VOIP Phone Buddy for Skype

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      Automatic desktop telephone dialing software for Skype, with all popular windows applications

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VOIP Phone Buddy for Skype™  adds automatic telephone dialling to almost any windows application, using SKYPE VOIP telephony, including Microsoft CRM, Microsoft, Access, Microsoft Outlook, Goldmine, ACT, other CRM and Accounts packages etc

Simply move the cursor to a phone number and press the Hot Key to activate "VOIP Phone Buddy for Skype" phone dialer.   The VOIP Phone Buddy for Skype and Jajah dialer then looks at the phone number, where the cursor was previously, and formats the international country code automatically.  If the phone number does not contain the international country code then the user can select the code from their own “Favourite countries” in the Phone Buddy.   The system also provides redial and Quick dial (favorite phone numbers) facilities too.

Automatic phone dialing from almost any Microsoft Windows Application !!!

When the call is selected Skype™ and Jajah will call you on your own phone and then dial the phone number you selected, using cheap or free phone call !!!

[More Information on SKYPE]

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"Phone Buddy for SKYPE" features:

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  • Free 30 day trial ($19 per user)  [Download]

  • Install in minutes !!!

  • Use with almost any windows software !!!  [Click here for a Demo]

  • Cheap national and international calls using SKYPE Voice Over IP  

  • Free calls to other Skype users

  • Call History logged

  • Integration with many of the top CRM and Accounts applications, such as Quickbooks, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft, Access, Microsoft Outlook, Goldmine, ACT, etc.

  • Ideal for single users and small businesses


Automatic Phone Dialling for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft CRM, Access....  

Demonstration video:

Move cursor to phone number and press

Windows C to activate VOIP Phone Buddy for SKYPE

Automatic phone dialing from almost any Microsoft Windows Application


Automatic Phone Dialling for Microsoft CRM

To automatically phone from within Microsoft CRM contact, click the cursor on the desired phone number, then activate "Phone Buddy" for SKYPE using the Hot Keys.  Phone buddy for SKYPE will then display the Microsoft CRM contact phone number.  If the country code is missing within Microsoft CRM then simply select country from you favorite country.  Then press Dial button to automatically phone the contact phone number taken from Microsoft CRM contact.

Automatic Phone Dialling for Microsoft Access

To automatically phone from within Microsoft Access bespoke database, click the cursor on the desired phone number, then activate using the Hot Keys.  Phone buddy for SKYPE will then display the Microsoft Access contact phone number.  If the country code is missing within Microsoft Access bespoke database then simply select country from you favorite country.  Then press Dial button to phone the contact phone number taken from Microsoft Access.

Automatic Phone Dialling for FrontRange/Goldmine  

Simply activate "VOIP Phone Buddy" for Skype from within FrontRange CRM formally known as Goldmine CRM, by using the Hot Keys.  Phone buddy for Skype will then display the Goldmine Primary contact phone numbers for selection.  Simply click on desired phone number to automatically dial phone from within the current Goldmine CRM Contact.   To automatically dial Goldmine additional contacts, simple open contact and then move cursor to phone number, then active "VOIP  Phone Buddy" for Skype with Hot key, and dial using Skype.

Automatic Phone Dialling for Sage ACT

Simply activate from within Sage ACT CRM, by using the Hot Keys.  Phone buddy for SKYPE will then display the ACT contact phone numbers for selection.  Simply click on desired phone number to automatically dial phone from within the current ACT CRM Contact.


More information about Skype

Skype is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network founded by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. It competes against existing open VoIP protocols such as SIP, IAX, and H.323. The Skype Group, acquired by eBay in October 2005, is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in London and Tallinn. It has experienced rapid growth in both popular usage and software development since launch, both of its free and its paid services.

The Skype communications system is notable for its broad range of features, including free voice and video conferencing, and its ability to use peer to peer (decentralized) technology to overcome common firewall and NAT problems. The use of end-user bandwidth in the form of supernodes, and the closed source nature of its software which routinely encrypts all network traffic generated by the program, have led to slight concerns by some parties. Independent analyses of the software addresses the latter to some degree.

SKYPE Technology

The caller ID information is masked when a SkypeOut call is placed.  Each Skype user must have the Skype software running on his/her computer. This software is currently available free of charge and can be downloaded from the company website, but the software is proprietary.

The main difference between Skype and other VoIP clients is that Skype operates on a peer-to-peer model, rather than the more traditional server-client model. The Skype user directory is entirely decentralised and distributed among the nodes in the network, which means the network can scale very easily to large sizes (currently just over 100 million users) without a complex and costly centralised infrastructure.

Skype also routes calls through other Skype peers on the network, which allows it to traverse Symmetric NATs and firewalls, unlike most other VoIP programs (The two most common VoIP protocols, SIP and H323 are usually UDP and point-to-point, making NAT traversal problematic.)  This, however, puts an extra burden on those who connect to the Internet without NAT, as their computers and network bandwidth may be used to route the calls of other users. The selection of intermediary computers is fully automatic, with individual users having no option to disable such use of their resources. This fact is not clearly communicated, however, and seems to contradict the license agreement which would limit Skype's utilisation of the user's "processor and bandwidth [to the] purpose of facilitating the communication between [the user] and other Skype Software users".

The Skype client's application programming interface (API) exposes the network to software developers. The Skype API allows other programs to use the Skype network to get "white pages" information and manage calls.  VOIP Phone Buddy uses this API to automate the call process for you.

Security

Skype generates a significant amount of discussion on how secure its traffic really is. It has had an impact upon the security and culture of VoIP telephony because of this discussion and several design principles:

All Skype traffic is encrypted by default and the user cannot turn it off. 
Skype reportedly uses openly available, strong encryption algorithms. 
The user is not involved in the encryption process and therefore does not have to deal with the issues of Public key infrastructure. 
This has had an effect upon the rest of the market as they seek to offer competitive products. The security of internet communication has become an issue of which people are more aware and secure communication a feature they want to see in the products they use.

General

Since the Skype code is proprietary and closed source, the security of the software cannot be firmly established by independent experts; thus, its users — experts and non-experts alike — may base their usage of the product on merely trusting the manufacturer and behaviour of the software downloaded from sources authorised by the manufacturer. In 2004, Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype, appeared to admit in an article on The Register that the current security model used a relatively short key size, relied upon security through obscurity, and would not withstand open-source scrutiny:

It was reported that six million concurrent Skype users were online as of March 2006.


VOIP Phone buddy for Skype adds automatic phone dialling to almost any windows application.  Including Microsoft CRM, Microsoft, Access, Microsoft Outlook, Goldmine, ACT, other CRM and Accounts packages etc.

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