I know some of you work with Asterisk. I’ve set a system up, but haven’t done much with it so far. Too many hours in the day. Everything I’ve read, and I’ve read a lot, says it’s a pretty awesome. My actual field work with VoIP has been much more enterprise oriented and I honestly can’t think of a large enterprise I’d recommend Asterisk to as a solution fit. But for home run businesses and small businesses, it could be the real killer app.
I know some of you work with Asterisk. I’ve set a system up, but haven’t done much with it so far. Too many hours in the day. Everything I’ve read, and I’ve read a lot, says it’s a pretty awesome. My actual field work with VoIP has been much more enterprise oriented and I honestly can’t think of a large enterprise I’d recommend Asterisk to as a solution fit. But for home run businesses and small businesses, it could be the real killer app. I was pleased to see this in the news feeds -

VoIP Magazine Names Digium as One of the Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2006; Digium continues to pave the way for open source VoIP
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2006–Digium Inc., the creator of Asterisk(R) and pioneer of open source telephony, announced today that it has been named to the VoIP Magazine 20: Companies to Watch in 2006 list. The VoIP Magazine Top 20 list features the companies that are best positioned in the coming year to spur IP communications adoption and innovation while, at the same time, delivering on the immediate needs of the marketplace. “It is an honor to be named to VoIP Magazine’s 2006 Top 20 Companies to Watch list,” said Mark Spencer, president of Digium and creator of Asterisk. “Open source telephony reached many milestones in 2005, and we believe 2006 will be a key year for Asterisk and Digium in bringing open source telecom solutions mainstream.”