I don't think it's going to help the community as much as we'd like. 1. You'll likely have to be an authorized Digium reseller to get access to Polycom's firmware 2. The interoperability is only for Digium's commercial software, not the open source version 3. Polycom still requires that vendors take certification exams
Still, I have to admit it's encouraging. They're heading in the right direction. Jim. -- Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 Simon P. Ditner wrote: > Hurray for interoperability! > > http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmV iewId=news_view&newsId=20050920005474> &newsLang=en > > // PLEASANTON, Calif. & HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS > WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2005--Polycom(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCM), the > world's leading provider of unified collaborative > communications solutions, today announced it has joined the > Digium Partners Program as a Premier Interoperability Partner > to confirm interoperability between Polycom's award-winning > SIP desktop and conference phones with Asterisk Business > Edition, the professional-grade version of the industry's > first open source PBX. The combined Digium and Polycom > offering gives customers an interoperable standards-based > solution with a range of high-quality Polycom phones to > leverage the telephony features offered by Asterisk Business > Edition. > > Under the Partnership, select Polycom's phones have been > tested and validated to be interoperable with the Asterisk > Business Edition. The Digium Partner Program Interoperability > Test Suite used for interoperability testing will be the > basis for future testing of new Polycom products with > professional-grade Asterisk offerings. As a result, Asterisk > Business Edition customers will have certified > interoperability with validated Polycom IP phones and feature > sets. Testing is expected to be complete within 30 days. // > -- >> First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they >> fight you, then you win. -- Mohandas Gandhi >> >> The Ontario Asterisk & Voice-over-IP Enthusiasts Group >> Join by visiting http://uc.org/asterisk, or by sending email >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/106 - Release Date: 19/09/2005
