Michael Iedema ([email protected])- Diederich Wermser ([email protected])
- basics (what why who + stats)
- updates (one year of development)
- horizon (new bits, new partners)
- commercialization (€, $, ¥, £)
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Overview
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What?
“making the power of Asterisk® available to the average user in a slimmed down, embedded PC friendly form”
- less than 15MB firmware
- configuration saved in a single XML file
- currently Asterisk 1.4 + FreeBSD 6.4
- seamless upgrade / backup / restore2009
Basics (what)
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Basics (what)
- nothing else out there
- small base + expandability
- introduce people to Asterisk’s capabilities
- a phone call router
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Basics (why)
- phone and provider accounts
- auto-detection and configuration of interfaces where possible
- keep technical terms understandable
- in-GUI help
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Basics (why)
- IKT
- School of Applied Sciences BS / WF
- IANT
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Basics (who)
- 65,000+ downloads
- 175+ countries
- 20+ languages
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Basics (stats)
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Basics (stats)
- basics (what why who + stats)
- updates (another year of dev + experience)
- horizon (new bits, new partners)
- commercialization (€, $, ¥, £)
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- using T2 as a build environment
- simple changes to build for different CPU architectures
- fully optimized builds
- massive improvement in hardware support
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Updates (port)
- unifying Javascript libraries
- more localizations
- listening
- more listening
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Updates (code)
- Giovanni Vallesi
- Phillip Cooper
- evangelists
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Updates (thanks)
- Auerswald sponsored Linux port
- AskoziaPBX firmware supported on their new COMpact 3000 VoIP systems
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Updates (partners)
- Blackfin 527@530Mhz
- 64MB RAM
- 4x-analog
- 3x-ethernet
- 2x-USB-Host
- 3-18W power draw
- expandable with 1x-ISDN
- or 2x-analog
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Updates (partners)
- Deciso provided hardware for AskoziaPBX appliance
- webshop launching soonat shop.askozia.com- 500Mhz
- 256MB RAM
- 3x-ethernet
- 2x-USB-Host
- ~8W power draw
- expandable with 4x-ISDN
- or 4x-analog
- basics (what why who + stats)
- updates (one year of development)
- horizon (new bits, new partners)
- commercialization (€, $, ¥, £)
2009
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Horizon (IVR)
- manual file editing / appending
- smart editor
- more control for capable users
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Horizon (editing)
- improved package support
- integration of most common packages into base system
- complete audio prompt sets
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Horizon (packages)
- provisioning
- documentation
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Horizon (simplification)
- interface groups
- basic time-based routing
- simplified trunking
- ...
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Horizon (misc)
- greatly expanded hardware support when running on Linux
- two appliance manufacturers so far
- others in discussion
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Horizon (partners)
- basics (what why who + stats)
- updates (one year of development)
- horizon (new bits, new partners)
- commercialization (€, $, ¥, £)
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- quality projects need quality business models
- B2C projects present challenge
- competing with commercial offerings
- moving from development project to business base
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C15n (soap-box)
- surge in hardware vendors
- surge in integrators
- others building businesses off of AskoziaPBX
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C15n (crisis)
- integrators get turn-key solution in their look-and-feel for a one-time fee
- soon to be “total-branding” with Deciso providing matching branded hardware
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C15n (branding)
- a “must” to compete with commercial closed-source solutions
- time tickets soon purchasable
- make system more intuitive until support tickets usually result in bug fixes
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C15n (support)
- businesses get their needs met promptly
- users get new features
- project gains financial stability and attractiveness
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C15n (speedy features)
- AskoziaPBX Appliance IP + 4xISDN (€449 value)
- hope you brought a business card
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Free Stuff (whoa!)
- Questions?
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Thanks (Vielen Dank)
- Askozia (www.askozia.com)
- Auerswald (www.auerswald.de)
- Deciso (www.deciso.com)
- IANT (www.iant.de)
- IKT (www.itison-ikt.de)
- T2 (www.t2-project.com)
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References (urls)