Sutus raises cash, debt, hires new CEO

Doug Mohney — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:44:10 -0400

Vancouver-based Sutus has secured $2 million in venture funding, plus another $2.5 million in debt financing. It has also added a new CEO.

The $2 million in cash came from BDC Venture Capital, and the $2.5 million in debt financing is being provided by MMV Financial. In addition Sutus is bringing telecommunications veteran Mike Donnell on as CEO; Donnell previously lead New Global Telecom (NGT) as its CEO and has also clocked time as CEO of Zi Corporation and Cellular One.

Founded in 2002, Sutus has over $15.5 million invested into its all-in-one Business Central box targeted at the small office market. The company launched product in late 2007.

Sutus' Business Central was specifically developed for businesses with up to 25 employees and includes a phone system that supports both PSTN and VoIP connections, a file server, email server, router, firewall, wireless access point, VPN remote access server, and automated backups; it can also serve as a gateway for hosted servers and includes extensive remote management and support features for the VAR/resellers that install it. This reporter doesn't know if a kitchen sink option is available.

For more:
- Sutus announces new CEO, funding on MarketWatch. Release.

Broadvox adds Dialogic to SIP trunking lineup

Doug Mohney — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:43:22 -0400

Broadvox and Dialogic announced that the former's GO! SIP trunking solution was interoperable with the latter's 2000 Media Gateway Series; it is Broadvox's third SIP trunking interop announcement in a month's time.

The Dialogic/Broadvox partnership provides a solution for the SMB and enterprise markets looking to ditch their legacy PBX and key phone systems with a more cost effective SIP trunking solution. The Dialogic 2000 Media Gateway Series is a 1U form factor box and can take anywhere from 1 to 4 T1/E1s at a time. Broadvox's SIP trunking services can provide up to 70 percent cost savings when compared to traditional pricing and service options include DIDs and local number portability.

Broadvox has also announced interoperability partnerships with Sutus and Epic Systems. GO! SIP trunking has been certified with Sutus' all-in-one Business Central, a device designed for SMBs with under 25 employees. Epic Systems offers a low-cost IP PBX capable of supporting up to 30 extensions and 10 simultaneous calls.

For more
- Broadvox announcement of Dialogic SIP trunking compatibility

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