Digium(R) Unveils New Software Appliance AsteriskNOW(TM).AsteriskNOW[TM] Enables Asterisk Implementations in 30 Minutes or Less HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Digium[R], Inc., the Asterisk[R] company, today announced its first software appliance A software environment that inclues the operating system and application. It is designed for installation in standard hardware that will be dedicated to running that single application. A "hardware appliance" is the software appliance and computer packaged as a single product. , AsteriskNOW[TM], the open source distribution of Asterisk featuring a Digium-designed GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. . AsteriskNOW includes a new setup wizard that guides users through the installation process with ease, regardless of any previous Linux experience. The solution can be up and running within 30 minutes. The AsteriskNOW distribution includes all the Linux components necessary to run, debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. and build Asterisk, making Asterisk easier to install and maintain in the office or at home. Users can navigate through a simple setup wizard, including the ability to use default dial plans and easy configurations. The AsteriskNOW GUI is highly flexible, giving users the ability to add, modify and delete users. Download options include ISO/CD Image, VM Player image, Xen universal guest image and LiveCD (burn and boot). "Digium appreciates the initial response to AsteriskNOW. We placed the initial beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. on AsteriskNOW.org last month and have experienced over 2,000 downloads per day without any promotion! Our goal of reducing the complexity of installing and using Asterisk will expand the market for Digium into more mainstream use," said Mark Spencer Mark Spencer (born April 8, 1977) is a computer engineer and is the original author of the GTK+-based instant messaging client Gaim (has since been renamed to Pidgin), the L2TP daemon l2tpd and the Cheops Network User Interface. , president of Digium and creator of Asterisk. "Unlike other Linux distributions used to deploy Asterisk, AsteriskNOW does not have unnecessary components that could compromise security or performance." AsteriskNOW, based on the recently released Asterisk 1.4, is Digium's open source software appliance. The AsteriskNOW.org website includes a forum for community support and feedback as well as a developer blog. Support and Availability AsteriskNOW is available for download on the official AsteriskNOW website www.asterisknow.org and www.asterisk.org. About Digium Digium, Inc., the Asterisk company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony See Asterisk PBX and OpenMoko. platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including the Asterisk Business Edition[TM], its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services. Used in combination with Digium's telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. , switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium's offerings include legacy PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. , auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Additional information can be found at www.digium.com. About Asterisk Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium, Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX See Asterisk PBX. , SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure. The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, the Asterisk logo, and AsteriskNOW are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners. |
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