The BETA Release of FreePBX 15
It’s officially been 7 months since our last blog about FreePBX 15 titled FreePBX 15 Alpha Now Available for Testing. Less than a week later Sangoma and Digium merged. What a journey it has been since...
View ArticleSangoma 7.6 Distro GA
If you’ve been around the forums long enough you’ve probably seen posts and comments from our staff and even our users referring to the “Sangoma 7 Distro” or “SNG7”. The Sangoma Distro is a derivative...
View ArticleAn Open Source Journey
When asked in high school back in 2003 what I wanted to do when I ‘grew up’ I had always said I wanted to work in both technology and technical theater. Over the last 16 years I’ve watched as the world...
View ArticleFarewell Andrew
Great Job Andrew! It’s been several years since I’ve blogged here and I’m honored to have the privilege of wishing Andrew the best on his future endeavors! For those that don’t know me, I used to run...
View ArticleCh-ch-changes to AstriCon
A year ago, the words of rock legend David Bowie rang in my head as the acquisition of Digium by Sangoma was announced. “Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange ch-ch-ch-changes” indeed summed...
View ArticleFreePBX 15 Release Candidate Announcement
Hey All, Before I get down to business, I’d like to introduce myself to you, as I don’t think I’ve had an opportunity to do so. My name is Matthew Fredrickson, and I’m the new FreePBX project lead at...
View ArticleFreePBX 15 – Backup and Restore Rewrite
First, some history: we started development of the new backup and restore system in mid 2017. Some of the goals of that effort were to redesign the feature to allow for more simplicity, flexibility,...
View ArticleGraphQL support in FreePBX 15
As you’re probably already aware, we’re very close to the release of version 15 of FreePBX. One of my favorite new features in FreePBX is the GraphQL support that was added earlier this year. The...
View ArticleFreePBX Team Update
Hey, The last few blog posts we’ve done have been technical, so this week I’d like to take a step back from that and introduce you to some recent additions to the FreePBX team. As a company, we have...
View ArticleFreePBX 15 is Released!
Hello Everyone! We’d like to announce that FreePBX 15 is now fully released! It has been a long road in getting things shored up with some of the new included functionality but we’re very excited that...
View ArticleYear End Message to our Open Source Community
Hello Everyone, As a public company CEO, I write a “Letter to Shareholders” once per year, leading up to our Annual General Meeting. But shareholders are one of the multiple ‘key constituencies’ at...
View ArticleHappy New Year – A Community Update
Hello everyone…for those of you who don’t know me, I’m Jared Smith, Sangoma’s new Vice President for Open Source Community Development. Ever since I first started using open source telephony software...
View ArticleLeap into the New Year with Our FreePBX Merchandise Store!
For all our community members of FreePBX, Asterisk and open source we thank you for your commitment and contributions. We appreciate your passion for this industry and we want to provide you with yet...
View ArticleIntroducing Open Source Pro Tips Video Series
We all know that documentation is very important when you are in need of assistance for anything and everything. Our support and engineering teams have always been there for our community with loads of...
View ArticleFreePBX Master Key Update
Hey All, A few weeks ago, you may have received notification about a security update to add support for an additional FreePBX master key. A few of you asked us “what is this for?” or “what does this...
View ArticleGet to Know: Members of the FreePBX team
Hey All, As part of my earlier effort to introduce you to some new members of the FreePBX development team at Sangoma, I wanted to also highlight some of the existing members of the team so that you...
View ArticleNew tool to assist converting from SIP to PJSIP
Today, FreePBX has two options for setting up SIP connectivity, chan_sip and chan_pjsip. But, this won’t always be the case as Asterisk and FreePBX move closer to removal of chan_sip. On the Asterisk...
View ArticleFramework changes related to module auto update functionality
To FreePBX Users, Recently we have noticed a couple of concerns in the community, and on the open source bug tracking system about the “module auto update” functionality. As of today, if the module...
View ArticleFreePBX Features: Add Email Notifications to your Outbound Routes
Hello Everyone, I’d like to share a new feature that will be available soon, which is Email Notifications for Outbound Routes. This will allow admins to set an email address to receive notification...
View Article2020 Q1 (plus part of Q2) in Review for FreePBX
Hey All, We haven’t done anything like this thus far (at least since I have been with the project) but as FreePBX project lead I thought it might be good to summarize and cover a few notable...
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