Fonality announces the Fonality trixbox Open Communications Certification (FtOCC) workshop, the first in a series of training and certification courses for the trixbox application platform. trixbox, the largest and fastest growing Asterisk-based platform and community, is quickly becoming the de facto standard for open source telephony. The FtOCC program will provide the tools and knowledge necessary to successfully implement trixbox in a business environment.

“Telephony is in the midst of a sea change and sea changes mean huge opportunity. But capitalizing on opportunity requires training and education,” said Chris Lyman, Fonality founder and CEO. “The FtOCC courses will quickly teach attendees how to begin earning real money from trixbox and Asterisk.”

The course will focus on a myriad of subjects including, but not limited to: VoIP, PBX deployment, network assessment, telephony troubleshooting, T1/PRI training, and IP handset education. The goal of the FtOCC is to arm data VARs, system integrators and telephony professionals with the knowledge needed to deploy and manage PBX installations for businesses from 1 to 1,000 employees.

“FtOCC is the next logical step for the trixbox community,” said Andrew Gillis, founder of trixbox and director of community development at Fonality. “We are building on the explosive adoption of the trixbox application and providing formal training and certification so businesses can be built upon its customization and deployment.”

The FtOCC course will be hosted by Andrew Gillis, trixbox project founder and Kerry Garrison, senior product manager for trixbox at Fonality and author of “trixBox Made Easy.” Additional training will be given by the trixbox engineering team. Respected partners in the telephony and VoIP industry will also be participating to provide information and free equipment to attendees.

For more information on registration for the FtOCC or to download trixbox 2.0 for free, visit www.trixbox.org.