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Sangoma Expands its Presence in European and Asian Markets through Distributors

February 15, 2012 - 3:28 PM - Sangoma Technologies Corporation, one of the top-tier providers of hardware and software enhancements for VoIP and IP data communications, announced its collaboration with new distributors in European and Asian markets. [ Read More ]

Asterisk, New Innovations Offer Efficient Communications

February 15, 2012 - 1:02 PM - The open source momentum continues to mount as Asterisk capabilities are in high demand. Companies of all sizes are recognizing the value in this approach to communications, and industry leaders are spreading the news through new innovations and tradeshows. [ Read More ]

Sangoma's Corporate Makeover

February 14, 2012 - 3:55 PM - A prime example is Sangoma Technologies, known historically for its data communications products and, more recently, for its robust line of telephony boards supporting both open source and proprietary technologies. Despite its successes, it, like the rest of the industry, must struggle with the question, "How can we effectively continue to meet the dynamic needs of our customers driven by the significant trends in the industry?" [ Read More ]

Bulgarian Service Provider Gains Significant Market Share with Sangoma's Gateway Solution

February 14, 2012 - 11:12 AM - To maintain a dominant market position, today's service providers need to develop strategies to deploy cost-effective, easy-to-manage services to a wider audience. Take Orbitel, Bulgaria's first service provider since the fall of the national PTT monopoly. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Technologies Posts Record Quarterly Revenue Numbers

February 13, 2012 - 10:27 AM - IP communications specialist Sangoma Technologies posted record revenues of $3.43 million for its second fiscal quarter ending in December, powered mostly by new marketing, sales and product development initiatives. [ Read More ]

Jeff Dworkin of Sangoma among Key Participants in UC3 Summit Executive Panel

February 6, 2012 - 11:11 AM - Sangoma Technologies Corporation recently announced that its director of marketing, Jeff Dworkin, will be among the key participants in an executive panel discussion at the UC3 Summit. Dworkin will be presenting a session entitled, "Where and What are the REAL Opportunities - Making Money Right Now!" on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the Four Seasons Scottsdale at Troon North in Scottsdale, Arizona. [ Read More ]

Arena Pizza Deploys Intorrent Technologies' Cloud-based Intorrent Supercell

February 2, 2012 - 2:40 PM - Peter Arena, owner of Kent County, Michigan's chain of Arena's Pizza restaurants, has said that he selected Intorrent Technologies' Cloud-based Intorrent Supercell to enhance the way Arena's Pizza handles inbound call volume. [ Read More ]

Indosoft Launches Web Portal for Q-Suite

February 1, 2012 - 2:51 PM - Indosoft Inc recently announced the release of the product web portal for Q-Suite. The web portal has been designed to provide potential customers with relevant information about contact center software. Additionally, the portal will meet the requirements of telecom channel partners as well as CTI developers by providing them with information. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Tech Brings Wireless Connectivity to IP-PBX Platform

January 30, 2012 - 4:08 PM - Sangoma Technologies Corp., a supplier of hardware and software components to IP communications systems, has released GSM gateway board W400. A new addition to the company's family of gateway solutions, the W400 provides mobile network VoIP and SMS gateway connectivity for Asterisk-based IP-PBX systems. In addition, according to Sangoma, it will also be expanding support for other open source and proprietary IP-PBX platforms in the coming months. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

January 21, 2012 - 7:20 AM - Looking at the top Asterisk news recently, TMC reported that Sangoma Technologies will host a free full-day, hands-on training session on Jan. 31 at ITEXPO East 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida, to teach attendees how to configure and troubleshoot the Vega series of products. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Offering Vega Series Training in Miami

January 18, 2012 - 4:20 PM - Sangoma Technologies will host a free full-day, hands-on training session on Jan. 31 at ITEXPO in Miami Beach, Florida, to teach attendees how to configure and troubleshoot the Vega series of products. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

January 14, 2012 - 7:03 AM - This past week TMC's Paula Bernier wrote that TMCnet recently asked some of the leading lights in the industry for their thoughts about 2011 and what's in store for the year ahead. [ Read More ]

Sangoma's Vega 5000 Gateway Receives Internet Telephony Magazine's Product of the Year

January 13, 2012 - 3:11 PM - TMC, a global media company, has named Sangoma Technologies' Vega 5000: Analog Media Gateway as a recipient of the 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award. "We are delighted that the editors and executives TMC and Internet Telephony Magazine have recognized the Vega 5000 for its reliability and flexibility in solving the interconnectivity issues that continually challenge network service providers and enterprises," said Frederic Dickey, director of product management of Sangoma, in… [ Read More ]

The Year Ahead - with Sangoma's Jeff Dworkin

January 9, 2012 - 8:04 AM - TMCnet recently asked some of the leading lights in the industry for their thoughts about 2011 and what's in store for the year ahead. Here's what Jeff Dworkin, director of Marketing at Sangoma Technologies, had to say. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

January 7, 2012 - 4:56 AM - TMC's Carolyn J. Dawson reported this past week on the launch of Xriz by Damaka. For the first time, the video and audio capabilities of Asterisk PBX are now extended to mobile devices with the unique software client, Xriz. [ Read More ]

Damaka Launches Mobile Video Client for Asterisk PBX

January 4, 2012 - 4:58 PM - The launch of Xriz has been announced by Damaka. For the first time, the video and audio capabilities of Asterisk PBX are now extended to mobile devices with the unique software client, Xriz. The capabilities are extended to mobile devices like iPhone, iPad and Android by Xriz without the need for additional software or hardware. Damaka is a technology pioneer in mobile unified communications and collaboration. [ Read More ]

Emergency Call Centers Continue to Upgrade to VoIP

January 4, 2012 - 2:58 PM - Last summer a construction crew accidentally cut through some fiber-optic cables in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Things could have turned catastrophic when the crew determined the wires they tore through were the very wires that work the city's Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). [ Read More ]

Asterisk PBX Mobile Video Client Launched by Xriz

January 3, 2012 - 12:20 PM - Users of Asterisk PBX will be happy to hear their PBX can go mobile. Mobile unified communications provider Damaka launched Xriz, a mobile client that extends video and audio capabilities of Asterisk's PBX to Android and iOS devices. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

December 31, 2011 - 7:00 AM - Here's to 2011, hoping it was a good year for you, and that 2012 will be better. And that the Mayans were wrong. Here's a roundup of some news items from the past week that might be of interest to those in the Asterisk community. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

December 31, 2011 - 4:56 AM - Here's a roundup of some news items from the past week that might be of interest to those in the Asterisk community. [ Read More ]

Is Your Virtual PBX Susceptible to Phreaking?

December 29, 2011 - 6:21 PM - When attempting to swindle money out of a major corporation, it's always easier when the corporation is in a position to help you collect on your efforts. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

December 24, 2011 - 7:06 AM - We wish all a merry Christmas and a blessed holiday season, and let's wrap up what news there was of interest to the Asterisk community this past week. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

December 17, 2011 - 8:55 AM - Heading into the end of 2011 here, let's catch you up on some of the top news stories from the Asterisk community from the past week. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Announces Intention to Repurchase Stock to Increase Core Value

December 15, 2011 - 3:24 PM - Canadian-based Sangoma Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of hardware and software components that enable or enhance IP communications systems, has announced its intention to make a normal course issuer bid. For those unfamiliar, this action which is subject to regulatory approval is done when a company decides that instead of holding shares, which fluctuate day-to-day, it buys back the shares on the open market to increase its core value. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Announces Promising Revenue in First Fiscal Quarter 2012

December 14, 2011 - 3:19 PM - The first quarter of 2012, ended Sept. 30, 2011 provided a positive outlook for IP telephony solutions provider, Sangoma Technologies Corporation. The company has announced the highlights of this unaudited timeframe, highlighting a 20 percent increase in sales from the same time period the year before. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

December 10, 2011 - 7:27 AM - The Asterisk community is a great place to hang out, here are some of the top stories from that space over the past week. [ Read More ]

India: Extending the Reach of Audio Blogging to Underserved Regions

December 6, 2011 - 1:46 PM - With the rapid growth of the Internet and mobile communications in India, the country's middle-class has been reaping the benefits of these advances for last several years. But, unfortunately there is a section of the population that is beyond its reach. Many remote and tribal regions, including uneducated and illiterate users, are beyond the reach of basic Internet services. Market data shows that India, a country of 1.2 billion, has only around 100 million Internet users and over 800 million m… [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

December 3, 2011 - 7:07 AM - Lots happening in the Asterisk space this past week, let's get you caught up on some of the top news: [ Read More ]

Sangoma's New Product Allows Interconnectivity for PSTN and IP Networks

December 1, 2011 - 11:05 AM - Just today, Sangoma, a provider of both hardware and software solutions that can be utilized in IP Communications Systems within telecom and datacom applications launched its Vega suite of gateway products. [ Read More ]

Indosoft Appoints VBX Telecom Certified Reseller of its Asterisk Telephony Solution

November 30, 2011 - 3:12 PM - Indosoft, a global provider of Asterisk based contact center solutions, recently named VBX Telecom as its certified reseller for South Africa. [ Read More ]

Microsoft Lync Certification Given to Sangoma NetBorder Express Media Gateway

November 29, 2011 - 7:19 AM - Sangoma Technologies Corporation is one of the leading providers of hardware and software components that assist IP Communications Systems for both voice and data. The company recently announced that its NetBorder Express Enterprise Class TDM to SIP Media Gateway has been approved for the Microsoft Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Cuts Implementation Costs on BRI Products

November 14, 2011 - 2:47 PM - In an effort to become more competitive in the marketplace, Sangoma Technologies is cutting the price on its A500 S/T BRI Interface Board, giving developers a potential savings of 50 percent on its BRI systems. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

November 12, 2011 - 7:07 AM - Taking a look at what's been happening recently in the Asterisk space, TMC's Anuradha Shukla wrote that global open source software specialist Talend is helping software vendors and SaaS providers embed enterprise-grade open source integration technologies in their offerings. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Technologies Rocks ElastixWorld with Launch of New Products

November 3, 2011 - 3:27 PM - Looks like Sangoma Technologies Corp., is rocking Elastix World 2011, as the leading manufacturer of hardware components for voice and data IP communications systems has unveiled several ground-breaking features and products. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Continues Solid Revenue Growth in 4Q 2011

October 28, 2011 - 12:11 PM - For Sangoma Technologies, third time's a charm as the leading provider of hardware and software components for IP communications systems experienced its highest level of sales revenue ever in its fourth quarter of 2011. [ Read More ]

Pakistan Has First Asterisk Training Program: News Report

October 26, 2011 - 5:15 PM - The Open Source Resource Center (OSRC) project has offered Pakistan's first Asterisk training program, according to a news report from a government-run news agency. [ Read More ]

