Digium Inc., the creator of Asterisk and pioneer of open source telephony, today announced its Digium Asterisk Partner Program in response to the growing ecosystem of Asterisk and the demand for open source-based telephony platforms. The Digium/Asterisk Partner Program includes two different types of partnerships: Asterisk Solution Partners and Asterisk Interoperability Partners, each available at two different levels.
“The Digium Partner Program is a way to leverage the synergies within the Asterisk community,” said Rick Segrest, Marketing Manager at Digium. “Working with our partners to combine resources will help us all showcase the wide-range of applications in telecommunications from SMB to enterprise in various industries.”
A partial list of Digium Partners include:
- Aculab – Network and communications hardware
- Aheeva – Contact center solutions
- Cepstral – Audio, telephony, assistive, embedded
- Empirix – VoIP test solutions & VoIP test equipment
- Fonality – Turnkey PBX systems with GUI
- IPSando – The IP communications company
- Polycom, Inc. – IP office and conference phones
- Ranch Networks – IP PBX phone systems for SMBs
- Switchvox – IP PBX phone systems for SMBs
- Tello – Business integration software
- VoIP Reach – VoIP vendor solution, consulting & administration, termination & origination, e411 directory assistance
- Vonik – Virtual PBX
The Interoperability Partner type is available to companies whose technology complements Asterisk-based solutions. Unique benefits for Interoperability Partners include up to 24 hours of testing towards verifying interoperability with Asterisk Business Edition and access to the Digium’s Asterisk Interoperability Certification program.
Digium Premier Partners (both Solutions and Interoperability) will have the option to have products certified by Digium, as well as participate in joint marketing campaigns including flyer inserts in Digium products and email marketing campaigns. Digium Premier Partners will be prominently featured in the Asterisk Directory, and have access to discounts and/or rebate programs on Digium hardware, software and services