Flexion is my favorite start-up company (no IPO yet). Founded by the former Chief Technology of 3COM's Remote Access Products Division, Flexion has developed an open PBX product that is light-years ahead of anything else on the price/performance spectrum.
1. The Flexion X300 accepts bundled voice/data on a single pipe from a telco. (The bundling of voice/data on a single pipe results in a significant monthly savings to the customer.)
2. Whether or not working with bundled voice/data, the X300 (which is the size of a small computer monitor) has a PBX shell that offers all the features of proprietary PBX (e.g., from Lucent, Alcatel, Siemens, Inter-Tel) costing more than 3 times as much. These include:
o Voice mail
o Direct inward dial numbers
o The ability to use any type of phone, including cordless
o Unified messaging, such that you can call in and the system "reads" your email to you.
o Playing voice mail on your computer, and then forwarding it.
o Unified faxing
o Auto-attendant
o Call forwarding (to internal and external numbers)
o Pop-up screens on the computer (attributable to a CTI interface) that show callers, and the status of all telephones in the office.
o Phone system continues to function even if/when the NT server crashes.
We've installed the Flexion system at our law firm (actually, 2 different law firms are running on the same system) and it is simply miraculous. It is also as stable as a rock. I can't wait until this company goes public. flexion.com
Gary Korn |