Talend Broadens Options for Embedding Integration Technology

October 21, 2011 - 5:20 PM - Global open source software specialist Talend is helping software vendors and SaaS providers embed enterprise-grade open source integration technologies in their offerings. The company has announced an expanded OEM Partner Program to this end allowing partners to leverage all components of the Talend Unified Platform. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Technologies Secures Spot on Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500

October 20, 2011 - 3:48 PM - Remarkable revenue growth and a recent facelift of its business model have landed Sangoma Technologies Corporation on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 list for 2011. [ Read More ]

On Hold Company Finds Asterisk-Based VoIP Platforms the Key to On-Hold Loop Issues

October 20, 2011 - 9:55 AM - The everyday customer service experience has helped customers become accustomed to hearing on-hold music and repetitive ads during wait-time for a live agent. But a lot of hard work and effort goes into creating an effective ad loop, as evidenced by On Hold Company's newest solution. [ Read More ]

Xorcom's IP-PBX Wins Best of Show at ITEXPO East 2011

October 18, 2011 - 12:53 PM - Xorcom officials are happy to announce that their XE Series IP-PBX for VoIP and traditional business communication solutions won the "Best of Show Award" in the On-site Product Launch category at TMC's recent ITEXPO East 2011 in Miami. [ Read More ]

New Video Conferencing Solution from Xorcom, Surf Can Integrate with Xorcom's Asterisk Solutions

October 18, 2011 - 11:50 AM - Xorcom and Surf Communications Solutions have found a friend in one another as the two have teamed to develop an integrated, multi-point video and voice conferencing solution designed for use in Xorcom's Asterisk based IP-PBX telephony appliances. [ Read More ]

Broader Global Distribution of Q-Suite for Asterisk Based Contact Centers Enabled by Indosoft's Certified Reseller Program

October 18, 2011 - 8:05 AM - Indosoft Inc. is one of the leading providers of contact center technology solutions to the global marketplace and also the developers of Q-Suite. The company recently announced the global launch of its Certified Reseller Program for Value Added Resellers (VAR), Cloud Service Providers and Telecom Techs. [ Read More ]

Sangoma's Dworkin Explains the Company's New Focus, Acquisitions, Goals

October 12, 2011 - 8:32 AM - At the recent ITEXPO West 2011 show in Austin, Texas, TMCnet's Managing Editor Stefanie Mosca interviewed Sangoma's Director of Marketing, Jeff Dworkin. [ Read More ]

Xorcom's Bridger Discloses Surprising New Opportunity for Telephony Hardware

October 12, 2011 - 8:23 AM - On the first official day of the recent ITEXPO West 2011 in Austin, Texas, TMCnet's Managing Editor Stefanie Mosca had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Xorcom's VP of Marketing, Ruth Bridger. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Call Analyzer Combines with VICIdial Platform for One Call Center's Successful Expansion

October 11, 2011 - 2:20 PM - In a move to expand call center capacity, VICIdial, a long-time partner of Sangoma Technologies Corp., has installed the VICIdial Call Center Platform for Vision Financial Corp., a collections company serving an array of markets. [ Read More ]

Old Techniques Being Used to Hack Out-of-Date Asterisk PBXs -- 5 Ways to Protect Yourself

October 6, 2011 - 3:18 PM - Humbug Telecom Labs has identified recent hacks using some very old techniques. A few recent instances appear related to the CDR XSS security bug in Asterisk PBXs that was fixed a few months ago and that was previously handled by FreePBX. [ Read More ]

SoftSyl Opens Free Access to VoiceXML IVR Browser 4 Asterisk

October 5, 2011 - 4:59 PM - In an "unprecedented" decision, SoftSyl's executive team and Board of Directors announced to developers it will start to give them access to the company's Interactive Voice Response (IVR) browser - free of charge. [ Read More ]

The Power of Asterisk Revealed: What the Open Source Software Can Do for You

October 4, 2011 - 11:22 AM - Small businesses, enterprises and even governments use Asterisk-based technologies to enable feature-rich voice communications over a Web connection. But not all current and prospective Asterisk users know the true power of the open source software. [ Read More ]

ATX Group Backs Open Source Platform for In-Vehicle Infotainment by Joining GENIVI Alliance

October 4, 2011 - 8:56 AM - In a move to establish an open-source development platform for in-vehicle infotainment, ATX Group has joined as an associate member of the GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

September 24, 2011 - 8:00 AM - As this week came to an end, there was a rumble in the jungle in the form of breaking news about Asterisk, as VoIP Unlimited, a U.K. Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) made an important announcement. The company has just inked a partnership with Kerio Technologies in order to allow Kerio's U.K. channel partners to gain access to innovative SIP trunking solutions that can now be delivered directly to their customers. [ Read More ]

VoIP Unlimited to Deliver SIP Trunking Solutions to Kerio Technologies' Customers in the U.K

September 20, 2011 - 12:01 PM - VoIP Unlimited, a UK "business grade" Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP), announced partnership with Kerio Technologies to enable Kerio's UK channel partners to deliver Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking solutions to their customers. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

September 17, 2011 - 6:11 AM - Asterisk is a provider of software that boasts the capabilities needed to fully change a computer into an all encompassing communication server. At this current time, the company powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways and conference servers. [ Read More ]

Managing the Changes in the Telecom Market: ITEXPO West Interview

September 12, 2011 - 10:45 AM - The enterprise communications market is one of the fastest moving industries in technology, and will be a major focus at ITEXPO West 2011, which is set to kick off tomorrow, Sept. 13 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

September 10, 2011 - 9:00 AM - Asterisk is a provider of software that transforms a computer into a communication server. Utilized by businesses-small and large, call centers, carriers and governments around the world the company powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers etc. [ Read More ]

Sangoma to Discuss Recent Acquisition, Media Handling at ITEXPO

September 8, 2011 - 3:27 PM - Sangoma Technologies Corporation, a worldwide provider of solutions for the safe and controlled deployment of IP-based business communications, is gearing up to showcase its new line of Media Gateway Appliances recently acquired from VegaStream as well as IP-PBX Application Partners at ITEXPO West 2011, the leading conference and trade show covering IP communications technology. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

August 27, 2011 - 8:00 AM - This week, Sangoma announced that it purchased assets that belong to VegaStream, a U.K.-based company that creates VoIP compatible appliances. Officials with Sangoma revealed that the company has been investing in new marketing, sales and product developments for quite some time, and this acquisition will help to not only increase investments but growth as well. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Acquires All Key Assets of VegaStream

August 24, 2011 - 3:02 PM - Sangoma Technologies Corporation has acquired the key assets of the VegaStream Group of Companies, a UK-based developer of VOIP gateway appliances. [ Read More ]

Humbug Integrates Fraud Prevention, Detection and Analytics into Elastix

August 23, 2011 - 10:12 AM - Humbug Telecom Labs, a provider of carrier-class fraud prevention and detection solution to businesses of all sizes, announced it has integrated its carrier-class analytics, fraud detection and prevention into the Elastix open source project. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

August 20, 2011 - 12:00 PM - With the week's end clearly in sight, news related to Asterisk continued to come in like an overflowing river. TMCnet reported this week that businesses looking to provide their customers with a complete solution are increasingly turning to solutions provided by Asterisk. This open-source IP-PBX system has the ability to be seamlessly integrated with SIP-based communications to offer increased access to networks for connectivity. [ Read More ]

Askozia Bundles Humbug Fraud Prevention, Detection & Analytics into Asterisk Offering

August 19, 2011 - 3:16 PM - Askozia, which provides a highly intuitive telephone system for businesses, will bundle the Humbug fraud detection, prevention and analytics tools into their Asterisk-based PBX solution. Officials with Askozia claimed that the PBX is easy to use, supports VoIP, ISDN, analog and GSM, is multilingual and costs less than a single VoIP phone and is configured via a highly intuitive Web GUI. [ Read More ]

Contact Center Software for Asterisk Drives Multi-Site Expansion for EECS

August 19, 2011 - 1:58 PM - Indosoft Inc., developers of Q-Suite, a Call Center ACD Software for Asterisk, has succesfully configured a distributed contact center operation for East-European Communication Services (EECS). [ Read More ]

Strateq, Intuittech Partner to Provide Asterisk Enterprise IP Telephony Communications

August 18, 2011 - 11:42 AM - Strateq Sdn Bhd (formerly Kompakar Inc Sdn Bhd), a leading technology provider of solutions and services, has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Intuittech Sdn Bhd, an Asterisk solutions provider. [ Read More ]

Systems Like Asterisk Open the Doors for Other IP-PBX Uses

August 17, 2011 - 7:52 AM - In order to provide the customer with a complete solution, businesses are deploying solutions like Asterisk. This form of an open-source IP-PBX system can use other forms of SIP-based communications to access networks for connectivity. In an effort to assimilate with the existing system, users and providers are looking for particular elements to compare solutions. [ Read More ]

Toshiba Adds New Smaller IPedge EP Pure IP Business Telephone System to Its IPedge Family

August 12, 2011 - 2:53 PM - Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS), telecommunication systems division has unveiled IPedge EP, an IP business telephone system designed specifically for small businesses with up to 40 users per server. [ Read More ]

Open-Source Evangelism and Cloud Call Recording with OrecX Co-Founder

August 10, 2011 - 4:09 PM - The Asterisk soft phone platform has become a standard for VoIP development offering open source architecture the lets companies tailor services to their needs. OrecX's cloud recording software is based on the model and recently TMC had an opportunity to speak with the company at Astricon about its belief in the open-source computing and its plans for the future. [ Read More ]

TelcoDepot's Asterisk-Based PBX Solution Reaps Success in Hospitality Market

August 1, 2011 - 12:39 PM - TelcoDepot, a provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) phone systems and other telecommunications products, announced it successfully penetrates global hospitality industry with its Asterisk-based PBX solutions. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

August 1, 2011 - 8:39 AM - There's always news of interest to Asterisk fans and users, and last week, TMC's Rajani Baburajan wrote that Humbug Telecom Labs announced its Humbug fraud detection, prevention and analytics tools are bundled into the Asterisk-based PBX of Askozia PBX, a provider of intuitive telephone systems for businesses. [ Read More ]

Telco Depot Intros a Reseller Support Program for TD1000/2000 VoIP Phone System's Resellers

July 28, 2011 - 10:45 AM - Telco Depot has launched a Reseller Support Program for resellers of its TD1000/2000 voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) Phone System. [ Read More ]

