Q&A: Fonality CEO on Avaya and the open-source opportunity
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| The enterprise always moves more cautiously than the small business
| and they need to see proof of life. They wait a couple of years.
| They waited on Linux too while the small guys moved earlier.
| Enterprises also have stringent scale requirements and it takes
| a while to be software scalable. Avaya supports 20,000 seats,
| while Asterisk is better suited for less than 500.
|
| [...]
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| I just think it's a time as related to brand equation. It's the
| same barrier that Linux had. It just took a number of years for
| the world to wake up to Linux being more affordable and stable
| than Microsoft. And I think the world is going through that same
| wakeup phase with open-source telephony.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=16C5DACA-EEC5-4C9B-B856-183A5B4307DC
More here:
http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/06/index.html#000511
Related:
Vyatta and Digium Partner on Open-Source Voice and Data Networks
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| Vyatta, the leader in open-source data communications, and Digium,
| the leader in open-source voice communications, will work together
| to make it easier for customers to purchase, deploy, and maintain
| high-quality, integrated voice and data platforms.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070521/20070521005649.html?.v=1
Open source and secret sauce
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| Open source router outperforming Cisco device in test revives the
| "commodity" vs. "special purpose" debate
|
| [...]
|
| Marketing trumped technology, however. Competitors would say "you don't
| want to trust your network to a PC" -- even though it really wasn't a PC.
| And FUD prevailed. Today we can expect to hear the same comments made in
| reference to open source. Will they work this time?
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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/041107tolly.html?fsrc=rss-ibm
Comcast invests in Vyatta, open source router maker
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| The company has raised a total of $18.5 million so far. The
| investment indicates that cable carriers are getting serious
| about chasing the small and medium sized businesses, and
| competing with the telephone companies in more than just
| consumer markets.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/04/01/vyatta-comcast/
University dumps Cisco VOIP for open-source Asterisk
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| SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off
| of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux
| servers running Asterisk...
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1646405846;fp;4;fpid;78268965
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