In the world of VIOP phone systems a new member is giving Cisco and Nortel some competition. The up and coming player is Asterisk an open source Linux based VIOP phone system. When you think VIOP Cisco is usually the first thing to come to mind followed closely by Nortel but both are expensive to start up and their operating systems are proprietary. Asterisk Now is an open source platform and is free to download and run in VOIP mode without any additional equipment other than a standalone PC and an IP phone.
I have the first version Asterisk software and use it as a home phone system to play around with all the features. I install both Cisco and Nortel phone system in my current job so I get a chance to compare features. The new version Asterisk Now is a complete VOIP phone system download as it has the operating system built-in. This will work for small business but as it is a new company to VOIP it will take some time before it has the name recognition of the larger companies. I have a few customers that have switched from a small phone system to the Asterisk VOIP system and they seam to enjoy it but they have a Linux based shop so it was an easy transition.
If you would like more information you can visit http://www.asterisk.org/about and
http://www.digium.com/en/index.php
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Isn't Linux the heat!?!? Aren't you glad you had 3 semesters of it! Sincerely, Linus Torvalds
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