Askozia Bundles Humbug Fraud Prevention Technology into Its Asterisk-Based PBX

July 27, 2011 - 2:51 PM - Humbug Telecom Labs announced that its Humbug fraud detection, prevention and analytics tools are bundled into the Asterisk-based PBX solution of Askozia PBX, a provider of intuitive telephone systems for businesses. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Celebrates Top Distributors at Inaugural Partner Summit

July 27, 2011 - 11:53 AM - Sangoma Technologies, a provider of hardware and software components in the IP telephony space, celebrated the advent of its new fiscal year by bringing together its top global distributors for its inaugural Partner Summit. The event, which wrapped up last week in Toronto, included more than 20 of the telecom and datacom equipment maker's most successful partners. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week In Review

July 23, 2011 - 7:01 AM - In Asterisk news this past week, TMC's Paula Bernier reported that Kerio Technologies has come out with a second release of its Asterisk-based voice offering, just about four months after the initial product came to market. [ Read More ]

Kerio Operator 1.1 Hits the Street

July 19, 2011 - 11:09 AM - Kerio Technologies Inc. has come out with a second release of its Asterisk-based voice solution, just about four months after the initial product came to market. James Gudeli, vice president of business development, says the quick turnaround on Kerio Operator 1.1 is a testament to the company's dedication to keeping the product fresh and its culture of quickly meeting customer requirements. [ Read More ]

TMCnet's Asterisk Week in Review

July 15, 2011 - 6:24 PM - This past week in Asterisk news, TMC's Rajani Baburajan wrote that IP phone maker Xorcom, a manufacturer of business telephony interfaces and appliances based on Asterisk open source software, announced that Lantone Systems joined Xorcom distribution channel in Singapore. [ Read More ]

IP Phone Maker Lantone Systems Appointed as Xorcom Distributor in Singapore

July 14, 2011 - 3:14 PM - IP phone maker Xorcom, a manufacturer of business telephony interfaces and appliances based on Asterisk open source software, announced that Lantone Systems has joined Xorcom distribution channel in Singapore. [ Read More ]

TMCnet.com Asterisk Week In Review

July 9, 2011 - 7:14 AM - Don't forget the upcoming free Webinar, "Building Video Conferencing Solutions with Asterisk®," to be held Wednesday July 20, 2011. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

July 4, 2011 - 1:27 PM - From the Asterisk Global Online Community on TMCnet - your resource for the latest news and information about Asterisk-based open source telephony, Susan Campbell considered new security releases announced for Asterisk, in versions 1.4.41.1, 1.6.2.18.1, and 1.8.4.3, which are now available for immediate download. A number of different issues needed to be addressed with the new releases. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Releases Resolve Security Vulnerability Issues

June 27, 2011 - 4:28 PM - New security releases have been announced by Asterisk. The new Asterisk security releases in versions 1.4.41.1, 1.6.2.18.1, and 1.8.4.3, are now available for immediate download. A number of different issues needed to be addressed with the new releases. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

June 25, 2011 - 7:09 AM - This past week TMC's Susan J. Campbell wrote that voice and media applications can help to contribute considerable value to your organization, as long as you select the right platform for management. This can be much more of a challenge than most may realize as selecting the wrong platform can lead to more problems than benefits. [ Read More ]

Google Talk Adopts Jingle as Default VoIP Protocol

June 24, 2011 - 2:09 PM - Imagine a P2P protocol that lets the thousands of Asterisk-based PBXs to communicate with each other using XMPP. Taking the Asterisk ecosystem along with other large user bases from Nimbuzz, Google Talk, and potentially others could potentially build the largest P2P VoIP / video conferencing network in the world. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Explores Pros and Cons to Voice and Media Development/Deployment Platforms

June 22, 2011 - 8:49 AM - Voice and media applications can help to contribute considerable value to your organization, as long as you select the right platform for management. This can be much more of a challenge than most may realize as selecting the wrong platform can lead to more problems than benefits. [ Read More ]

Percipia Networks Selects VTech for Frequency PBX

June 22, 2011 - 8:37 AM - VTech Telecommunications Ltd. has announced that its VTech Hospitality will supply hotel phones for Percipia Networks, provider of hospitality technology solutions. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Provider Deploys Indosoft Contact Center Software

June 21, 2011 - 4:35 PM - Indosoft, a provider of contact center software and technology solutions for Asterisk, announced that Advanced Communications Group (ACG), a provider of inbound and outbound call center service, has deployed Q-Suite contact center software for Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Xorcom Appoints Lantone Systems as Distributor in Singapore

June 21, 2011 - 11:28 AM - Xorcom, a manufacturer of business telephony interfaces and appliances based on Asterisk open source software, announced Lantone Systems has joined as its distributor in Singapore. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

June 18, 2011 - 1:15 PM - Terhune explained that "Special purpose ACD queues have the ability to individually park calls and broadcast queue events to all subscribed agents. This provides unbounded opportunity for implementing agent/operator/supervisor consoles capable of tagging and handling calls for unique business applications." [ Read More ]

Indosoft Releases Q-Suite 5.5

June 15, 2011 - 7:32 AM - Offering significant enhancements to the Q-Suite ACD trunk tracking module, Indosoft Inc., developers of Q-Suite Call Center ACD Software for the Asterisk telephony platform, recently released Q-Suite 5.5. [ Read More ]

TMCnet Asterisk Week in Review

June 11, 2011 - 12:00 PM - It was a good week for Asterisk® - based solutions, the VoIP market space and emerging optimism about Open Source Software (OSS) in general. [ Read More ]

Advanced Communications Group Deploys Q-Suite Contact Center for Asterisk

June 10, 2011 - 9:21 AM - Indosoft, a provider of contact center software and technology solutions for Asterisk, claimed that its Q-Suite contact center software for Asterisk has been deployed by Advanced Communications Group (ACG), an inbound and outbound call center service provider. [ Read More ]

Discovering the Right Deployment for Your Voice and Media Applications

June 7, 2011 - 4:16 PM - Enterprises are leveraging both voice and media applications to streamline their processes and communicate effectively. At the same time, these enterprises need to know the right platforms for their environments and cultures. [ Read More ]

ACG Achieves Significant Call Center Upgrade after Switching to Indosoft Contact Center Software

June 7, 2011 - 1:03 PM - Advanced Communications Group (ACG), a recognized inbound and outbound call center service provider for some of world's leading telecommunications companies, has deployed Q-Suite contact center software for Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Digium Invites Open Source Software Developers and Other Contributors to the AstriCon Developer Days

June 6, 2011 - 10:41 AM - Digium, the force behind the open source telephony software Asterisk, has invited open source software developers and other contributors to the Asterisk and Asterisk Scalable Communications Framework (SCF) platforms to take part in the upcoming AstriCon Developer Days. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Sponsors VoIP Users Conference

May 24, 2011 - 2:17 PM - The VoIP Users Conference now has a new Platinum Sponsor in the form of Sangoma Technologies Corporation. The company enables and enhances voice and data communication systems with their hardware and software components. Promoting a pulsating community and ensuring the provision of top class education and information to the users and participants, Sangoma has taken this venture to stand along other major sponsors such as s4strategies, ZipDX, Voxeo Labs and Junction Networks. [ Read More ]

Free Webinar Explores Finding the Right Application Development/Deployment Platform

May 20, 2011 - 3:45 PM - Voice and media applications are gaining in importance for the enterprise, which is also increasing the focus on determining the right platform. There is still a debate regarding the "best" way to develop and deploy applications, with options varying between Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), Hosted Solutions, or apps placed in the cloud. To explore this debate further, Sangoma has partnered with TMCnet to offer a free webinar: Determining the "Right" Development/Deployment Platform for Your Voic… [ Read More ]

Survey: Popularity of Open Source Grows in Mobile and Cloud Development

May 20, 2011 - 10:40 AM - A recent survey has shed light on current trends in communications technology. [ Read More ]

Asterisk: First Educational Online Community Portal Launched on TMCnet

May 17, 2011 - 9:28 AM - In a bid to introduce new players to Open Source Technology and take it to a higher level, Sangoma Technologies, a premier provider of software and hardware components with an emphasis on IP Communications Systems, entered into a partnership with TMCnet. This partnership will allow Sangoma Technologies to sponsor and update a series of three Educational Global Online Communities. The first in the series, the Asterisk Global Online Community was launched on TMCnet. [ Read More ]

Asterisk IP PBX Completes Full Communications and Collaboration Suite from Kerio

May 16, 2011 - 9:31 PM - Kerio Operator is a SIP-based IP PBX built on Asterisk, following the fundamental principles of delivering a quality communications platform that is, most importantly, easy to install and use, [ Read More ]

RNS Marketing Migrates Call Center Ops to Q-Suite

May 16, 2011 - 7:50 AM - Officials of Indosoft, which makes contact center technology or Asterisk, have announced that RNS Marketing has migrated its call center operations in New Jersey to Q-Suite. [ Read More ]

Verizon Wins Superior Alternatives Category of the 2011 Red Hat and JBoss Innovation Awards

May 13, 2011 - 4:00 PM - Verizon, operator of the nation's most advanced 4G network and most reliable 3G network, announced that it has won the 2011 Red Hat and JBoss Innovation Award in the Superior Alternatives category. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Sponsors Asterisk Community Portal

May 12, 2011 - 5:29 PM - Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSX VENTURE:STC), a leading provider of hardware and software components that enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for both voice and data, today announced the launch of the first of a series of Global Online Communities on TMCnet. TMCnet is the world's most-read B2B website covering communications technology. [ Read More ]

Sangoma Technologies Names Top Application Contest Winners

May 12, 2011 - 5:17 PM - Telecom hardware and software provider Sangoma Technologies, has just unveiled the winners of its 2010 Top Application Contest, which honors companies that create the best next-generation products and applications for the communications space. [ Read More ]

Internet Service Provider AZCI.net Deploys Indosoft's Asterisk-based iHostPBX

May 12, 2011 - 5:14 PM - Indosoft, which provides multi-tenant call center software for Asterisk, has announced a new deployment of its solution. AZCI.net, an Arizona-based wireless ISP, has successfully deployed Indosoft's iHostPBX. The deployment is expected to allow AZCI.net to expand into VoIP phone services and offer Indosoft's "ePhone" VoIP phone service to customers. [ Read More ]

RNS Marketing Chooses Indosoft's Q-Suite Solution for Contact Center Telephony

May 12, 2011 - 5:11 PM - Indosoft, which provides contact center technology solutions for Asterisk, has announced a new contact center client. RNS Marketing has migrated its call center operations in New Jersey to Indosoft's Q-Suite call center automatic call distributor (ACD). This migration to a VoIP-enabled telephony platform based on Asterisk, an open-source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX), is expected to help RNS Marketing leverage the enhanced call center software feature-sets … [ Read More ]

