Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-24 Thread Carmi Weinzweig
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Hoffmeyer Sent: 23 July 2004 15:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk PS: If already existing soft (and/or hard) phones have more of this functionality - please let me know. WAMi and other gui interfaces already

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-23 Thread Philipp von Klitzing
Hi! What I also saw in my little research that * in not suitable for large deployments like medium or large enterprises or sometimes even smalls ones with specifics needs, any of you could mention a lot of them, Call Centers, Banks, etc. and why not carriers for their own use. Just a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-23 Thread avizion
Quoting Philipp von Klitzing [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What I also saw in my little research that * in not suitable for large deployments like medium or large enterprises or sometimes even smalls ones with specifics needs, any of you could mention a lot of them, Call Centers, Banks, etc. and

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-23 Thread Nicolas Gudino
Hello, avizion wrote: This is exactly what I will be looking for in near future. Our current setup (Old Ericsson PBX) with these system phones having hotkeys for transfer, hold, ACD in/out, multiple lines, etc. and a quite handy feature... the LED that tells my weather a certain agent is busy or

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-23 Thread Christian Hoffmeyer
PS: If already existing soft (and/or hard) phones have more of this functionality - please let me know. WAMi and other gui interfaces already support this. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+WAMI We are starting work on WAMi 2.0, and I am trying to make the source available for everyone

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-23 Thread Robinson Tim-W10277
it will be a tricky sale. Rgds Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Hoffmeyer Sent: 23 July 2004 15:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk PS: If already existing soft (and/or hard

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Dean Collins
Varun, Asterisk is still an immature product under development. It is a very promising product but still immature for most companies to look at it however there are a number of SI's here in Australia watching it and observing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Holger Schurig
Why large enterprises (F500) are not shifting to asterisk as it is going to save them a lot of investment. Are there some problems with asterisk ??? It's not a solution-out-of-the-box, but a PBX construction kit. So you'd need sigificant time, probably infrastructure changes. And then

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Robinson Tim-W10277
Of Holger Schurig Sent: 22 July 2004 08:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk Why large enterprises (F500) are not shifting to asterisk as it is going to save them a lot of investment. Are there some problems with asterisk ??? It's

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 00:24, Varun Gupta wrote: HI I want to know Why large enterprises (F500) are not shifting to asterisk as it is going to save them a lot of investment. F500 companies are slow due to their largese. They also are lemmings. You will find that those who are true

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Sunrise Ltd
Varun Gupta wrote: I want to know Why large enterprises (F500) are not shifting to asterisk as it is going to save them a lot of investment. The short answer is corporate innertia. Ever head of the saying "Nobody has ever been fired for buying IBM"? The long

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Michael Little
F500 companies already have a large amount of money already invested in telecom equipment. If they would implement Asterisk, they would have to invest in new phones and equipment along with training the support staff. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to use Linux. -Original

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Sunrise Ltd
Michael Little wrote: Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to use Linux. While I don't disagree with your comments in general, I take issue with the notion that Asterisk automatically means Linux. In fact I believe that the headline "Asterisk - the open source Linux

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 10:16, Sunrise Ltd wrote: Michael Little wrote: Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to use Linux. While I don't disagree with your comments in general, I take issue with the notion that Asterisk automatically means Linux. [snip] Perhaps it is time to think about

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Jay Milk
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 10:16, Sunrise Ltd wrote: and an effort to develop and maintain an open-source telephony server for UNIX based operating systems including Linux and BSD. [snip] I agree! This would

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Tenorio, Leandro
in a foreign language what I try to. Just my 2c, Leandro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk On Thu

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 20:23, Jay Milk wrote: Argh Why do I always hear about things so late? Just talked to a tech from my biggest client (I'm a contract programmer by trade). Apparently, they were looking into getting a new phone system, 20 channels on a T1, 35 extensions, voice-mail,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Thursday 22 July 2004 21:23, Jay Milk wrote: I think the biggest hurdle Asterisk will face is overcoming the failed experiments such as Altigen, and the perception that a state-of-the-art PBX does not need maintenance. I've never run against a commercial PBX that didn't need maintenance.

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-22 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 20:39, Tenorio, Leandro wrote: What I also saw in my little research that * in not suitable for large deployments like medium or large enterprises or sometimes even smalls ones with specifics needs, any of you could mention a lot of them, Call Centers, Banks, etc.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk

2004-07-21 Thread Brancaleoni Matteo
Hi Why large enterprises (F500) are not shifting to asterisk as it is going to save them a lot of investment. why you say that? as far as I know there are very large * installation aroun the world. also mind that there are termination providers that are asterisk based or have asterisk in