Critical links will provide 247 support and various service level agreements to netaxis sme customers and resellers, while some netaxis employees are trained as edgeboxcertified engineers. Edge box user manual 50 computer network domain name. It is the developer of edgebox, which provides data communication services such as voip, vpn or wifi to small and medium sized businesses. It is my understanding that the edgebox is based on asterisk. Critical links c3 microcloud improves education for schools, teachers, students. Established in 1998, we provide systems and software services for safety, mission and businesscritical applications. This mission began with the awardwinning edgebox unified communications platform and continues today in our flagship offering, the c3 microcloud solution for education. How edgebox delivers valueadded services to small businesses, while having a very low tco. Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of it. Legacy of developing mission critical application software for nasa, eads, infineon. Critical links stateoftheart unified communications. To examine our next product architecture, we take another trip across the atlantic to visit critical links and their edgebox product.
The edgebox software is distributed according to the end user license agreement. Critical links is a pioneer in delivering innovative elearning infrastructure for the next generation of schools, especially in challenging environments. The edgebox provides a full business phone system ippbx and much more out of a single appliance that can be managed remotely through an easytouse interface. The companys headquarters are located in coimbra, portugal, with other offices in porto and lisbon, southampton united kingdom. The appliances powering typical file and print services now power the phones, internet access, and security. Critical links is offering the ultimate answer to all of those questions with the edgebox series of appliances, which defy traditional categorization. The report also highlights the ease of use and easy deployment aspects of the critical links edgebox uc solution. The near future of voip abdul kasim, vp of marketing critical links. The company was established in 1998, from the university of coimbras business incubator and technology transfer centre, instituto pedro nunes ipn. The management and product team behind critical links builds on the success and reputation of the parent com.
Since it is a fully integrated allinone device there are fewer devices and interfaces than can fail. One might call the edgebox an office in a box, while another might claim the edgebox is the perfect addon appliance for. Critical links news alert will showcase its awardwinning edgebox a comprehensive and robust officeinabox solution for service providers to deliver uc managed services to smbs, at the convergence news alert summit north 2010 in manchester, uk on march 1617. Critical links edgebox creates ample opportunities for solution providers by frank ohlhorst print by combining the best bits of opensource software into a voip appliance, critical links brings convergence to a new milestone and creates what may be the musthave appliance for most any smb. We help to ensure our clients meet the most demanding quality standards for software safety, performance and reliability. Analysis, design and development of an automated testing. Critical links with its edgebox line of allinone voip appliances has clearly caught a toehold in the small business telephony marketand the company and product line have continued to evolve since we last wrote about them some 14 months ago critical links now has a global installed base of 3,000 customers with 150,000 users, says vice president of worldwide marketing and business. Critical links news alert, a global provider of converged voice, data and it solutions for smbs, has announced that its flagship product, the edgebox, is now certified on the intel news alert modular server platform through the intel enabled server acceleration alliance program. Netaxis will provide inventory and logistical support to edgebox resellers in malaysia. About critical links critical links is a global provider of converged voice, data and it solutions for small and medium businesses smbs that dramatically simplify and costreduce by consolidating over a single scalable and faulttolerant platform. We work across some of the most demanding industries, providing software and system services for safety, mission and businesscritical applications. Critical links edgebox now certified on intel modular. Singapore critical links, an international networking technology company, is introducing the first nacenabled edgebox at communicasia, hall 5f409, 2023 june, singapore.
Critical links reserves the right to make product changes from time to. Critical links education appliance now deployed on. Links started life as a division of global technology leader critical software in. Project and technical manager for development of global market network appliance. Hmibmiea5dd1e01 iiot edge box smart emmc dc windows. Critical links flagship product, the edgebox, is an awardwinning multifunction gateway.
The edgebox office soho appliance is an entrylevel unified communications offering for offices with up to 10 users. Critical software is an international information systems and software company, headquartered in coimbra, portugal. See who you know at critical links, leverage your professional network, and get. Office 40 users, business 100 users, and enterprise 300 users. You simply connect edgebox to your current pbx via a pri, bri or analog trunk and you will be able to transfer and route calls between the two systems. Ethernet with 2 rj45 realtek 8111g, transmission rate.
The 2u rackmount servers vary in disk space 80gb to. Cape town, south africa, september 4th, 2006 critical links, an international networking technology company, is introducing the awardwinning edgebox 4. Critical links is a wholly owned subsidiary of critical software sa. A unified communications solution or officeinabox that provides all the phone and internet communication services a small and medium size business needs. Critical links is a provider of networking and communications equipment for use in the small and medium enterprise itcommunications infrastructure and for schools with their school 2. Across the world, we provide our clients with technology they can trust. By combining the best bits of opensource software into a voip appliance, critical links brings convergence to a new milestone and creates what may be the musthave appliance for most any smb. It was created having in mind startups and small officeshome offices and maintains the same lownoise and small size form factor. With robust connectivity options and lineofbusiness applications, extensive security becomes a musthave. We are dedicated to the reliability and excellence that have become our hallmarks, and to maintaining our ambition of tackling the worlds most demanding technological challenges. Critical links edgebox line includes three asteriskbased appliances. Its headquarters are in fairfield, new jersey the company is iso 9001 and cmmi level 3 certified. Critical links started life as a division of global technology leader critical software in 2006, with a vision to provide powerful yet easytouse integrated technology platforms.
Critical links is a spinoff company of critical software. Such is the pattern for the edgebox from critical links. Quality is at the heart of everything we do at critical software. For starters, critical linkss edgebox rolls a voip gateway, an ip pbx, file, web, and email servers, security firewall, vpn, and qos into a single, linuxandopensourcesoftwarebased appliance with a unified user interface. Critical links edgebox solution is described as a true allinone offering that is easy to implement and use. Critical links is a wholly owned subsidiary of critical software that develops and markets edgebox, a multifunction server appliance or business gateway targeted at small medium enterprises sme and enterprise branch of. Critical links edgebox creates ample opportunities for. Established in 1998, it has over 100 employees and headquarters in. Delivering broadband managed services to smes 573kb white paper on how edgebox can help support managed services strategies at service providers, telcos, isps, and managed services providers. Yes, edgebox is the ideal solution if you are wanting to gradually migrate from a traditional phone system to an ip based system.
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