Asterisk-Based Channel Program Shows Promise for astTECS India

May 12, 2011 - 5:05 PM - A channel program and framework to assure partners double-digit margins has been announced by astTECS India. The IP telephony and open source PBX vendor is focused on securing traditional EPABX resellers to market its products. The company's products are based on the versatility of Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Sangoma D150 Voice Transcoding Delivers Plug-and-Play Capabilities for Asterisk

May 12, 2011 - 5:00 PM - Sangoma Technologies, a provider of hardware and software components designed to enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for voice and data, has announced the launch of the D150 voice transcoding series. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Vendor astTECS Launches Channel Program for EPABX Resellers

May 12, 2011 - 4:49 PM - India-based astTECS, a provider of Asterisk-based PBX systems and other next-generation IP telephony solutions, recently launched a channel program that targets traditional resellers of electronic private automatic branch exchanges, or EPABXs. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces First Complete Online Training Curriculum for Asterisk

March 31, 2011 - 11:52 AM - Digium, Inc., the Asterisk company, has introduced Asterisk Essentials, an online training curriculum for Asterisk users. [ Read More ]

OpenVox Introduces ISDN BRI Cards with Echo Canceller

March 7, 2011 - 8:45 AM - The release of ISDN BRI Cards BE200E/P & BE400E/P has been announced by OpenVox Communications Co. Ltd. The cards will come with a carrier grade hardware echo cancellation module. The advanced on-board hardware echo canceller will allow users to experience great voice quality and stability in the telephony systems. OpenVox is a top provider of the most advanced open source asterisk telephony hardware and software products around the world. [ Read More ]

OpSource Enterprise Cloud Hosting Selected by iViZ Security

February 17, 2011 - 2:07 PM - iViZ Security, a premier cloud-based penetration testing Security Company, has opted for OpSource's Enterprise Cloud Hosting to deliver its suite of Web application and network penetration testing services in the cloud. [ Read More ]

Infobright Unveils Version 3.5 for Enterprise and Open Source Editions

February 17, 2011 - 7:43 AM - Infobright, a company specializing in open source analytic databases, has announced the availability of version 3.5 of Infobright Enterprise Edition (IEE) and Infobright Community Edition (ICE). [ Read More ]

Vertical Communications Unveils MBX IP for Growing SMBs

February 8, 2011 - 1:06 PM - Takeaway: Vertical reaches out to growing small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the new MBX IP, a converged TDM/IP system that scales from 50 to 324 extensions (target is 200 extensions). MBX IP is positioned as the "going forward system" for businesses currently deploying the Vertical SBX IP Key system introduced in 2008 or for customers with a legacy key system from Comdial or Vodavi, two companies previously acquired by Vertical. [ Read More ]

Digium Customers Provided with Easy Access to Ditech Voice Quality Assurance Algorithms

February 2, 2011 - 11:47 AM - Ditech Networks brings more good news at the start of ITEXPO East; it has entered into a marketing partnership with Digium Inc., creator and primary sponsor of the highly successful Asterisk telephony project, making Ditech's Voice Quality Assurance (VQA) algorithms available to the Asterisk developer community. The algorithms were available to the millions of users of the Asterisk Open Source Telephony Project back in October of 2010, but with the new partnership, Asterisk developers can access… [ Read More ]

Intuittech Sdn Bhd's Nagmon Appliance Improves Asterisk System Performance with Alert Function

February 2, 2011 - 10:41 AM - Intuittech Sdn Bhd, a provider of complete PBX software solutions for SMBs and enterprises and 2009 Digium Innovation award-winner, has launched Nagmon Appliance for Asterisk, an appliance that monitors the performance of any Asterisk-based system, providing alert functions. [ Read More ]

Global Asterisk Support Center Intuittech Sdn Bhd's Newest Project

February 2, 2011 - 10:06 AM - Intuittech Sdn Bhd is launching Membantu24 (membantu is the Indonesian word for Help / assist / support), the first global Asterisk support center. [ Read More ]

Indosoft Deploys Q-Suite at VVM's Johannesburg Contact Center

January 31, 2011 - 8:15 AM - Indosoft, a provider of call center ACD software for Asterisk, announced that it has deployed its Q-Suite call center software to enhance the functionality of VVM's Johannesburg contact center operations. VVM is a young and developing company that deals in debt collection & credit management services and by installing the Q-Suite software it will be able to extend its IP-enabled contact center technology platform. [ Read More ]

Momentum Around Asterisk Intensified by Digium in 2010

January 11, 2011 - 2:25 PM - Strong growth in the use of Asterisk and substantial technical advances in the product has marked a successful end of the year for Digium, Inc, Diamond Sponsor of ITEXPO East. Apart from releasing a major upgrade; the use of Asterisk has expanded to 170 countries. Asterisk is open source telephony software created by Digium. The company is also the primary sponsor of this software. [ Read More ]

Asterisk: Building for the Future in 2011

January 1, 2011 - 8:00 AM - 2010 was a banner year for Digium, the Asterisk project and the vibrant community that supports its development. Asterisk 1.8 long term support was released with four years of support in October of 2010 and brought with it a substantial number of new features including secure real-time transport protocol support, IPv6 support, calendaring integration, enhanced call logging, and much more. [ Read More ]

Digium|Asterisk World Makes its Return to ITEXPO in Miami

December 23, 2010 - 12:56 PM - TMC and Digium, the Asterisk company, have announced that Digium|Asterisk World is returning to ITEXPO, February 2-4, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. [ Read More ]

Digium|Asterisk World Makes Triumphant Return to ITEXPO in Miami

December 10, 2010 - 10:26 AM - TMC and Digium, the Asterisk Company, today announced that Digium|Asterisk World is returning to ITEXPO, Feb. 2 to 4, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Asterisk is the world's most widely used open source communications software, and the Digium|Asterisk World event helps the entire Asterisk community learn how to create more flexible and powerful telephony solutions. [ Read More ]

SoftSyl Unveils VoiceXML Platform for Asterisk

November 3, 2010 - 8:05 AM - SoftSyl, a provider of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions for small and medium-size call centers and businesses, released AsterUVX, a premier VoiceXML platform specifically designed to integrate with Asterisk and other open-source telephony platforms. [ Read More ]

Q&A with i6net and Vestec on Asterisk-platform ASR

November 2, 2010 - 7:46 AM - Asterisk-based open platforms are entering the mainstream as a lower-cost, more flexible and obsolescence- resistant alternative (this last feature is especially salient what with mergers and acquisitions amongst business communications suppliers) to standard, traditional proprietary software for routing. [ Read More ]

Asterisk SCF, a New Open Source Framework

October 28, 2010 - 10:35 AM - Digium, Inc., a company that created and provides Asterisk, well known open source communications software, introduced the Asterisk Scalable Communications Framework (SCF) in collaboration with the Asterisk open source community. [ Read More ]

Telecom Service Provider Deploys Predictive Dialer

October 27, 2010 - 4:07 PM - East-European Communications Services, a provider of telecom services, has announced the successful upgrade of its contact center technology platform with the deployment of Q-Suite 5.0, call center software for Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces Asterisk Scalable Communications Framework at AstriCon

October 27, 2010 - 12:10 PM - Specifically, citing a desire to enable even more flexibility than the Asterisk platform already does, Fleming officially announced the Asterisk Scalable Communications Framework (Asterisk SCF), Digium's newest open source project. [ Read More ]

Astricon 2010 Speaker: Asterisk, an Ever-Changing Market

October 26, 2010 - 2:04 PM - Antony Martin will be a keynote presenter at AstriCon 2010, the world's premier Asterisk user conference and expo. AstriCon will kick off on Oct. 26, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Visit Dialogic at booth #207. The complete interview can be found below. [ Read More ]

What is Asterisk - AstriCon 2010 Opens

October 26, 2010 - 11:07 AM - "The PBX is now just another box in your data center," says Smith. "But, Asterisk is much more than just your PBX - it is a program, a toolkit, a platform, a product, a project, a company, and more." [ Read More ]

AstriCon 2010 Speaker: Corporate Users Have More Faith in Asterisk Market

October 26, 2010 - 10:46 AM - There has been an evolution in the Asterisk market with more faith shown by corporate users, said Stephan Monette, president of Unlimitel, Inc. Asterisk now appears to be the preferred PBX platform, he said. Monette has also noticed that large enterprise and government agencies are starting to use Asterisk in production, not just the smaller- and medium-sized businesses. [ Read More ]

AstriCon 2010 Speaker: Corporate Users Have More Faith in Asterisk Market

October 26, 2010 - 10:46 AM - There has been an evolution in the Asterisk market with more faith shown by corporate users, said Stephan Monette, president of Unlimitel, Inc. Asterisk now appears to be the preferred PBX platform, he said. Monette has also noticed that large enterprise and government agencies are starting to use Asterisk in production, not just the smaller- and medium-sized businesses. [ Read More ]

The Changing Asterisk Market as Per an AstriCon 2010 Speaker

October 25, 2010 - 3:50 PM - A TMC representative recently interviewed Kerry Garrison, vice president of strategy at 888VoipStore, about the constantly evolving Asterisk market: [ Read More ]

Open Source Model Helps Push Innovation in the Telecom Space: AstriCon Presenter

October 22, 2010 - 3:27 PM - In an effort to gain a better understanding of the open source model and the Asterisk market in general, TMC CEO Rich Tehrani recently conducted an interview with Cheryln Chin, vice president of marketing for Cloud Telecomputers, maker of the new Glass business phones. [ Read More ]

AstriCon Speaker Highlights Asterisk Success in Israel

October 21, 2010 - 2:40 PM - With so much movement of technology to the cloud, it stands to reason that telecommunications would follow the same path. Asterisk introduced significant promise to the space and in the last year, according to Nir Simionovich, CEO and Chief Architect of Greenfield Technologies Ltd./Humburg Telecom Labs Ltd., the Israel market has shifted considerably. Simionovich recently participated in a TMCnet interview in anticipation of the upcoming AstriCon 2010 event. In Israel, Asterisk was once the poor… [ Read More ]

Asterisk 1.8: Major Release Sports 200 New Features

October 21, 2010 - 9:52 AM - Digium today released Asterisk1.8, a major new release of the popular open source telephony platform. According to Digium, it includes more than 200 notable new features.I spoke with Digium's Product Manager, Steve Sokol, to learn more about this important release. [ Read More ]

AstriCon Speaker to Promote Asterisk and Networking with Attendees

October 20, 2010 - 4:19 PM - Asterisk has been one of the most innovative creations to come to telephony in the last few decades, yet like all technologies, it is changing. According to Stefan Wintermeyer, Managing Director for AMOOMA GmbH, Asterisk is changing in that its market share is become much larger and people have started to realize the potential of the technology. [ Read More ]

