Nortel goes open source for unified communications
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| Telephony has at last become an IT product, claimed Nortel as it announced
| SCS500, an open source-based unified communications suite for small and
| mid-sized businesses.
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| http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1289252852&rid=-50
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| They just use open source, but seemingly give nothing back.
|
| Don't show me the money. Show me the CODE!
|
| A common statement with any business is "Show me the money". This is because
| of how businesses work. They work in terms of income verses outcome and they
| regard competition as market share and profit margins and feel free to
| include any other buzz words as you see fit.
|
| [...]
|
| So the competition is there. The motivation is there. The reward is there.
| Even the money is there. All of this because someone said "Show me the CODE!"
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/dont-show-me-the-money-show-me-the-code-23653
Recent:
Nortel considers Linux desktops for its staff
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| Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak, who joined the Canadian telecoms and network
| equipment vendor last July, said "more and more CIOs are looking at Linux
| desktop for reasons of TCO" and argued that the technology "is receiving the
| same level of attention today as when Linux started on servers."
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http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN731846314.html
Open Source Meets Unified Communications
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| Watch out, Cisco. Move over, Microsoft. Unified communications and the
| Asterisk open source platform are on a collision course. In fact, a startup
| called Worxbox hopes to accelerate that convergence. Here’s why anyone
| interested in the unified communications market should care.
|
| In recent months, Asterisk has transitioned into the mainstream. More and
| more businesses and universities are embracing Asterisk as an open source PBX
| replacement to traditional phone systems.
|
| Digium, one of Asterisk’s strongest backers, recently won a global
| distribution deal that should allow the IP PBX to accelerate its worldwide
| acceptance.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/04/02/open-source-meets-unified-communications-2/
Everything in Unison on Linux
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| Software developer Unison has launched what it claimed is the world's first
| fully-unified communications suite based on Linux.
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http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=11629
SMEs to be offered cut-price Linux-based unified comms platform
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| A Linux-based unified communications platform will be launched at next
| month's CeBIT show in Germany. The software-based beta solution will be
| available for firms to download from next month.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/22/229533/smes-to-be-offered-cut-price-linux-based-unified-comms.htm
Related:
Report: SEC to fine Nortel over accounting fraud
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| U.S. securities regulators are planning to fine Nortel Networks up
| to $100 million for accounting fraud, Bloomberg reported on its
| Web site Friday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6189861.html
Nortel Strong Arms Open Source Vendor
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| What happens when a VoIP blog (yours truly) writes about the fact
| that a former Nortel subsidiary (Blade Network Technologies) went
| looking for a new phone system, chose an open-source Asterisk-based
| solution from Fonality instead of using Nortel's own PBX and then
| agreed to go on record on the VoIP & Gadgets blog about why they made
| such a shocking decision?
|
| A) Nothing - it's a VoIP blog - who cares? Nortel is an $11 billion
| dollar company that certainly doesn't read blogs for their news.
| B) Nortel reads the blog post, is a little peeved, but other than
| some emails sent internally, no one outside Nortel would ever know
| they were annoyed.
| C) A Nortel Board Member flips out over the article, contacts
| Blade and then pressures Blade to return the Fonality system and
| have Fonality print a retraction to the blog article (and the
| subsequent press release).
|
| If you answered C) congratulations, we have a winner!
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http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/nortel-strong-arms-open-source-vendor.asp
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