, which is delivered on an Apple iPod Shuffle® and is the world’s smallest IP PBX.
blue4S is based on the 4S IP PBX, a software-based IP PBX. It uses SIP for VoIP communication and runs on a Mac mini, providing the technologically advanced VoIP software of 4S newcom with the appropriate housing.
In order to use the Mac mini as an IP PBX, it is booted off an iPod Shuffle, which has been engineered to host the complete system, from OS to IP PBX, as well as continuing to serve as the world’s most elegant MP3 player.
“We have put our complete IP PBX on it [the iPod Shuffle]”, says Dr. Harry Behrens, Managing Director of 4S newcom. “It is so compact that even on the smallest iPod Shuffle (512 MB) enough room is left for 4 full hours of music.”
Once the system is booted off the iPod shuffle, it can, of course, be installed on the built-in hard disk, leaving the user to enjoy the iPod Shuffle safe in the knowledge that it will also serve as installation media in case of emergency.
The blue4S entry level system consists of a Mac mini, the iPod Shuffle with the 4S IP PBX licensed for up to 250 users and 30 parallel calls, as well as five snom300 VoIP phones. It will be priced at 2,999.00 Euro, making it an absolute bargain. Online sales will commence on November 6th 2006 - just in time for VON Europe, which will be hosted in Berlin between November 6th and 8th.
“Conventional PBX systems at this configuration cost ten times as much”, says Harry Behrens. “Due to the flexibility of software vs. hardware and IP vs. TDM, it is also much more flexible and versatile, and the operating costs are a fraction of what users will be used to from their conventional TDM-based PBX”
The system provides a slick and intuitive configuration front-end, which is purely web-based and accessed by simply pointing a web browser to the IP address of the IP PBX.
With just a few clicks, the system administrator can configure inbound number blocks, users, extensions, outbound routing and advanced features such as auto attendant, voicemail, conferencing etc.
4S newcom will donate 51% of the proceeds of the first nine hundred and ninety-nine systems sold to the VoIP Competence Center at the Technical University Dresden. “We are an East German company and like to invest in the local human capital”, says Harry Behrens.
what the press has to say about the blue 4S:
Macworld: iBlue turns Mac into IP-based PBX
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/16/iblue/index.php
heise Netze: Mac mini als Telefonanlage
http://www.heise.de/netze/produktnews/79599
engadget: "iBlue" Mac mini/iPod shuffle IP-PBX combo
http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/iblue-mac-mini-ipod-shuffle-ip-pbx-combo/
GigaOm: Is this an iPod Shuffle or an IP-PBX?
http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/is-than-an-ipod-shuffle-or-an-ip-pbx/
LinuxDevices.com: Mac Mini becomes Linux-based IP PBX
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8680369796.html
iT Wire, Australia: German company delivers IP PBX, on an iPod Shuffle
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6376/127/
Computerwoche: 4Snewcom macht Mac mini zur TK-Anlage
http://www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/mittelstand/582679/
Macwelt: Fräulein vom Amt mutiert zu blauem Mac mini
http://www.macwelt.de/news/340743/
ComputerPartner: Mac mini als TK-Anlage
http://www.computerpartner.de/knowledgecenter/voip/235570/
Applesfera: iBlue convierte el MacMini en un dispositivo VoIP
http://www.applesfera.com/2006/10/17-iblue-convierte-el-macmini-en-un-dispositivo-voip
About 4S newcom:
4S newcom is a spin-off of the German manufacturer of IP phones snom technology AG. 4S newcom focuses on delivering carrier-grade software platforms to VoIP providers, ISPs and enterprises. 4S newcom delivers system, components and know-how along the full VoIP value chain: carrier-grade class-4 "dial tone systems", (on-premise) IP PBX, hosted PBX as well as IP Centrex. Before founding 4S newcom, Dr. Harry Behrens was developer and then Global Sales Manager for software for snom technology AG in Berlin.
Press contact:
4S newcom GmbH
Dr. Harry Behrens
[press@]
http://www.4Snewcom.de/
Maja Schneider
IT Public Relations
Althoffstr. 18
12169 Berlin
Email: info@majaschneider.de
Telephone: +49-30-79 70 87 71
Fax: +49-30-79 70 89 87
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