Astricon Sponsor Grandstream to be in Attendance at 2010 Conference

October 14, 2010 - 7:59 PM - With ITEXPO behind us, there are still plenty of events and trade shows for telephony companies to participate in before the years end. Next up on the agenda for Grandstream is Astricon, the official conference for Asterisk, an open source PBX, telephony engine, and telephony applications toolkit. Astricon will be holding its seventh consecutive conference from Oct 26-28 2010 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. [ Read More ]

Dialogic to Present on Video Apps at AstriCon

October 13, 2010 - 11:40 AM - Dialogic officials say they'll present on video applications for Asterisk developers at AstriCon 2010, exploring what they say is "the growing opportunity video presents for Asterisk developers in two separate sessions, 'Building Video Applications with Asterisk using the DiaStar Server' and 'Using DiaStar to provide video, media and signaling functionality to Asterisk'." [ Read More ]

ITEXPO: Ditech Networks Brings Voice Quality Algorithms to Asterisk

October 6, 2010 - 8:30 AM - Voice quality has just gotten easier, as Ditech Networks, a provider of voice quality solutions to operators around the world, has introduced to Asterisk users its Voice Quality Algorithms, "VQA," a voice quality monitoring solution. A Platinum sponsor of this week's ITEXPO in Los Angeles, Ditech Networks is now displaying at booth 401 at the conference. [ Read More ]

Gartner Recognizes Digium for Role in Telecom Industry

September 21, 2010 - 1:13 PM - Digium, a provider of open source and open source-based products, has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony report. [ Read More ]

Get $250 for Installing an Asterisk Phone App. Really.

August 31, 2010 - 6:29 PM - Psst. Hey pal, wanna make a quick $250? All's ya gotta do is install an open source Asterisk phone app, and you get $250. What's not to like? [ Read More ]

Speak2Leads Partners with Ifbyphone

August 17, 2010 - 6:26 PM - A strategic partnership relation has been reached between Speak2Leads, the premier provider of simple, web-based lead response management tools, and Ifbyphone, a premier customer interaction company. [ Read More ]

Aretta Video Interview: Leveraging Asterisk in a New Generation

August 6, 2010 - 1:37 PM - Aretta is a next generation hosted telephony service provider out of Atlanta, Georgia that got its start in 2006. Company founders looked at Asterisk in 2006 and determined what it would do for the market. Fribush himself had been with Dialogic before 2006 and explored the opportunity of Asterisk. He then built a company around the hosted Asterisk solution. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces Speakers for AstriCon 2010

July 30, 2010 - 11:13 AM - Digium, which has created Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software, announced that AstriCon 2010, the seventh annual conference and exhibition devoted to the open source Asterisk platform, is quickly taking form with a number of well-known speakers on a range of technical and business topics confirmed. [ Read More ]

Podcast: AstriCon 2010 Set for Asterisk Excitement

June 21, 2010 - 8:48 AM - Those loyal Asterisk users, developers and followers are highly anticipating AstriCon 2010, set to take place this October. For those who are new to the Asterisk community and want to know more, TMCnet's Erik Linask recently talked with Digium's John Todd and Steve Sokol in a podcast. [ Read More ]

Digium Introduces Channel Certification Program

June 16, 2010 - 12:54 PM - Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, has introduced the Digium Channel Certification program, enabling Digium channel partners to enhance their expertise in the business phone systems marketplace and increase their sales of Digium's unified communications and custom VoIP telephony solutions. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces First 21 Exhibitors at AstriCon 2010 Conference

June 9, 2010 - 3:01 PM - Digium, Inc., an Asterisk Company, has announced the list of 21 companies who are the first to reserve space at their upcoming AstriCon 2010 Conference. [ Read More ]

I6NET and Orecx Integrate Products for the Asterisk Platform

May 17, 2010 - 9:36 AM - I6NET Solutions and Technologies Limited, a company specializing in the development of new applications and advanced communication solutions, announced a partnership with Orecx, a provider of open source VoIP call center grade recording solutions, to integrate their products for the Asterisk telephony platform. [ Read More ]

Andi-Co chooses Digium's Switchvox for Improved Communication

May 14, 2010 - 3:13 PM - Digium, the Asterisk Company, has announced that Andi-Co, which markets and distributes kitchen and refrigeration brands Andi, Falcon and GE, has chosen Digium's Switchvox business phone system to support its unified communications needs. [ Read More ]

Panasonic SIP Coreless Phone Systems Certified for Asterisk Telephony Platform

May 4, 2010 - 3:23 PM - Digium has certified the Panasonic line of SIP Cordless Phone Systems, the KX-TGP500 and KX-TGP550, for use with the Asterisk telephony platform. [ Read More ]

Sangoma to Demo Solutions from Six Application Partners

April 6, 2010 - 2:43 PM - Sangoma Technologies has announced that it will showcase solutions from six application partners at AstriEurop 2010, a conference bringing together the European Asterisk community. [ Read More ]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Expands Technology Innovation

March 31, 2010 - 9:32 AM - "Through the combination of Dell PowerEdge servers and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, customers are offered a scalable, high-performance, affordable solution," explained Sally Stevens, vice president of Enterprise Platform Marketing at Dell. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Solutions Partner Announces Launch of E-commerce Site

March 17, 2010 - 10:43 AM - Foehn Ltd, a Digium Asterisk Solutions partner, has launched its e-commerce portal www.voipfoehn.co.uk which offers products for direct purchase that are built on or integrate with Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Digium Signs Distribution Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation

March 9, 2010 - 9:29 AM - Digium Inc., the Asterisk company, has signed a distribution agreement with SYNNEX Corporation to distribute its Switchvox business phone systems and telephony cards to resellers in the U.S. and Canada. [ Read More ]

Loquendo, I6NET Announce Text to Speech Integration into VXI*VoiceXML Browser for Asterisk

February 24, 2010 - 4:01 PM - As a result of the I6NET VXI for Asterisk platform, customers will be able to connect Loquendo's high-quality TTS voices to send and receive voice and video messages, access podcasts, newspapers and more through the leveraging of Loquendo's highly intelligible and human-like text-to-speech. [ Read More ]

Potential Asterisk Security Issue Heightens Need for Updated Dial Plans

February 15, 2010 - 1:47 PM - As more and more business users search for a more economical, manageable solution for their telephony needs, Asterisk-based solutions in particular have emerged as a top choice for small- and medium-sized businesses. Yet, a potential security issue remains with all releases of Asterisk. And to stay protected, users need to update their dial plans, according to a VentureVoip blog posting. The security problem doesn't involve the code, but with the way users construct their dial plans. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Does Skype

February 2, 2010 - 5:53 PM - At ITEXPO, FREETALK Connect demo'd a groundbreaking first: Skype running on an Asterisk platform - a communications marriage made in heaven. Free Skype-to-Skype calls via a low-cost IP PBX: an ideal combination for SMBs. [ Read More ]

VYLmedia Cooperates with AsteriskCNAM for National Service

January 28, 2010 - 12:43 PM - VYLmedia, formerly VoIPYourLife and a provider of enhanced VoIP service, has reportedly signed a partnership agreement with Caller ID name provider AsteriskCNAM to enable AsteriskCNAM augment the inbound Caller ID Name service for VYLmedia's business VoIP customers. [ Read More ]

Digium, Aumtech Announce Partner Relationship

January 26, 2010 - 12:33 PM - Digium, the Asterisk Company, and Aumtech, a vendor of speech and computer telephony integration products, have announced a partner relationship between the companies. [ Read More ]

Aksys Networks Unveils KONNECT Phones for Asterisk at ITEXPO

January 25, 2010 - 2:45 PM - Company officials claim that its newly released KONNECT Phones for Asterisk are the first standards-based VoIP handsets to cleanly deliver Key Telephone System functionality on Asterisk [ Read More ]

ITEXPO: InGenius Connector Now Available in the AsteriskExchange

January 21, 2010 - 11:30 AM - The InGenius Connector acts as a single access point for users to instantly search for and dial contacts, in addition to easily retrieving contact information, documents and e-mails based on incoming caller ID. This application has an optional built-in softphone that has all the same outgoing and incoming PC integration features. [ Read More ]

Digium Launches AsteriskExchange for Asterisk-Based Products

January 21, 2010 - 10:42 AM - The world's most popular open source communications engine, Asterisk is a free software toolkit designed to allow integrators and developers to transform computers into advanced communications systems. In doing so, they can radically improve business productivity while also reducing business communications costs. [ Read More ]

ITEXPO East: Keynote Lineup Includes IT Thought Leaders from Yahoo, Polycom

January 20, 2010 - 8:32 AM - The keynote speakers kicking off ITEXPO East in Miami this week features an all-star lineup of IT decision makers and thought leaders from Yahoo, Polycom and Free Conferencing Corp. [ Read More ]

Asterisk - A Disruptive Force in IP Communications

January 7, 2010 - 10:24 AM - Open Source continues to be disruptive to traditional market leaders. Many have already adopted open source in various stages, selected to certify their phones with open source, and are trying to find ways to ride the wave without hurting, but complementing, their own lines of business. The open source model and licensing model make it a challenge for traditional players to compete and continue to gouge business users' financially. [ Read More ]

Digium, TMC Announce Schedule of Speeches for Digium/Asterisk World 2010

December 30, 2009 - 8:59 AM - Technology Marketing Corporation and Digium, the Asterisk Company, reportedly announced the schedule for speeches in their Presentation theater within Digium|Asterisk World 2010, to be held as part of ITEXPO East in Miami, Jan. 20-22. [ Read More ]

Exhibit Pavilion at Digium/Asterisk World 2010 Completely Sold Out

November 30, 2009 - 9:44 AM - Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) and Digium®, the Asterisk® Company, today announced that all exhibit space has sold out at their expanded Digium|Asterisk World, scheduled to take place Jan. 20-22, 2010 as part of ITEXPO East in Miami, Fla. [ Read More ]

Build Powerful Telephony Systems with Packt's Asterisk1.6 Book

November 23, 2009 - 9:16 AM - Packt, a publishing company, has reportedly announced the publication of a new book titled "Asterisk 1.6." The book, written by three Asterisk Professionals, provides simple to use directives in constructing a fully operable telephone system utilizing Asterisk platform. The book is full of easy-to-follow information to help a reader set up, organize, run and maintain a telephone system built on Asterisk platform for the use of regular and large sized business establishments. [ Read More ]

Digium Partner EUS Networks Deploys Asterisk IP Telephony Solutions for Asset Management Company

November 17, 2009 - 4:24 PM - Digium Inc., known as the Asterisk Company, has announced that telephony integration partner EUS Networks has completed and deployed an Asterisk-powered IP telephony solution for trading room floors for a hedge fund client in the asset management space. [ Read More ]

Siemens, Digium Provide IP Solution for German Insurance Group

November 4, 2009 - 11:14 AM - This partnership will provide organizations with the benefits of Asterisk along with SEN Group's Open Communications approach and product portfolio. [ Read More ]

Should Telcos Abandon Consumer Market; Focus on Business Customers?

