Digium, the inventor, sponsor and maintainer of the Asterisk open-source Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software, announced on February 26 that they were joining forces with Acuity Technologies to expand the capabilities of their hosted PBX networks. Acuity Technologies is a telecommunications master agency from Tampa, Florida, and is now on board the Digium Cloud Agent Program as their newest Master Agent. Acuity brings experience with management and support for cloud-based services, which makes Digium's product more reliable and robust.