Intenções da Digium para o Asterisk.<br><br><a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3631546">http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3631546</a><br clear="all"><br><p>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b> September 12, 2006 </b><br>
<font><b>New Asterisk Set to Ring</b></font>
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<b>By <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/feedback.php/http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3631546">Sean Michael Kerner</a></b>
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</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Asterisk has been a disruptive force in the telco world since at least its <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3412951">1.0 release
</a>.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">And now with version 1.4, the first major release of the open source VoIP (<a href="http://inews.webopedia.com/SHARED/search_action.asp?Term=VOIP&Template_Name=inews.webopedia.com">
define</a>)IP-PBX <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3565666">in almost a year</a>,
as well as a looming hardware appliance, Asterisk and its corporate
sponsor Digium are hoping to disrupt the telco world ever further. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">"There
have been so many great developments in this version of Asterisk, it is
impossible to cite just one," Kevin Fleming, senior software engineer
at Digium and co-maintainer of <a href="http://www.asterisk.org/">Asterisk</a>, told <i><a href="http://internetnews.com">internetnews.com</a></i>.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">New
features include Jabber, Jingle and GoogleTalk protocol compatibilities
enabling Asterisk users to collaborate with peers on those
Jabber/XMPP-based instant messaging networks. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">IPFAX
capabilities are also part of Asterisk 1.4 as is Unified Messaging that
provided for integration of all faxes, e-mails and voicemails into a
single mailbox that can be retrieved using any Internet-capable
communications device. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
new feature called Whisper Paging enables what Digium describes as
"selective, pre-programmed call interruption with controlled volume
levels and muting capabilities." </font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Performance has also been improved in the new release with memory, SIP (<a href="http://inews.webopedia.com/SHARED/search_action.asp?Term=SIP&Template_Name=inews.webopedia.com">
define</a>)call transfer interoperability and enhanced media stream capabilities.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Digium
is also announcing a new Asterisk Appliance and an Asterisk Appliance
Developer Kit to help bridge the gap between software and hardware. </font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Digium's Asterisk Appliance is a bona fide hardware appliance and not a virtual offering.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Bill Miller, vice president of product management and marketing for Digium, explained to <i><a href="http://internetnews.com">internetnews.com</a>
</i> that the Asterisk appliance will be sold as a standalone when it becomes available next year.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">In the meantime, users are required to purchase the Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit to obtain early access to the appliance.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">As opposed to the <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3611241">Asterisk Business Edition</a>, which is built as a software appliance using
<a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3626336">rPath Linux</a>, the Asterisk Hardware Appliance will use uCLinux.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">"The
processor on the device is an analogue Blackfin processor, and that
works in an embedded environment," Miller explained. "Asterisk is
embedded into that environment, and the version of Linux that runs in
that environment today is uCLinux." </font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">"One of the advantages to uCLinux is that is has very little memory requirement."
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The appliance will also boast something that open source Asterisk has never had, namely a graphical user interface (GUI).
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">There have been third-party GUIs for Asterisk but never one from the project itself or from Digium.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">"As the creator of Asterisk, Digium has a unique understanding of Asterisk," Miller said.
</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">"As
a result, it only made sense for us to develop a GUI that makes it even
easier for developers to create Asterisk-based solutions." </font></p><br><br><br>-- <br>Ralph Liebessohn<br>ICQ: 74835911<br>Skype: liebessohn