Howto:What is a 3rd Party Product
Overview
What they are good for
A major design principle for innovaphone products is being based on standards strictly.
While this brings a number of substantial advantages to the customers, amongst others a huge base of 3rd applications that can work with innovaphone gear, it may sometimes create headaches for the innovaphone professional in charge of designing solutions. H450, TAPI, Empty Termcaps, DSS1, H.245, XML, SS7, .... it's easy to get lost in the standards jungle!
So if you intend to use a 3rd party application or device and have no time to undertake the "...in principle this should work" adventure, innovaphone recommended products are what you are looking for. 
Products bearing the innovaphone recommended product logo are compatible with innovaphone solutions and thus serve as perfect building blocks for your own scenario.
What it means
So what exactly can you expect from a 'recommended product?
A certified product has passed tested in the innovaphone labs OK.
This means that all relevant interface used to interact with the innovaphone devices do work as expected. It explicitly does not mean that the passing product is the greatest product in the world. Instead, it says that the product interfaces ok with innovaphone. There may or may not be a better product, or a product more suitable for specific requirements available. This decision is deliberately left to the market.
What is a potential candidate for a recommended product?
2N Voice Blue Enterprise as GSM/SIP proxy gateway
What if innovaphone actually cannot recommend a product?
When for whatever reason we test a product but decide to not "recommend" it, then still the product's test report can be found in the wiki. The product will not have the logo though and it will be marked as "The tests for this product have been completed.".
What has to be done to certify a new recommended product?
See this article for a description of the procedure.
List of tested products
The list is structured in various categories. Please note that a single product may appear in more than one category. As an example, application suites including both CTI and Call Center functions are quite popular.
Billing System / Call Management
[[:Category:RecProd Billing System / Call Management|List of articles in Category:RecProd Billing System / Call Management]]
CTI and UMS applications
[[:Category:RecProd CTI and UMS applications|List of articles in Category:RecProd CTI and UMS applications]]
Call Center Applications
[[:Category:RecProd Call Center Applications|List of articles in Category:RecProd Call Center Applications]]
Gateways
[[:Category:RecProd Gateways|List of articles in Category:RecProd Gateways]]
H.323 and SIP Terminals
[[:Category:RecProd Terminals|List of articles in Category:RecProd Terminals]]
Headsets
[[:Category:RecProd Headsets|List of articles in Category:RecProd Headsets]]
IP Voice Conferencing Systems
[[:Category:RecProd IP Voice Conferencing Systems|List of articles in Category:RecProd IP Voice Conferencing Systems]]
Music on Hold Solutions
[[:Category:RecProd Music on Hold Solutions|List of articles in Category:RecProd Music on Hold Solutions]]
Network Management and Assessment Tools
[[:Category:RecProd Network Management and Assessment Tools|List of articles in Category:RecProd Network Management and Assessment Tools]]
Network Security Appliances
[[:Category:RecProd Network Security Appliances|List of articles in Category:RecProd Network Security Appliances]]
Professional Announcements
[[:Category:RecProd Voice Recording|List of articles in Category:RecProd Voice Recording]]
SIP Provider
[[:Category:RecProd SIP Provider|List of articles in Category:RecProd SIP Provider]]
Solutions for Mobile Extensions
[[:Category:RecProd Solutions for Mobile Extensions|List of articles in Category:RecProd Solutions for Mobile Extensions]]
Voice Recording
[[:Category:RecProd Voice Recording|List of articles in Category:RecProd Voice Recording]]
WLAN Infrastructure Products
[[:Category:RecProd WLAN Infrastructure Products|List of articles in Category:RecProd WLAN Infrastructure Products]]