Vodia marks a decade as industry leader, pioneer, Podcast
Published on:
December 1, 2022
“We were jumping on that train very early,” says Christian Stredicke, serving the MSPs, Vodia is marking a decade as a leader and pioneer in offering PBX software that effectively turns mobile phones, laptops, PCs and standard VoIP phones into clients everyone in an organization can use for communication.
“We were jumping on that train very early,” says Christian Stredicke, serving the MSPs, Vodia is marking a decade as a leader and pioneer in offering PBX software that effectively turns mobile phones, laptops, PCs and standard VoIP phones into clients everyone in an organization can use for communication. Vodia has held the vision of enabling communication from many devices, which enables what we now call hybrid work. “People should be able to work from anywhere,” says Stredicke. Even a decade ago, Vodia saw that the browser would play a larger and larger role. In this podcast we learn how Vodia saw the possibilities a decade ago and embraced them. Stredicke discusses how real time communications, and WebRTC, moved functions, including voice communication to the browser. Along the way, Vodia has been careful not to get too far ahead of customers and clients. Stredicke discusses how listening, patience, and pragmatism has tempered Vodia’s approach, by meeting immediate demands and needs while architecting for the future with products that anticipate customer migration to embrace mobility and browser-based options. “The personal touch is something we value a lot” adds Stredicke.
The Vodia Partner Program and new Vodia Partner Portal give service providers, MSPs, system integrators, and technology partners a clearer way to grow their Vodia business. Partners can earn status points through revenue, certifications, customer acquisition, referrals, and other activities, then use those points to progress through partner levels and unlock higher discounts. The launch also includes a limited-time Summer Launch Promotion, giving new partners a faster path toward Gold status and a 20% discount.
V70 of the Vodia PBX introduces flexible service flags that help organizations automate call routing, scheduling, queue management, announcements, and communication workflows throughout the day. Service flags can be configured manually or automatically to control how calls are handled during business hours, after hours, holidays, or special events. They can also be chained together for more advanced routing logic and integrated with external calendars such as Google Calendar to support dynamic scheduling and operational flexibility across business environments.
Vodia’s PBX now integrates with Keycloak OpenID Connect, providing secure single sign-on for users so they can access all connected applications without repeated authentication. Logging out from one application automatically logs the user out of all connected systems, simplifying user management and improving security. Keycloak, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project, supports standard protocols including OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML, offering enterprise-grade identity and access management. To ensure proper integration, Keycloak user emails must match the corresponding PBX extension emails. Complete guidance is available in the Vodia Keycloak integration guide, with additional details in the Keycloak official documentation.
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