Epygi Technologies Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine's Thirteenth Annual Product of the Year Award

QuadroM8L Recognized for Outstanding Innovation

Epygi Technologies announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named QuadroM8L as a recipient of the 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

"We are pleased to have received this honor from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine," said Mario Cuello, CEO of Epygi. "Winning this award caps an amazing year of great success for Epygi. By leveraging our extensive experience in the telephony industry, we have delivered the QuadroM8L, an IP PBX system that is feature-packed — yet easy-to-use — for small-and medium-sized businesses with up to 98 employees who require enterprise-grade telephone solutions. Epygi depends on and incorporates our global resellers' feedback into all of our products, including the QuadroM8L, and we've been very pleasantly surprised by just how popular it has proven to be. We appreciate this recognition of our continued efforts to make superior business communication products."

"I am pleased to announce Epygi as a Product of the Year Award winner. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that QuadroM8L displays quality and innovation plus provides real needs in the marketplace," stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "I would like to congratulate Epygi for its commitment to advancing IP communication technologies."

2010 Product of the Year winners are published in the February 2011 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, (www.itmag.com). INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the authority in IP communication since 1998™.

For more information about TMC, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

Video Conferencing Feature

Video conferencing used to be a luxury communication item that was not realistic for the SMB market due to the upfront cost. Today, endpoints are less expensive and more powerful, but what has been missing as a complement is a video and audio bridge priced for the SMB marketplace. Epygi has built its brand focusing on providing leading edge solutions and features for small enterprise customers. The Epygi Video Conferencing solution which is integrated with our leading IP PBX products including the QuadroM8L, QuadroM12Li, QuadroM26x, QuadroM26xi, QuadroM32x and the future Epygi QX1000 is planned to be launched March 2011.

By purchasing the $ 100 license key per video endpoint deployed, the barrier for entry to this solution is very low and any business can now easily deploy video conferencing. Today our solution can scale to 10 simultaneous video users and also supports multiple audio participants. The only base requirements to deploy video conferencing includes a video endpoint, like a desktop phone or PC based softphone, Epygi QuadroM IP PBX with audio conferencing and the video conferencing licenses.

Conference users with video will be able to see the current speaker and either manually or automatically switch between participants. This gives the user power over which person they get to view or allows the video conference server to rotate the video feed to the person currently speaking. Video conferencing delivered to customers without too much complexity and a very low capital expense is the key to the Epygi solution. More information will be published on this exciting new feature in the coming weeks. So keep reading the newsletters and updated emails sent from our executive team. For more information, feel free to contact sales@epygi.com.

Carma Construction Builds Business with VoIP

Leading Retaining Wall Installation Company Reduces Communications Costs with Epygi Technologies

Based in St. Charles, Missouri, Carma Construction develops attractive, durable and aesthetically pleasing retaining walls to complement any residential or commercial landscaping. The company provides homeowners with well designed retaining walls which offer not only a beautiful accent to their outdoor environment, but they also provide an effective tool of support against erosion.

New Office, New Phone System

In 2010, Carma Construction took a close look at how it could reduce its communications costs, as they made their move to a new office location. At their previous location, the employees were using a basic analog key system. The company wanted to take advantage of the cost savings that Voice over IP (VoIP) technology offers while still staying in their hardware budget for the new telephony equipment.

When deciding to move to VoIP, the company placed priority on ease of implementation and operation, scalability and cost-effectiveness. Carma Construction decided on Epygi Technologies, specifically for its advanced technology, robust feature set, low upfront investment and high overall ROI. "When moving to a new office, we wanted to keep the hardware costs down. By using a single business DSL line, SoTel SIP services and Quadro2x, we have kept the costs in line with the budget without sacrificing quality," stated Wade Schmidt, President of Carma Construction.

With the help of Innovative Technology Group (ITG), one of Epygi's Value-Added Resellers (VAR), Epygi installed a Quadro2x and snom 320 handsets at Carma Construction in less than an afternoon's time. "Epygi was able to deliver a cost-effective solution with the same robust features of the more costly IP PBX manufacturers," said Schmidt.

Features Improve Business

Epygi's Find Me Follow Me feature allows Carma Construction employees to have callers reach them wherever they are—at their desk, on their cell phone, or at home if they choose. "Since most of the sales people handle construction-related services, they needed to be reachable via their cell phones. The Find Me Follow Me feature offers the most flexible solution for doing this," explained Schmidt. "It allows our employees to be productive from the road, and it also means there are fewer calls they have to return when they get to their destination or when they return back to the office."

Additionally, voicemail messages of all of the employees are stored in the industry-standard WAV Audio for Windows format, allowing users to play them on their cell phones, multimedia PCs, attach them to e-mail messages and forward them to the right people. Carma Construction enjoys this built-in feature of the Quadro2x as it helps their staff respond to customers’ inquiries quicker no matter where they might be. Furthermore, Epygi's auto attendant, also utilized by Carma Construction, provides 24-hour automated call answering and routing to improve service and enhance the company's image for inbound callers.

Carma Construction is Happy with the New Change

Carma Construction is maximizing the capabilities of the Epygi system. "The basic business problems have been solved by Epygi, which is fantastic. Next, we look forward to leveraging the features and functions we haven't tapped into yet. We're excited about future enhancements and plan to continue to work with Epygi and ITG to enhance the telephony at Carma Construction," concludes Schmidt.

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