Open Source Telephony and How Not to Spend a Million Dollars - 16 February 2009
Vancouver Linux Users Group
http://www.vanlug.bc.ca
Open Source Telephony and How Not to Spend a Million Dollars on an
Enterprise Phone System
George Pajari
Anthony Rodgers
Mon, 16 February 2009 7:30 - 9:00 pm
BCIT, Bldg SE6, TELUS Theatre
Open Source telephone systems are changing the way organisations of
all sizes are building their communications infrastructure. Asterisk
is a free software package that turns a PC or server into a phone
system that can span the range from single-person offices to the
15,000 phones at the University of Pennsylvania, for a fraction of the
cost of traditional phone systems from the likes of Nortel and others.
Such flexibility and power earned Asterisk InfoWorld's 2008 Technology
of the Year Award for an IP PBX.
George Pajari, a certified Asterisk consultant with netVOICE
communications, will open the evening with a short discussion on
recent developments with Asterisk and related products. He will
demonstrate AsteriskNOW, essentially an IP PBX on a CD, and one of a
new range of Asterisk-based microPBX appliances.
Anthony Rodgers, Communications Specialist with the District of North
Vancouver, will discuss his experience in replacing a phone system
serving over 500 extensions with Asterisk, saving the District almost
a million dollars over the alternative proprietary approach and
enabling the District to deliver improved service to staff and residents.