Snom VoIP Box, an extremely compact Linux-based IP PBX from Snom Technology accommodates as many as 50 users in a small- to medium-sized enterprise, providing both a SIP proxy and media server with a full PBX feature set, plus voice messaging, conferencing and other applications.  
 
For customers not interested in any extra hardware, another VoIP system uses peer-to-peer technology in IP phones, eliminating the need for an IP PBX. Users of these types of products say the gear is more focused on the needs of small-office phone systems and provides a good cost-saving alternative to expensive server-based IP PBXs from larger vendors.

Snom VoIP Box which allows organizations to take advantage of VoIP without buying expensive hardware. The box is a complete IP PBX solution in a little box that can be attached to the LAN via an Ethernet cable. It can be configured via Web interfaces, and the software lives on the box’s built-in compact flash.

Snom VoIP Box is an IP PBX for companies with 50 or fewer users. The device runs Snom's 4S IP PBX and voice-mail system software on top of an embedded Linux operating system. (Snom offers this software on a server-based IP PBX for larger businesses and for carriers offering IP Centrex services.) Conferencing and auto-attendant features also are supported.

Snom VoIP Box is tiny: 3.5 inches tall by 3 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep. This is smaller than the IP phones the system supports. The IP PBX software uses Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for transport, so it is compatible with any standard SIP phone. This gives small businesses more options in choosing handsets; we're not looking to tie anyone" into proprietary VoIP protocols or phone hardware,

Snom VoIP Box has dual 10/100 mbps (megabits per second) ethernet ports for redundant network links, a USB port, and a flash memory card slot. Snom VoIP Box is reliable because it has no moving parts: The operating system software is loaded from flash memory, which is also used for voice-mail storage. Voice mail also can be backed up to a separate server over the LAN.

A Web-based interface is used to configure and administer the device. It will be sold through retail channels internationally and works with SIP-compatible public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateways and open-source VoIP gateways, such as Asterisk and Vovida. The Snom Box will be sold in Europe through carriers; the carriers will offer services that let a Snom Box connect to a carrier network via VoIP, and link to the public phone network through a carrier's infrastructure.

Key Features:

• Plug-and-play IP PBX
• Maintenance via Web Interface
• Interactive Voice Response (IVR) 
• Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)
• Multi-user telephone conferences
• Setup wizard
• Auto-attendant
• call hunting
• Music on hold
• Auto-Attendant
• Speed dial   
• Voicemail 
• Automatic forwarding 

With the Snom VoIP Box IP PBX solution, there is no need for expensive hardware components such as Gateways or Servers.

You can find further information of the Snom VoIP Box features in the data sheets and documents at http://www.snom.com