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Skype for Asterisk end of sale – July 26, 2011

roderickm May 26th, 2011

Skype for Asterisk will not be available for sale or activation after July 26, 2011. This unique software provides Asterisk with a native connection to the Skype network, including abilities to call Skype names directly, publish and use presence information, exchange text chat messages, and much more. This native connection is significantly more powerful than [...]

Asterisk , Digium , Genuine Asterisk , Products , Small and Medium Business , Voice over IP
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The Importance of Looking Ahead

Bryan Johns May 3rd, 2011

Last week marked the retirement of the 1.4 and 1.6 branches of Asterisk to security maintenance only. This means that the 1.4 and 1.6 versions of the Asterisk open source telephony framework will only receive necessary security patches going forward and all feature enhancements, bug-fixes and other new work will be applied to the 1.8 [...]

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Astricon 2011 Call for Speakers

Bryan Johns April 27th, 2011

It’s that time of year again! Digium is excited to announce Astricon 2011 to be held October 25-27 this year in Denver, Colorado. Now that we know where and when this year’s conference will be held, we are putting out a Call for Speakers to the community of Asterisk users, developers and partners. This year’s [...]

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PBX in the Cloud or in the Closet?

Bryan Johns January 26th, 2011

This opinion piece covers the arguments for and against hosted and premises PBX deployments in different customer and usage scenarios. It also explores the merits of a third, “co-located” solution design as a legitimate alternative for certain requirements.

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Finding My Footing

Bryan Johns November 12th, 2010

Hello, Asterisk Community. My name is Bryan Johns. I am a long-time Asterisk proponent and promoter who comes from a seven year history of deploying Asterisk solutions into corporations and carriers across the United States. I believe that open source platforms like Asterisk and Asterisk SCF are radically changing the telecommunications landscape and I derive [...]