Version 7.1 goes live!

3CX Phone System v 7.1 was released today.

The big feature was the new 3CX Assistant. The Assistant makes using the phone system for each extension user much easier.

In addition, its also the basis for integration with other CRM software such as Microsoft Outlook and Salesforce.com The integration modules are in beta and can already be downloaded.

You can view the press release here.

Windows Server 2008 Foundation – good – very good!

Microsoft announced a new server version – Windows Server 2008 Foundation. In a nutshell this is a lower cost OEM version of Windows Server 2008 – of course a few features have been removed but all the key features are there including Active Directory.  Essentially a File, Print (and why not PBX) server for Small to Medium business. 

With server costs as low and hardware specs as good as they are today, the average brand new rack mounted $1000-$1500 server will easily be able to handle being a PBX as well as a file and print server. 

And if such a server runs Windows Server already, pre-installed just like the way you buy a notebook, then choosing a Windows based PBX as your next communications solution is pretty much a no brainer. :-)