We recently had the opportunity to talk with many of our customers and partners from around the world. It’s always interesting to hear the great stories about how both Switchvox and Asterisk are helping our customers solve a communication challenge while also providing the best value. In fact, we keep hearing that customers are surprised to discover the substantial features offered at such a low cost, especially when comparing it to other competing solutions. But, they are even more surprised to learn that a new Digium UC solution can actually save them money over their existing, old phone system. That’s [...]

Ready to make your Asterisk resolution? Yes, we realize December is a busy time of year. But, it also happens to be the time of year when people start making plans for 2012, including New Year’s resolutions.  We feel confident that learning a new skill – or enhancing an existing one – must be at the top of your list for the coming year. More specifically, you are probably gearing up to learn or improve your knowledge of Asterisk! Here’s the good news. Asterisk continues to rank as the most widely used open source communications platform worldwide – so, expanding [...]

In case you haven’t heard, we just introduced our family of Redundancy appliances, officially called “R-Series.” Using these inexpensive, flexible products, administrators of Asterisk-based communications systems can build fully redundant solutions that allow continued communications in the event of a software or hardware failure. The R-Series products used in conjunction with Asterisk will ensure communications resiliency in the most demanding environments. In other words, R-Series appliances allow physical-layer failover of digital (T1, E1, PRI or BRI) or analog telephone connections to Asterisk systems. If the primary server fails, the R-Series device will move all telecommunications services to the backup server. [...]

Congratulations to Clarity, a division of Plantronics, for being recognized as the Digium Innovation Award winner. The Digium Innovation Award is designed to recognize developers, customers and partners for outstanding achievements that are improving business processes, overcoming technology challenges and enhancing the company’s bottom line. Based in Chattanooga, Tenn., Clarity is the leading supplier of amplified telephones, notification systems, assistive listening devices and other communications devices for millions with hearing loss. With Asterisk-based technology, the company created ClarityLogic, a first-of-its-kind service that enables customer representatives to remotely retrieve and adjust settings, quickly resolving customer issues. This is critically important for [...]

Following a fun and successful AstriCon 2011, we’re back to work planning content for Asterisk World 2012 at IT Expo East in Miami, Florida.  This year’s Asterisk World will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center February 1st through 3rd, 2012.  If you’ve got an interesting story to share with the Asterisk community, please take a moment to submit a talk at the following URL: http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/digium-asterisk-world/east-12/e-12-call-for-papers.aspx For details on IT Expo East and the Asterisk World sessions st the show, stop by the event’s web site here: http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/digium-asterisk-world/east-12/ We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in [...]