October 23, 2009 - 2:16 PM - The big independent telcos, especially the tier two providers, such as CenturyLink, Frontier Communications and Windstream, face a serious conundrum that essentially threatens their historic role as providers of communications services for customers in rural areas, said Samuel Greenholtz, principal at Telecom Pragmatics. The challenges suggest a bit more caution about any new rules that make it harder for these providers to raise capital or run their businesses, since Greenholtz argued they are… [ Read More ]

Dialogic Announces Beta Availability of the DiaStar Server, Version 1.1

October 14, 2009 - 3:35 PM - Dialogic Corp. is in beta with its DiaStar Server, version 1.1, which extends existing Dialogic video features to the open source/Asterisk marketplace. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces New Asterisk-related Online Resources

October 14, 2009 - 1:51 PM - The company has revamped its Asterisk Web site, at www.asterisk.org, which now includes a job bank, documentation, downloadable source code and more. The company is also seeking input, in terms of "new recipes" and other new ideas, from the Asterisk community for the site. [ Read More ]

Need a New IP Phone for your Asterisk IP PBX? Find it and more at AstriCon 2009

October 13, 2009 - 8:52 PM - We believe the relatively inexpensive price of open source systems, compared to proprietary ones (up to 40 percent less, according to a recent report by Eastern Management Group), as well as the flexibility for custom development and integration makes Asterisk an attractive value proposition. [ Read More ]

Altitude Launches First Skype for Asterisk in a Contact Center Suite

October 12, 2009 - 9:05 PM - Skype, a software that makes it possible for people around the world to communicate via voice, video, and IM over the Internet, has become a fast-growing interaction channel in its own right, with some 480 million loyal users worldwide. Jon Arnold, Principal, J Arnold & Associates, told TMCnet "Skype has taken a very simple concept – free voice calls – and built it up into a unique community that continues to grow at a pace that conventional service providers can only dream about." [ Read More ]

The Asterisk Community Converges upon Glendale for AstriCon 2009

October 12, 2009 - 7:47 PM - Asterisk is an IP telephony toolkit facilitating a wide range of applications and unlike anything I had worked with before. Being so close to Asterisk, its applications, its growth and its utility have been a great experience that I would not change for anything. [ Read More ]

Asterisk to Drive Integration of Telephony Devices, Larger Online Experience: AstriCon 2009 Speaker

October 12, 2009 - 9:21 AM - According to Tim Panton – director and founder of Westhawk Ltd and PhoneFromHere.com, a telelphony integration project that uses Digium's Java IAX stack and Nomasystems' IAX2 opensource library, Asterisk has continued to evolve "by adding protocols every few months, each protocol supporting another possible market segment and increasing and growing the user group." [ Read More ]

AstriCon 2009: Asterisk, What's in a Name?

October 9, 2009 - 9:49 AM - AstriCon is the perfect place to have a diverse group of Asterisk users in one room to discuss those opposing points of view. The feedback I receive from the audience will be taken into consideration when we reevaluate the policy, so I'm hoping for an active group of participants. [ Read More ]

Breadth of Asterisk Deployments Considered at AstriCon 2009

October 7, 2009 - 11:48 PM - Asterisk came along ten years ago. It's still here, and it will be here in five years. I wouldn't be surprised to see Asterisk behind many commercial solutions, and to bring additional features and possibilities. Stay with Asterisk, you won't regret it. [ Read More ]

AstriCon 2009: Asterisk Integration Becoming a Necessity, not an Option

October 7, 2009 - 11:26 PM - Asterisk has had a fast ten years of growth due to the ease of implementation, the open development community and new application ideas only limited by the imagination. [ Read More ]

New Features for Asterisk in Focus at AstriCon 2009

October 7, 2009 - 11:09 PM - The reason why such a presentation will be useful is that seeing all the new functions, configuration options, and modes of operation may be overwhelming or even off-putting for people. My presentation aims to give the technical details of how the feature works, a summary of the technical details behind the scenes, plus some tips for how to use the feature to its maximum potential. [ Read More ]

Expanded Content, Larger Expo Hall Highlight AstriCon 2009 Conference Next Week in Arizona

October 6, 2009 - 4:05 PM - The Official Conference for Asterisk Takes Place October 13-15; All attendees receive Three Popular Asterisk Licenses with their Registration Fee. [ Read More ]

Leveraging Asterisk to Bring Speech Technology to the SMB

October 5, 2009 - 9:05 AM - You can see Asterisk doing to the proprietary PBX market what Linux has done – and continues to do – to proprietary operating systems in corporate and Web server markets. [ Read More ]

Asterisk to Gain Momentum among Senior Executives: Integrics

October 1, 2009 - 10:01 AM - According to Alistair Cunningham, managing director of Integrics Ltd, Asterisk already has widespread acceptance among the technical community, its growth driven by "its power and flexibility as a telephony development platform, as well as its open source nature." [ Read More ]

Apstel Unveils Visual Dialplan Code Zone

September 30, 2009 - 10:14 AM - Apstel's 'Visual Dialplan Code Zone' is a Web site for developers to find solutions, share ideas and solve problems. It will be providing developers with code snippets, dial plan examples as well as a wiki containing tutorials - for developers creating applications based on Asterisk platform. In addition, it includes a forum for ongoing discussion and tools, in order to simplify development and testing. [ Read More ]

Vestec and Digium Offer New Speech Recognition Engine for Asterisk

September 17, 2009 - 9:42 AM - Digium and Vestec have joined hands to provide a robust, low-cost speech recognition engine for use with the open source Asterisk telephony platform. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Gets 400 Million New Users

September 15, 2009 - 8:22 AM - Skype for Asterisk, which Digium co-developed with Skype, is the first Skype-sanctioned connector to a full-fledged PBX system. The add-on to an Asterisk PBX lets businesses register as many Skype accounts as they need, allowing users to receive calls from Skype accounts, right on their IP deskphones. [ Read More ]

Digium to Sponsor Asterisk Open Source PBX Workshop at ITEXPO West

August 18, 2009 - 9:03 AM - To deliver an introduction into the Asterisk Open Source PBX, the course offers students an understanding of the role Asterisk can play, walking them through setting up Asterisk for the first time and, upon completion of the course, attendees will also be able to take their knowledge back to their own companies to realize the full value of the Asterisk solution [ Read More ]

VoIP to the Rescue: Asterisk-Based Products Aid Strike Out Productions

August 6, 2009 - 3:56 PM - A self-described natural when it comes to technologies such as electronics and phone lines, Scott Phillips launched his business six years ago – and quickly discovered the IP telephony represented an important avenue toward cost-savings. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces Keynote Speakers for AstriCon 2009

July 29, 2009 - 1:42 PM - Now in its sixth year, AstriCon remains the longest running conference devoted to Asterisk; the most widely used open source telephony software. AstriCon '09 will take place Oct.13-15, and will focus on Asterisk's mainstream adoption in large enterprises and government agencies [ Read More ]

Loquendo, Digium Collaborate to Build Multilingual Speech Applications Based on Asterisk

July 16, 2009 - 10:38 AM - Hunstville, Alabama-based Digium Inc., the company that created and develops Asterisk, an open source telephony platform, has announced a new partnership that will allow for the creation of Asterisk-based multilingual speech applications. [ Read More ]

Digium to Host Asterisk Training Courses at ITEXPO in Los Angeles

July 9, 2009 - 10:21 AM - Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, today announced that they have once again teamed up to host a series of training courses at TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2009 (ITEXPO). This year's event is scheduled to take place September 1-3, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. [ Read More ]

Digium Launches Hardware-based Voice Compression PCI Express Card for Asterisk Systems

June 30, 2009 - 3:14 PM - Digium has released its first hardware-based voice compression card designed for use with voice applications based on the open source Asterisk telephony platform [ Read More ]

Airtel Unveils India's First Android Phone, the HTC Magic

June 26, 2009 - 5:17 PM - Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC Corporation has teamed with Airtel to launch India's first 'Android'-powered mobile phone — the HTC Magic. Google Android offers users with a broad spectrum of mobile applications and services and is an open-source platform running on the Linux operating system. [ Read More ]

Digium and DOW Form Partnership

May 27, 2009 - 12:10 PM - Asterisk developer Digium, Inc. reportedly has signed on a new partner to help the company better target overseas markets. The Huntsville, Alabama-based company, which created and develops Asterisk, the open source telephony platform, entered into a partnership with DOW Networks. Under it, Digium can take advantage of DOW's overseas reach in Latin America and South Africa. [ Read More ]

Speaking with Ming Guang Yong, CEO, Voiceroute

April 22, 2009 - 10:59 AM - Voiceroute's original claim to fame is that its Druid Unified Communications Server not only added a GUI to Digium's open source Asterisk IP PBX, but actually added functionality, such as IM-based call control, a rich end user communications portal, Shared Line Appearances (SLA), unified communications (UC) capabilities, and Microsoft Active Directory. Yours Truly recently spoke with Ming Guang Yong, CEO of Voiceroute. [ Read More ]

Using monit to Monitor Asterisk

April 21, 2009 - 12:16 PM - Your IP-PBX is one of the most critical pieces of corporate infrastructure. It cannot afford any downtime, which is why the term fives 9's (99.999 percent) of reliability was coined. [ Read More ]

Just the Fax: Digium Announces Fax for Asterisk

April 10, 2009 - 3:55 PM - Digium has announced the availability of Fax for Asterisk. The offering provides Asterisk users and integrators a suite of user-friendly applications and a licensed version of the industry-leading fax modem software from Commetrex. [ Read More ]

Aastra Announces Two New SIP Phone Models

April 9, 2009 - 3:17 PM - Perfect for both SMBs and home-based applications, the new models have six lines with call display, full duplex speakerphone as well as excellent voice quality, intercom, paging and auto answer features. In addition, they also have XML browser capabilities. [ Read More ]

Digium, Enterux Announce Asterisk Training Partnership

March 25, 2009 - 9:57 AM - Last week, Digium entered into a partnership agreement with Enterux Solutions Private Limited, a Mumbai, India-based provider of Asterisk-based solutions, to provide authorized Digium training courses to businesses in India. [ Read More ]

