Hi
I am aware the UC series from Cisco is EOL, however we are looking for a closed system which seems to be hard to find thats as good as the US320w.
Items like 1 button Parking Orbits that work, seem impossible to find in another system.
For documentation, we have looked at so far:
Zultys which do a hardware server (MX ME) , they also do phones and attendant consoles (there made by Aastra i think, branded Zultys), however there top line color touch screen phone (ZIP 59i), when we saw it in use for parking orbits was abysmal, 1-2 presses to park then you have to remember the parking slot number to get it back, also appeared bad use of the touch screen system, the SPA525G2 isn't touch screen but functionally with the US320w is a better system.
Avaya has an IP Office v2 hardware which you buy plug in hardware boards, however this appears to only work with the more basic Avaya phones, although there system inside the IP Office appears really advanced showing the phone image with what button does what, even has plug and play so just plugging the phone is, it works with an extension number.
However there better phone (IP9670G) does not appear to be compatible with there IP Office, we are currently still investigating this.
We like the closed systems, they work better and easier to maintain, i understand changing brand means replacing all the phones which at this point wont be a major issue.
I would prefer to stick with the phone manufacture as integration and provisioning is alot easier. We are very happy with the UC320w, however it is EOL and we would like to get better integration and video conferencing as well so am looking at whats around.
Any input here would be good as to other IP PBX hardware.
