Digium Announces the Launch of Asterisk 1.2 at the IP.4.IT Conference; Asterisk 1.2 has over 3,000 improvements, upgrades, fixes and additions.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. & LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev. -- Digium Inc., the creator of Asterisk(R) and pioneer of open source telephony See Asterisk PBX and OpenMoko. , announced Asterisk 1.2, today at the IP.4.IT conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Asterisk 1.2 is the first major revision to Asterisk since the release of Asterisk 1.0 in September 2004, and includes over 3,000 feature additions and improvements to the overall performance and efficiency of memory usage. Asterisk, the world's first open source 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). , offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over 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. , IP and other architectures. "We have been working very hard with the support of the Asterisk community to release version 1.2 of Asterisk," said Mark Spencer, president of Digium and creator of Asterisk. "As Asterisk plays an ever expanding role in the telecommunications industry, it's important to support the rapid development model of open source software - quickly moving features from concept to product while retaining software quality and architectural integrity." A significant number of changes have been made to the core of Asterisk including code formatting, simplification and documentation. The Asterisk developer community extends all over the world, and the new changes incorporated in Asterisk 1.2 make it easier for new developers to get involved. New features include: --Improved voicemail features --Addition of the DUNDi (Distributed Universal Number Discovery Distributed Universal Number Discovery (DUNDi) is a P2P protocol for providing services equivalent to those provided by ENUM. In simple terms, it is like asking your neighbouring peer whether he knows how to reach a certain phone-extension or VoIP client. ) protocol --Easier Asterisk configuration --Creation of a Realtime Database Configuration Storage Engine --More power added to the Asterisk Dialplan --Introduction of Asterisk Extension Logic, a new, flexible method for configuring the dialplan --New interface for dynamic 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. flow control --Configurable access to general call features --Improved SIP protocol support --New features for the IAX See Asterisk PBX. (Inter-Asterisk eXchange) protocol --Use of sound files for native music-on-hold --Customized CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. Support --PRI support improvements Support and Availability Asterisk 1.2 will be available for download from Digium's website (www.digium.com), FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. servers after 5:00PM Pacific Standard Time on November 16th. About Digium Digium is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first Open Source PBX and Asterisk Business Edition, the professional-grade version of Asterisk. Used in combination with Digium's PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium solutions reduce the costs of traditional TDM and VoIP implementations through open source, standards-based software and innovative hardware solutions, including legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, and next generation gateways, media servers, and application servers. Digium hardware supports traditional voice and data protocols, and packet protocols such as IAX(TM) (Inter-Asterisk eXchange), and SIP VoIP. Digium provides a highly refined selection of quality hardware and software products, developed and implemented using innovative engineering techniques (primarily open source development). A full range of professional services complement these product lines, including consulting, technical support, and customer software development services. The open source communications revolution is here, and Digium is leading the way. About Asterisk Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed from open source software engineers around the world. It supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces. It also supports US and European standard signaling types used in standard business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure. Using the IAX Voice over IP protocol, Asterisk merges voice and data traffic seamlessly across disparate networks. Asterisk is available as open source under the GPL See GNU General Public License. 1. GPL - General Purpose Language. 2. GPL - ["A Sample Management Application Program in a Graphical Data-driven Programming language", A.L. Davis et al, Digest of Papers, Compcon Spring 81, Feb 1981, pp. 162-167]. , and from Digium in the professional Asterisk Business Edition package, or under commercial license terms. The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners. |
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