Problem is that large institutions do not just need a PBX system, but they need a unified messaging solution (which Asterisk is far away from -- in my humble opinion). As well as large company requires this solution to be backed by large enough vendor who is not going to go out of business in a few months when something goes wrong because their business depends on it.
my 2 cents Alex VoIPGizmos.ca On 6/15/07, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CCRA (FKA Revenue Canada) uses it. They are not fortune 500, but they're a very large organization. Sunlabs uses it. Hundreds of educational institutions use it, from universities to small school boards (this is where you are most likely to find a good case study). It should be noted that Asterisk was not developed by hobbyists. Not even counting Digium, the folks that contribute code to Asterisk are doing it mostly for business reasons, not for fun. The fact that there is a lot of love there is a bonus. Still, I agree that it'd be nice to have more street cred, but this is the same path that Linux had to follow. No CTO/CIO would touch it, until one day they found out that they were ALL running it. Then all of a sudden they were telling each other how smart they were for being visionary. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Remillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 15, 2007 2:19 PM > To: Toronto Asterisk Business Group > Subject: Re: [biz] Does open source telephony need an > advertising campaign? > > The problem I have here is to find serious case studies or > testimonials of big company names that successfully deployed > Asterisk in a decent size production environment. > The CEOs & CFOs (at least where I work) see the OpenSource > factor as a problem rather than an asset. They are afraid of > trusting something developed by hobbyists unless major > companies (i.e fortune 500) trust it first. > > If someone here has links that can demonstrate some case > studies/testimonials corresponding to the above, please send > them to me. Otherwise I'll be stuck with a Nortel BCM. > > Stephen... > > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:02 -0400, Alex @ Kovasys Inc. wrote: > > > Hello all, > > As with everything it takes time for a product to > become recognized > between masses. > > The way it is going right now, I think it will evolve > on its own. > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release > Date: 14/06/2007 12:44 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release Date: 14/06/2007 12:44 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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