
Check the
roadmap for Automation 2.2! Suggest features for Automation 2.3
here.
The innovative Building Blocks architecture makes VoipNow Automation technically able to provision and bill any cloud
service.
VoipNow Professional and
VoipNow Core are supported out of the box while Building Blocks for other services can be added with minimal effort.
Find out below why VoipNow Automation takes a radically new engineering approach to simplifying cloud deployments.
Open Source Online Store

VoipNow Automation Online Store is accompanied by the Customer Portal. Both are easy to integrate with the
company's existing website and can be customized by the Service Provider by simply editing the HTML templates. PHP code is also available.
Automatic Payments

Once the customer selects your services, he or she purchases them online with a credit card or using Paypal. The
API allows you to build a payment processing module when your preferred payment gateway is not supported. This service can also be performed by 4PSA technical services team.
Automatic Provisioning

Once the order is placed, the customer can easily schedule it for provisioning with a mouse click (the automatic
provisioning approval option is also available). VoipNow Automation provisions the service and sends an email to the customer containing the details necessary to
access the new services.
Invoicing and Recurring Billing

The system sends invoices to your customers and tries to process payments according to their subscriptions.
If something happens and the invoice is not paid, the customer is notified to pay his or her bills. The Service Provider also receives a notification in such
cases.
Account Suspension and Termination

VoipNow Automation tracks all invoices and suspends services for customers with due invoices above a
predefined threshold. When the customer brings his or her account to good standing, services are resumed automatically. Service termination is also
available as an option when the customer fails to pay his or her bills for several days.
Lower Costs per Customer

In a traditional workflow that lacks powerful automation, every new customer increases the overhead of the
service provider's business. This means the administrative staff is larger, which raises the overall costs, complicates management processes and does not solve
time related issues. VoipNow Automation reduces operating expenses per customer and allows the staff to focus on business development.
No Risk, No Lock-in

Many organizations find themselves in a situation in which they have purchased expensive software that
no longer fit into their business model. VoipNow Automation's leased licensing model switches risk from the service provider to the vendor, thus
building a relationship based on performance.
Focus on Retaining Customers

Some providers use only traditional billing systems, while others deploy various levels of automation. However,
these methods might not be enough to reach a higher level of customer satisfaction and retention. Through the AJAX enriched interface and backend functionality,
VoipNow Automation helps create a frustration-free environment for all customers.
Cloud is a Great Opportunity

Traditional billing-only systems cannot be realistically extended to offer any cloud service. Service
providers locked in old technologies will miss opportunities or will massively invest in additional layers implemented over their existing
management solutions. VoipNow Automation's Cloud Brick technology is ready to build provisioning and billing for any type of cloud service.
APIs and Open Source

One of the most important lessons we have learned over the past ten years is that service providers need
solutions that are able to match their business particularities. Because customized solutions are expensive and hard to maintain, VoipNow Automation offers
developers a friendly environment, which allows companies to extend and customize their solution without worrying about future platform updates.
Distributed Architecture

Growing service providers often reach a stage when they can no longer use an old platform due to
scalability issues. VoipNow Automation has been tested with millions of objects and is powered by a fully modular framework designed to be installed
in geographically distributed infrastructures.
The Integrated VoipNow Platform

VoipNow Automation is an important component of the VoipNow Platform - 4PSA's solution for delivering cloud
based communications services. For service providers, this translates into a fully automated environment with minimum design, deployment, operation,
maintenance, and training costs. The service providers' staff will focus on expanding the business rather than performing frustrating and repetitive
tasks.
Free Support Included
Software Update Subscription support is free with the software purchase. The
support package comes at no extra cost and offers Help Desk technical support and free software updates for 12 months. The support package can be
renewed optionally after the first 12 months.
Free Online Resources
Complementary to the Software Update Subscription, the following resources are available:
- Company Newsletter - Information about software updates, tips and tricks
- Knowledge Base - Online resource providing answers to the most common questions
- 4PSA Community - Help and learn on the 4PSA's moderated forums
- Product Documentation - Release notes, User's Guides, Whitepapers, etc
- Blog - An important source of information regarding product development strategy
Higher Level of Support
4PSA offers the
Expert Cloud Support to companies that run mission
critical systems and want to take advantage of the outstanding technical experience of the software vendor.
We recommend that you read the following documents, if you would like to find out more about VoIP and Unified Communications.
Business Documents
| Title |
Description |
Download |
| VoipNow Platform Presentation |
Find out what VoipNow Platform brings to the hosting market: solution overview, market environment, deployment examples and sample service plans. |
1817KB |
| VoipNow Professional Selling Scenarious |
How hosting providers can sell Unified Communications services - six popular deployment scenarios. |
962KB |
| VoipNow Professional Market Positioning |
This document is targeted to service providers and describes how VoipNow Professional based services position themselves against the competition. |
184KB |
Case Studies
| Title |
Description |
Download |
| Case study - Voxility |
Voxility, a leading VoIP services wholesaler in Central and Eastern Europe, uses 4PSA VoipNow, the hosted PBX software
developed by 4PSA to deliver an easy and quick access to phone services to Internet and hosting providers' customers. |
285KB |
| Case study - VOIPcomplete |
VOIPcomplete, an innovative VoIP Services Provider relies on 4PSA VoipNow software to offer complete hosted PBX services
to resellers, web hosting providers, and small and medium-sized business customers. |
97KB |