Friday morning we talked with OnState Communications CEO Pat Kelly about the launch of the OnState Virtual PBX service, a hosted PBX that extends to include handling of Skype calls, whether Skype-to-Skype or involving SkypeIn numbers or SkypeOut. OnState’s Virtual PBX uses much of the software and architecture developed for their OnState Call Center service. Basically it will receive calls from the PSTN (including wireless phones), a toll-free (“800″) number, Skype or SkypeIn and can direct them to designated recipients, whether on Skype, a traditional fixed line handset or a wireless phone.
Pat included a presentation that covered schematically how their Virtual PBX service works and compares it with traditional PBX services. It also includes enhanced features, such as call queuing. You can view the presentation as a sharable Google document here.
On the Calliflower Conference Call today: Jim Courtney (Moderator), Jeb Brilliant, Brad Jones, Pat Kelly, Tom Orr, William Volk, Sergio Meinardi and Yusuf Motiwala.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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