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Digium® Unveils New Software Appliance AsteriskNOW™
AsteriskNOW™ enables Asterisk implementations in 30 minutes or less
HUNTSVILLE, AL — (January 3, 2007) — Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk®
company, today announced its first software appliance, AsteriskNOW™,
the open source distribution of Asterisk featuring a Digium-designed
GUI. AsteriskNOW includes a new setup wizard that guides users through
the installation process with ease, regardless of any previous Linux
experience. The solution can be up and running within 30 minutes.
The AsteriskNOW distribution includes all the Linux components
necessary to run, debug and build Asterisk, making Asterisk easier to
install and maintain in the office or at home. Users can navigate
through a simple setup wizard, including the ability to use default
dial plans and easy configurations. The AsteriskNOW GUI is highly
flexible, giving users the ability to add, modify and delete users.
Download options include ISO/CD Image, VM Player image, Xen universal
guest image and LiveCD (burn and boot).
“Digium appreciates the initial response to AsteriskNOW. We placed
the initial beta version on AsteriskNOW.org last month and have
experienced over 2,000 downloads per day without any promotion! Our
goal of reducing the complexity of installing and using Asterisk will
expand the market for Digium into more mainstream use,” said Mark
Spencer, president of Digium and creator of Asterisk. “Unlike other
Linux distributions used to deploy Asterisk, AsteriskNOW does not have
unnecessary components that could compromise security or performance.”
AsteriskNOW, based on the recently released Asterisk 1.4, is
Digium’s open source software appliance. The AsteriskNOW.org website
includes a forum for community support and feedback as well as a
developer blog.
Support and Availability
AsteriskNOW is available for download on the official AsteriskNOW website www.asterisknow.org and www.asterisk.org.
About Digium
Digium, Inc., the Asterisk company, is the original creator and
primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source
telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products,
including the Asterisk Business Edition™, its professional grade
version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers
worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services
including consulting, technical support and custom software development
services.
Used in combination with Digium's telephony interface cards,
Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice
and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures.
Digium’s offerings include legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next
generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Additional
information can be found at www.digium.com.
About Asterisk
Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium,
Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers
around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk
supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and
transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP
packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and
European standard signaling types used in business phone systems,
allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated
networks and existing infrastructure.
The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, the Asterisk logo, and
AsteriskNOW are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are
property of their respected owners.
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