Hybrid Spins, Price cuts and more…
I really like marketing spins, there is nothing more amuzing than a good marketing spin – especially when its being performed by a big company. Israel, as much as I don’t like admiting it, is one of the world’s biggest spin experts, especially when it comes to technology and marketing. One of my best friends […]
Open Source has bad reputation in Israel! – Part II
As if my previous post was’t enough, this week the ever annoying bad rep of Open Source in Israel showed its face yet again. This time, I’m talking about a recent talkback on the thecom.co.il online magazine website. The talkback was related to an article relating to various telecom tenders currently in progress in Israel. As […]
Open Source has bad reputation in Israel!
The Open Source movement had been in existence since the 60’s, and we can surely find its roots somewhere along the hippie culture and movement. While Free-Love had transcended to Free-Code, or to be more exact – Free-Knowledge, the question of the sources for your Open Source is still questionable. Comparing it with the Sixties, […]
Get Ready – isrAsterisk 2009 is coming
It’s been WAY TOO LONG, since isrAsterisk 2007. On January 2007, the first ever Asterisk convention took place in Israel, since then, nothing had really happend in Israel – in terms of community events. It’s high time to have another one, and hopefully, get the ball rolling into a state where we will have one […]
Thoughts of Virtualization – Part III – Multiple Asterisk Gateways
While this post is titled “Thoughts of Virtualizaiton”, the applications described can be easily applied to non-VM type installations. Virtualization is a wonderful tool, it enables rapid growth and rapid deployment of new servers and services. However, just like any other platform that tends to grow across the time line, it poses the same annoying […]
FBI Claims Asterisk is unsafe – what a load of bull
After seeing well too many movies about the US and after visiting the US for a few times, many people tend to disrespect the FBI in the USA. While I have much respect for most law enforcement agencies, wherever these are located in the world, I must admit, that the latest warning from the FBI […]
Open Source SBC – Is there such a thing?
Session Border Controllers (SBCs) are utilized as a means to providing both load balancing and security structures for VoIP networks. To be completely honest, 90% of my customers utilize SBC appliances, be it Acme Packet, Juniper, NexTone or others. According to a report by Transnesus, a combination of OpenSER and Asterisk can be utilized as […]
Thoughts of Virtualization and Asterisk
Over the past 2 years, I’ve come to love the world of virtualization. Thanks to Intel over blowted hardware, the ever dropping price of memory chips and the available of hard drives that hold more information than an 80’s main frame – virtualization became a must for almost any sane minded Linux users. Since the […]
PIKA Warp + FreePBX = Still some distance to go…
As I wrote a couple of days, I’m currently in the process of evaluating the PIKA WARP appliance. As I already said before, the PIKA WARP isn’t a real PBX, but actually a framework for building PBX type appliances. For me, the entire evaluation process is more or less a process of trial and error, […]
Pokemon Asterisk Anyone?
So, over the past 2 years, we’ve seen many Asterisk appliances – ranging from the Digium AADK on one side of the spectrum to the RoweTel IP04 appliance, it is clear that appliances are the hottest thing in the Asterisk sector to-date. While most appliances take on a similar form, usually one of the following: […]