h1. The Enterprise Communications Solution

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[sipXecs|http://www.sipfoundry.org/] is a modular scalable communications solution for enterprises of all sizes.  It provides a highly available SIP routing core integrated with a growing suite of communications services all managed through a unified web based management application.  sipXecs provides PBX telephony services integrated with instant messaging, and allows the use of advanced communications tools like video calling.

The sipXecs IP PBX is a native SIP based solution that offers all the typical features expected from a PBX, including voicemail, unified messaging, auto-attendant, conferencing, presence and call center capabilities. The sipXecs IP PBX can be deployed on a single server for smaller installations or as a distributed and optionally redundant system for larger deployments. It's Web Services (SOA) based management and configuration system allows centralized management of a distributed system and offers plug & play configuration for all phones and gateways.

The sipXecs IP PBX developer community is strong and growing. The sipXecs IP PBX has built a reputation for being easy to use, scalable and of high quality. In addition, sipXecs IP PBX is a *unified communications solution*, not just an IP PBX.

The sipXecs IP PBX effort aims at providing a fully capable open source unified communications solution for the mid-enterprise market. The mid-enterprise market ranges from a few users to several thousand users, possibly located in different buildings, cities, or countries.

h3. sipXecs wiki organization

* *sipxecs*: *Project level documentation* \- how the project is run, our license, links to other projects, who the people are, etc.
* [User Docs|xecsuser:]: *User documentation not tied to a particular version* \- general concept documentation for IP, VoIP, networking advice, links to compatible products and services...
** [Version 4.2 User Docs|xecsuserv4r2:]: User documentation on the current production-quality release: 4.2
** [Version 4.0 User Docs|xecsuserv4r0:]: User documentation on release: 4.0
* [Developer Docs|xecsdev:]: internal design documentation for developers and the terminally curious.

* [Old Wiki|oldxx:]: content ported from the old wiki but not yet moved to into the new organization (_some of this is incorrect or obsolete_)

h1. *Read And Participate*

{color:#333333}{*}Mailing Lists:*{color}{color:#333333} {color}{color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}sipX-users{color}\|https://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users\], {color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}Archive{color}\|http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/\], {color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}Gmane{color}\|http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.telephony.pbx.sipfoundry.general\]

*Mailing Lists:*{color:#333333} {color}{color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}sipX-dev{color}\|https://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev\], {color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}Archive{color}\|http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/\], {color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}Gmane{color}\|http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.voip.sipx.devel\]

*Mailing Lists:*{color:#333333} {color}{color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}sipXecs-commit{color}\|https://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipxecs-commit\], {color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}Archive{color}\|http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipxecs-commit/\]

\[Create a sipfoundry account\|http://track.sipfoundry.org/secure/Signup\!default.jspa\] {color:#333333}{_}the same account works for all the tools at sipfoundry.org{_}{color}

{color:#333333}{*}Bug & Issue Tracker:*{color}{color:#333333} {color}{color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}SIPfoundry Issue Tracker{color}\|http://track.sipfoundry.org/\] ... but before reporting an issue, see {color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}How to report a problem with sipXecs{color}\|sipXecs:How to report a problem or request a feature\]

*Useful Links:*{color:#333333} {color}{color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}Useful Links{color}\|sipXecs:Useful Links\]
*IRC Channel:*{color:#333333} you can find some of the developers and users on irc, {color}{color:#3d5561}\[{color}{color:#3d5561}\#sipx on irc.freenode.net{color}\|irc://irc.freenode.net/sipx\]. Here is a {color:#3d5561}+\[+{color}{color:#3d5561}list of IRC Clients{+}{color}\|http://www.irc.org/links.html\]+, if you don't have one already.{align:center}
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