New Book from Packt Targets Open Source VoIP through Asterisk

March 11, 2009 - 10:48 AM - Officials at Birmingham, England-based Packt Publishing Ltd say that "Asterisk Gateway Interface 1.4 and 1.6 Programming," penned by Nir Simionovich, helps users create voice-enabled applications using PHP and PHPAGI. [ Read More ]

On Open Source, Security, and Government Consideration

February 19, 2009 - 8:29 AM - I reached out to Digium's John Todd, Asterisk Community Director, for his thoughts regarding the issue of security in open source as well as the need for Government to consider open source projects alongside so-called "commercial" software. His responses follow. [ Read More ]

Dialogic Joins Digium Interoperability Partner Program

February 6, 2009 - 10:45 AM - This announcement marks the first step in certifying the Dialogic 1000 and 2000 Media Gateway Series for use by the Asterisk (News - Alert) community. [ Read More ]

Dialogic Joins Digium Interopability Partner Program

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Digium and Braxtel Communications Announce Software Partnership

January 28, 2009 - 11:04 AM - Big news from Digium, the Asterisk Company, and Braxtel Communications, a provider of comprehensive customer contact solutions. Both companies have announced that Braxtel has become a Digium Software Partner. As a partner, Braxtel will be able to offer its open source Contact Q contact center solution to small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) via Digium's extensive base of channel partners. [ Read More ]

Camrivox Preparing for High Profile at Digium|Asterisk World

January 22, 2009 - 5:07 PM - Unified Communications innovator Camrivox is schedule to be a key speaker at Digium|Asterisk World, an event co-located with ITEXPO East at Miami Beach Convention Center. [ Read More ]

Digium to Host Two New Asterisk Training Courses at Digium|Asterisk World Conference in Miami

January 22, 2009 - 11:53 AM - One-Day Courses Added to Program at Open Source Conference Collocated with ITEXPO, World's Leading IP Communications Conference [ Read More ]

Digium CEO to Give Keynote Speech at TMC's ITEXPO EAST 2009

January 14, 2009 - 10:43 AM - The annual ITEXPO, being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, FL, February 2-4, 2009, is fast approaching to be sure to register for an industry event you can't miss. Once reason being, Digium's CEO, Danny Windham, will deliver a keynote speech. [ Read More ]

Presence Technology Tapped as Digium Open Source Solutions Partner

January 13, 2009 - 8:59 AM - As part of its mission to expand its partner universe and increase the number of value added applications available for their Asterisk Business Edition, Huntsville, Alabama-based Digium, the creators of the open source telephony software Asterisk are always looking to innovative companies. Today Digium has announced the addition of Barcelona-based Presence Technology to its portfolio of so-called Solutions Partners. [ Read More ]

Digium and Asteria Solutions Group Extend Partnership

January 12, 2009 - 3:04 PM - Digium, Inc., the AsteriskCompany, and Asteria Solutions Group, a developer of solutions based on the open source Asterisk telephony platform, today announced the renewal of the two companies' partnership. Asteria has been a Digium Premier Software Partner since 2007 and has contributed to Asterisk since Asteria's founding in 2004. [ Read More ]

Camrivox Makes Flexor CTI Available to Asterisk Community For Free

January 9, 2009 - 10:35 AM - Having been deployed by over 4 million servers across the globe, Asterisk, an open source voice communications software application, is being used by enterprises and individuals alike for managing VoIP calls. [ Read More ]

Speaking With Digium CEO Danny Windham

December 15, 2008 - 12:49 PM - Digium has had a very busy autumn, announcing a partnership with Third Lane, interoperability with XO Communications, a sales agreement with Wavelink, the launch of their Fast Start training program, and more. CEO Danny Windham was kind enough to take some time to answer a series of questions regarding the state of the market as 2008 comes to a close and the company's plans for 2009. [ Read More ]

Appcelerator Announces Public Preview Release of Titanium

December 10, 2008 - 3:45 PM - Appcelerator, a provider of open source technologies for building and managing rich Web applications, has announced the public preview release of Appcelerator Titanium. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Contributor Third Lane Becomes Digium Software Partner

December 10, 2008 - 8:59 AM - Digium, Inc. — creator and primary corporate sponsor of the Asterisk open source telephony platform — and Third Lane have announced that Third Lane has become a Digium software partner. The relationship is not new. The companies have worked together for years and Third Lane has contributed to the open source Asterisk project. [ Read More ]

Digium Defends Asterisk Against Fed Warning: 'Tempest in a Teapot'

December 9, 2008 - 8:16 AM - TMC group publisher and editor-in-chief Rich Tehrani has a recent entry about the Feds "Raining on Digium's Parade" by coming out with a statement about how Asterisk-based systems may be more susceptible to certain attacks, like vishing, spoofing, etc… via VoIP. [ Read More ]

Digium|Asterisk World Promises Education, Networking Opportunties

November 26, 2008 - 7:46 AM - In order to help educate the masses, Digium — the creators of Asterisk — have teamed up with TMC, — the producers of the Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO, or ITEXPO, — to stage the third annual Digium|Asterisk in Miami Beach this February 2–4. The event will be collocated with ITEXPO. [ Read More ]

VoIP - Asterisk Channel Evolution

November 21, 2008 - 3:19 PM - Starting from meager beginnings over three decade's ago, VoIP is a technology that is reshaping the telephony industry. A number of factors have provided resistance to the evolution of VoIP and others that have enabled VoIP to flourish. [ Read More ]

Digium CEO to Deliver Keynote Address at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo East 2009

November 13, 2008 - 3:53 PM - Danny Windham, chief executive officer of Digium – the primary developer of Asterisk – will speak to all registered attendees at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo East 2009, or "ITEXPO," to be held Feb. 2 to 4 in Miami, according to officials with the Norwalk, Connecticut-based Technology Marketing Corporation. [ Read More ]

I6NET and InfoSpeech Partner to Quicken Adoption of VoiceXML Solutions

November 13, 2008 - 11:51 AM - I6NET, a creator of voice and video response platforms, and InfoSpeech, a Spanish company specializing in speech technologies, today revealed they have signed a partnership agreement to speed up the adoption of VoiceXML solutions based on Asterisk and the VXI interpreter by I6NET. [ Read More ]

Third Annual Digium|Asterisk World Exhibit Space Nearing Capacity

November 10, 2008 - 4:23 PM - Norwalk, CT, (November 10, 2008) – Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) announced today that exhibit space for the Third Annual Digium|Asterisk World is nearing capacity, just three weeks after being announced. The event, which is being collocated with the 19th INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO), is being held February 2-4, 2009 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. [ Read More ]

GyPSii Receives Symbian Star Developer Award

October 24, 2008 - 12:19 PM - GeoSentric Oyji's GeoSolutions BV Business Unit has announced that it has been recognized with the prestigious Symbian Star Developer Award. The company received the Most Innovative Symbian Application in recognition of its mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform, the GyPSii. [ Read More ]

TMC and Digium Revamp ITEXPO Web Site; Ready for Online Registration

October 20, 2008 - 11:39 AM - For those interested in attending the upcoming Digium|Asterisk World conference, registration is now open, according to an announcement today from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Digium, the Asterisk Company. [ Read More ]

Digium's AsteriskNOW 1.5 Available Now

October 20, 2008 - 10:30 AM - Digium today announced the release of the latest version of its AsteriskNOW software appliance. [ Read More ]

NVIDIA Telsa Supercomputers Supports ElcomSoft Password Recovery Solution

October 17, 2008 - 5:12 PM - ElcomSoft Co. Ltd., a developer of state-of-the-art computer forensics tool announced that NVIDIA Tesla, compact supercomputers based on NVIDIA GPU acceleration technologies is supporting its Distributed Password Recovery Solution(DPRS). [ Read More ]

Digium|Asterisk World at ITEXPO

October 10, 2008 - 10:34 AM - Earlier this week, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Digium, the Asterisk Company, announced that they have partnered to host Digium|Asterisk World during INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO) East 2009 in Miami, Florida. [ Read More ]

Digium Names Dicar Top Reseller

October 8, 2008 - 8:49 AM - "Our customers largely have been small end users and non-profits," says Dicar CEO Armando Garcia. "They really appreciate being able to save approximately half the cost of a PBX by using Digium's open source software." [ Read More ]

Digium to Offer Introductory Asterisk Training

October 7, 2008 - 9:01 AM - Digium, the creator and primary developer of Asterisk open source telephony software, announced a new training course — Asterisk Fast Start — that is designed to serve as an entry-level course providing an introduction to Asterisk, telephony and the Linux environment. [ Read More ]

Talking with Mark Warren, CEO of Redfone Communications

October 6, 2008 - 2:46 PM - Mark Warren is the CEO of Redfone Communications, LLC (www.red-fone.com), a company that has brought high availability to the world of Asterisk® -based, Linux-powered, open source Voice-over-IP. Prior to Redfone, Warren was Technology Manager at the Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Holdings, from 1997 to 2005. Previously, he ran International Operations for the TV Guide Channel (1995 to 1997). He had worked for the Prevue Channel, which was acquired by TV Guide. [ Read More ]

TMC, DIGIUM AGREE TO CO-HOST DIGIUM|ASTERISK WORLD AT INTERNET TELEPHONY CONFERENCE & EXPO EAST 2009 IN MIAMI

October 6, 2008 - 10:06 AM - Premier Open Source Event Joins Forces with Only Major IP Communications Event [ Read More ]

Telrex Call Recording Solution Certified for Digium Asterisk

September 30, 2008 - 9:06 AM - The company is announcing that that Telrex' CallRex Professional call recording and monitoring solution has been "Digium|Asterisk Certified" for Asterisk Business Edition. CallRex software from Telrex, an affordable, robust call recording software for Asterisk installations, was thoroughly tested in Digium's lab to validate its interoperability with Asterisk Business Edition. [ Read More ]

Ascent Telecom Launches Asterisk and SER-Based VoIP Billing Software

September 26, 2008 - 11:56 AM - Ascent Telecom, a global provider of voice over IP (VoIP) software products, solutions and services, has launched its VoIP billing software that is pre-integrated with Asterisk and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Express Router (SER) switching and PBX telephony platforms. [ Read More ]

Digium and Skype Collaborate to Bring Skype to Business Phone Systems

September 26, 2008 - 10:09 AM - Skype, a global Internet communications company, and Digium, a creator and primary developer the open source telephony platform, Asterisk, have come together and announced the beta version of Skype For Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Skype and Asterisk Ink Deal

September 25, 2008 - 12:59 PM - Skype's Vice President and General Manager of telecoms, Stefan Oberg, today revealed at his Astricon address the Skype For Asterisk Beta program. This is a huge announcement as it marks the first step towards adding Skype capabilities to Asterisk-based-phone systems, connecting small and mid-sized businesses to the more than 338 million registered Skype users across the globe. [ Read More ]

