Thursday, May 15, 2008

French Businesses Benefit from Joint 3CX and WideVOIP IP Telephony Offer

Paris, May 15, 2008 – 3CX (www.3cx.com), the international developer of the award-winning 3CX Phone System for Windows, and WideVOIP (http://www.widevoip.com), an established VoIP service provider based in France with international operations, have announced that they are joining forces and expertise to provide small and medium sized businesses with a wide choice of complete VOIP solutions.

Businesses can now implement 3CX IP PBX for Windows in combination with one of the many WideVOIP services certain that these solutions have been tested for interoperability. Furthermore, WideVOIP has put together various packages that integrate VoIP and SIP technologies and deliver a great choice of cost-effective telephony solutions, combining 3CX’s software and WideVOIP services with reliable and tested hardware.

Nick Galea, CEO at 3CX said: “3CX’s partnership with WideVOIP offers businesses a broad selection of VOIP solutions that can be adopted according to each company’s telephony needs. Versatility and innovation is what we offer the business community with this partnership, and we trust that businesses will easily recognise the many benefits associated with the deployment of the fully interoperable 3CX-WideVOIP IP Telephony solution.”

Vincent ROSZAK, Sales Manager, WideVOIP said: "We are very pleased to have 3CX as one of our main partners. 3CX Phone System for Windows has a business-grade set of features that delivers an easy to deploy alternative to proprietary PBXs, making it ideal for our customer base. We have put together combined solutions galore that incorporate our VOIP services expertise and 3CX IP PBX. With this, we are offering businesses an effective way to enjoy substantial savings on traditional telecommunications’ costs.”

The enterprise level VOIP plans offered through WideVOIP combine 3CX IP PBX with services that include telephone numbers, SIP trunks, installation, VoIP gateways, and much more. These VOIP solutions are not only easier to install, configure and manage, but also much more reasonably priced than any PBX alternative, starting from only €375.

About 3CX

3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, developed specifically for the SMB market, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007 and the INTERNET Telephony Magazine Product of the Year Award, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in various languages.

About WideVOIP

WideVOIP™ is a VoIP and Internet service operated worldwide by Chmurtz Ltd. WideVOIP™ started providing premier quality terminations to end users in 2005. As to reach this goal, WideVOIP™ settled and operates its own private IP Backbone. As an integrated services provider WideVOIP™ provides equipment, VoIP and web services with first level support to customers.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Hacking of US Department of Homeland Security’s Website Highlights Dangers

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner can be used to protect websites from the increasing threat of SQL injection attacks like the one on the DHS

London, May 6, 2008 – Acunetix (www.acunetix.com), a pioneer on web application security scanning technology, has announced that the sophisticated SQL injection attacks recently launched on the websites of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the UK’s Civil Service and the United Nations could have been prevented with the use of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner.

Hackers have attacked hundreds of thousands of web pages from reputable sites with malicious code. This turned the hacked web sites into launch sites for attacks that install malware on the computers of those who visit them.

Sarah Tabone, Sales & Operations Manager at Acunetix said: “Research conducted on 3,200 websites showed that as many as 70% of web sites have vulnerabilities that could lead to the theft of sensitive corporate data such as credit card information and customer lists*. Furthermore, attacks like the one recently seen on the DHS can convert any web site into an attack weapon directed at unknowing visitors. These attacks could easily be avoided by using Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner.

“Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner ensures website security by automatically checking for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other vulnerabilities. It gives security experts access to a specialized cross site scanning tool that allows them to evaluate their web sites for these threats.”

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner also scans AJAX and Web 2.0 technologies for vulnerabilities, gives detailed reports that enable businesses to meet legal and regulatory compliances, analyses against Google Hacking Database (GHDB) and features other advance tools that permit fine tuning of web application security checks.

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is available in four editions: a Free edition, a Small Business edition, an Enterprise Edition for businesses operating more than one website, and a Consultant Edition.

The Free edition of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner can be downloaded from: http://www.acunetix.com/cross-site-scripting/scanner.htm

About Acunetix

Acunetix was founded to combat the alarming rise in web attacks. Its flagship product, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, is the result of several years of work by a team of highly experienced security developers. Acunetix is a privately held European company.

Notes to Editors

*The report on the research conducted between January 2006 and January 2007 on 3,200 sites belonging to either businesses or non-commercial entities that showed that 70% of the web sites scanned were found to contain vulnerabilities is available on: http://www.acunetix.com/security-audit/acunetix_report.pdf

Thursday, May 8, 2008

ALLNET Becomes 3CX Phone System for Windows’ Distributor in Three Countries

German, Austrian and Swiss Businesses to Benefit from Partnership

London, May 8, 2008 - 3CX (www.3cx.com), the international developer of the award-winning 3CX Phone System for Windows has announced the appointment of ALLNET (http://www.allnet.de), the largest VoIP distributor in Germany, as a distributors of its Windows-based IP PBX in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets.

3CX Phone System for Windows is a great addition to our portfolio”, said ALLNETS’ Johannes Haseneder. “3CX has developed an IP PBX based on the open SIP standard with focus on the small and medium sized businesses. 3CX Phone System for Windows has an enterprise level set of features that delivers an easy to deploy alternative to proprietary PBXs, making it an ideal IP PBX for our customer base and resellers.”

"We are delighted to appoint ALLNET as a one of 3CX’s distributors in Germany. ALLNET is a leading and much respected distributor. The German market is very important for us and with this partnership we wish to expand and strengthen our presence here even further." said Nick Galea, CEO at 3CX.

About 3CX

3CX is an international developer of telecommunications software, headquartered in Europe with offices in Cyprus, USA, UK and Hong Kong. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is backed by an experienced management and development team. Its product, 3CX Phone System for Windows, developed specifically for the SMB market, has earned Windows Server 2003 Certification and has received numerous awards, including the TMC Labs 2007 Innovation Award, The Windowsnetworking.com Gold Award, as well as, the IT EXPO Best of Show award 2007 and the INTERNET Telephony Magazine Product of the Year Award, all in recognition to the company’s commitment to innovation and quality. 3CX maintains a global presence with offices in four countries and localized information available in various languages.