Digium Recognizes Asterisk Innovation

September 24, 2008 - 8:59 AM - Digium, the Asterisk company, is taking time to honor those deployments of their open source telephony platform that are most innovative, creative and commercially successful with 2008 Digium Innovation Awards, being presented today at AstriCon, the conference and exhibition dedicated to Asterisk. [ Read More ]

Digium Founder & CTO Discusses Transition to Asterisk as a Platform for Communications

September 19, 2008 - 7:36 AM - Mark Spencer, the founder and CTO of Digium, was the featured keynote speaker at the recently concluded AsterConference, which took place in Kuala Lumpur. [ Read More ]

Camrivox Joins Digium Technology Partnership Program

September 17, 2008 - 11:23 AM - Digium, the Asterisk Company, today announced that Camrivox Limited, a Unified Communications (UC) trendsetter and developer of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) software for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) market, has enrolled in the Digium Technology Partnership Program. This partnership is expected to provide a true desktop CTI solution to the world's primary open source telephony ecosystem. [ Read More ]

At ITEXPO West, cyLogistics Showcases TrueBill Version 2.0

September 16, 2008 - 1:25 PM - cyLogistics is a specialty VoIP distributor that since 1989, has focused its efforts on the open enterprise market segment. They've stayed abreast of the latest technology for decades now, in the process delivering products to the ever-changing reseller channel, maintaining its position as a top supplier in Silicon Valley. The appearance and evolution of VoIP has dramatically transformed vendors, products, delivery vehicles, and channels. [ Read More ]

Helping Shape the Future of Open Source Policy

September 2, 2008 - 4:36 PM - Michelle Petrone-Fleming is the Contracts Manager and In-House Counsel for Digium, Inc. She is responsible for contract drafting and negotiations in areas such as software licensing, partnerships, resellers, OEM, and distributor relationships. She also handles intellectual property issues for Digium such as trademark registration, trademark enforcement, and trademark policy. [ Read More ]

Digium Senior Software Engineer to Discuss Current State of Asterisk

August 26, 2008 - 2:23 PM - Russell Bryant is Senior Software Engineer/Open Source Team Lead, at Digium. Bryant will be speaking at the upcoming Astricon in Glendale, AZ, September 22–25. I recently caught up with Bryant, and here's what he had to say about the upcoming event, his company's position in the open source market, and more. [ Read More ]

Digium: UC and Web 2.0 Creating Open Source Opportunities in SMB Market

August 22, 2008 - 11:01 AM - Sometimes overlooked in the excitement over UC and Web 2.0 is the role of open source for SMBs. This is one spot where Bill Miller, vice president of product management at Digium, sees a great deal of potential. [ Read More ]

Open Source, Masochists, Friendly Puppies… Sounds Like Fun!

August 20, 2008 - 6:06 PM - Unified communications is a topic that has been of interest to the telecom industry since before the computer age. It is not a new concept, but new philosophies about the development of technology herald the possibility of achieving something that has thus far eluded us. [ Read More ]

Welcome to the Open Source Revolution

August 20, 2008 - 1:27 PM - On August 15th, Tony Rybczynski of Nortel blogged about Nortel "opening up" to PingTel with the announcement of Nortel's purchase of that company. In the blog entry Tony referenced an earlier post about why he felt that Asterisk, while older, was an inferior solution to sipXecs. Digium's vice president of product management Bill Miller offered his opinion and posted his response to Tony's blog. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces Release of Version 1.2.0 for Asterisk Appliance 50

August 19, 2008 - 9:44 AM - Digium has announced the latest release of its full-featured, cost-effective Internet Telephony in a user-friendly package. The Asterisk Appliance 50 (AA50) is the first to feature Digium-developed AsteriskGUI framework and is designed to bring small to medium enterprises a feature-rich, cost-effective, reliable telephony solution. [ Read More ]

Expert to Speak on Asterisk and Two-Factor Authentication at Astricon

August 18, 2008 - 12:43 PM - Established in 1992, Call One was the first telecommunications provider to be certified by the Illinois Commerce Commission as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and continues to be the largest reseller of AT&T local and global network services. Clinton James, as chief information officer, is responsible for Call One's technology direction and development. I had the chance to pose some questions to the Call One CIO in advance of Astricon, which is being held in Glendale, AZ, from September 23–… [ Read More ]

Digium Drives Open Source VoIP, Named Corporate Telephony Visionary by Gartner

August 13, 2008 - 9:00 AM - In recognition of its continued promotion and development of open source telephony solutions, Gartner has now named Digium to its Visionary quadrant, placing it in a class beside giants like Microsoft. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Consultant VICIDIAL Group to Speak At Astricon

August 8, 2008 - 5:22 PM - VICIDIAL is a set of programs that are designed to interact with the Asterisk Open-Source PBX Phone system to act as a complete inbound/outbound call center suite. VICIDIAL can function as an ACD for inbound calls or for closer calls coming from VICIDIAL outbound frontiers and even allows for remote agents logging in from remote locations as well as remote agents that may only have a phone. [ Read More ]

Digium Announces Keynote Speakers for AstriCon '08

August 6, 2008 - 10:00 AM - Digium, the Asterisk Company, has announced that Brian Aker of Sun Microsystems/MySQL and Stefan Öberg of Skype are set to be keynote speakers for AstriCon '08. [ Read More ]

Allison Smith to Speak to Asterisk IVR Users

August 6, 2008 - 9:02 AM - Allison Smith has one of the most recognized voices in the world. Sort of… The fact is people hear Allison's voice all the time, but they have no idea who she is, or anything about her. Well starting today, anybody deploying an Asterisk-based phone system with IVR (interactive voice response) technology provided by Cepstral will become very familiar with Allison's voice. [ Read More ]

'Private' Calls Not So Private, According to Digium CTO

July 24, 2008 - 11:44 AM - In honor of Hacker Awareness Month, last weekend kicked off the seventh The Last HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference, where industry experts discussed network security awareness. Sponsored by 2600 Magazine, the conference brings the hacker community together from around the world, at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. [ Read More ]

Mavenspire's Digium Asterisk Bootcamp Scheduled for September

July 21, 2008 - 9:22 AM - Mavenspire today announced its first Digium Training course, Asterisk Bootcamp. [ Read More ]

snom Launches Installation Training Aimed at Newcomers to VoIP

July 14, 2008 - 10:42 AM - Voice over IP telephony specialist snom technology has launched its latest initiative to drive more users to the VoIP business model, according to the company. snom is instituting a worldwide series of training events on installing the VoIP telecommunications systems by Asterisk and snom's VoIP telephones. [ Read More ]

Leslie Conway Joins Digium as Vice President of Global Marketing

July 10, 2008 - 7:55 AM - Digium announced that Leslie Conway has joined the company as vice president of global marketing. [ Read More ]

Webinar: Finding Reliable Open Source Solutions Using AudioCodes

July 8, 2008 - 11:37 AM - Next week, a panel of experts is hosting a free Webinar to give those designers an effective way around those problems, using products from an Israel-based VoIP company with U.S. offices in Somerset, New Jersey. [ Read More ]

Asterisk Pioneer Calls for Innovative Open Source Applications

July 1, 2008 - 9:00 AM - Building on the success of last year's inaugural awards program, Digium, Inc., is once again inviting Asterisk developers, customers, and partners to submit their applications for consideration and to take part in the second annual Digium Innovation Awards. [ Read More ]

Digium Ships Four Million Asterisk Ports

June 24, 2008 - 9:01 AM - Either way you look at it, Asterisk, and Digium have certainly carved out their space in the telecom world. The proof is in the pudding, so to speak, and today's announcement that Digium has shipped its four-millionth port is a significant indication that Asterisk is growing in popularity, as the market increasingly looks to open source to fulfill their telecom needs. [ Read More ]

It's Official: Germans Love Asterisk

June 11, 2008 - 12:22 PM - The running joke is that "Germans love David Hasselhoff." Fact is, it's only a joke here in the U.S., because Germans really do like his music, which has enjoyed much wider popularity in Europe. What does this have to do with open source? Well apparently Germans love Asterisk-based communication solutions. [ Read More ]

Digium Releases AA300 Appliance for Mid-Sized Companies

June 9, 2008 - 11:37 AM - Digium has said that it executed on the initial planned build-out of the Switchvox appliance family with the release of the Digium Switchvox AA300 appliance. [ Read More ]

101 Things You Can Do With Asterisk

June 6, 2008 - 3:02 PM - Open source is gaining in adoption throughout the world as users are discovering the inherent benefits of the platform. What these users may not know is that Asterisk offers some of the most powerful open source technology offerings, but that is soon about to change. [ Read More ]

ABP Technology Set for 5th Annual IP Sizzles Event Next Month

June 5, 2008 - 12:38 PM - ABP Technology is gearing up to host its 5th annual IP Sizzles next month, an event designed to maximize reseller's business opportunities by connecting industry leaders and resellers in VoIP, Wireless, IP Video, IP Surveillance, IP Infrastructure and IP service providers. [ Read More ]

Digium Cruises Into Summer With Partnerships, Asterisk Community

June 4, 2008 - 8:41 AM - In the last week, Digium has made several news announcements, including a partnership with Fanstel to offer SIP Phones designed to interoperate with Asterisk Business Edition and a software partnership with Asteria Solutions Group. I posed a few questions to Bill Miller, Digium's vice president of Management and Marketing regarding the news and asked about several other initiatives on the current Digium roadmap as the company heads into the summer months. [ Read More ]

Digium and Asteria Solutions Groups Announce Partnership

June 3, 2008 - 9:42 AM - Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, is announcing Asteria Solutions Group, developer of Asterisk-based solutions, as its premier software partner. [ Read More ]

Digium Forms Partnership with Fanstel to Deliver Interoperability

June 2, 2008 - 10:41 AM - Digium Inc., the Asterisk Company, and Fanstel Corp. have announced a partnership that is designed to help ensure interoperability between Fanstel telephones and Digium products. [ Read More ]

Digium Enhances Commitment to Customer Service Excellence with Two New Appointments

May 20, 2008 - 3:42 PM - Digium, the Asterisk Company, has announced the appointment of well-respected Asterisk Community veteran John Todd as the company's Open Source Community Director. This appointment is expected to highlight Digium's role as the creator and innovative source behind the Asterisk open source PBX and telephony project [ Read More ]

Thirdlane PBX 6.0 Simplifies Asterisk Management

May 16, 2008 - 12:11 PM - Fairfax, California-based Third Lane Technologies has announced a suite of new capabilities for the Thirdlane PBX software appliance and Thirdlane PBX Manager GUI. [ Read More ]