Maybe the Fonality rep. on this list can tell us how many trixbox downloads have been had since it was taken over by them. Thats a statistic I'm interested in as well.
Cheers, Shidan On Dec 19, 2007 6:54 PM, Steve Lecomte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty impressive! > > From the Digium press release: > > Digium's One Millionth Asterisk Download in 2007 Caps Record Year for Company > > Open Source Telephony Leader Enters Next Phase of Business Growth with > New Leadership Team, Products, Partnerships and Acquisitions > > HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digium(R), Inc., the Asterisk(R) > Company, today announced the one millionth download of Asterisk in > 2007, capping off a record year for the leading open source telephony > company. Digium, which will complete its 24th consecutive quarter of > growth and profitability this year, created headlines with new > executive appointments, industry awards, strategic partnerships and > acquisitions aimed at further advancing the company's presence in the > small-to-medium-sized (SMB) VoIP market. > > Open source Asterisk continues to revolutionize the VoIP market by > giving companies a cheaper and more flexible alternative to > proprietary solutions. The 2007 introduction of Digium's Asterisk > Appliance (AA50) based on Embedded Asterisk Business Edition > successfully combined the cost savings and flexibility of open source > with the rapid installation, high reliability and ease of use of a > business appliance. PC Magazine called the Asterisk Appliance > "astonishingly compact" and packed with "high-end features." > > Additional 2007 highlights include: > > Executive Appointments – Danny Windham joined the company as CEO from > ADTRAN, a $500M+, publicly-traded networking company. Mark Spencer, > founder of Digium and creator of Asterisk, assumed the role of CTO to > focus on growing the future of Asterisk and developing new unified > communications applications based on open source. Digium also added a > VP of Sales and VP of Engineering to round out its management team. > > Acquisitions – With its new executive leadership team in place, Digium > looked to grow its presence within the Asterisk open source community > and SMB VoIP market. In July, Digium acquired Sokol & Associates, the > premier provider of training for Asterisk users and producer of the > AstriCon open source user conference. In September, Digium completed > its acquisition of Switchvox, a leading provider of IP PBX phone > systems powered by Asterisk for SMBs. > > Partnerships – In October, Digium announced a partnership with 3Com > Corporation to offer "3Com Asterisk" to small businesses that need a > reliable, easy-to-deploy voice solution based on open standards and > open source. Digium also announced a licensing agreement with NTT > Software Corp., a subsidiary of Japan's largest phone company, to sell > products based on Asterisk Business Edition in Asia. > > Industry Awards –Digium won InfoWorld's Best of Open Source Software > (BOSS) award and was the only open source company recognized in the > VoIP category. Digium was named the top emerging VoIP vendor by > Computer Reseller News (CRN) and its newly acquired Switchvox SMB 3.0 > Software received the publication's "Tech Innovator" award. Network > World named Digium an "open source company to watch" and CRM Magazine > gave Digium its "Rising Star" and "Service Excellence" award. Locally, > Digium accepted the Alabama "Governor's Trade Excellence Award" for > its commitment to local and international business. > > Reseller Program and the Digium Asterisk Marketplace – In 2007, Digium > announced a new Authorized Reseller Program and unveiled the Digium > Asterisk Marketplace to give the Asterisk community of end-users, > developers, small businesses and enterprises a one-stop online > destination for all their open source VoIP deployment needs. > > Digium|Asterisk World – This year marked the inaugural debut of > Digium|Asterisk World, an event solely dedicated to advancing open > source IP telephony communications in business environments. The event > included a ceremony announcing the winners of the first annual Digium > "Innovation Awards" honoring businesses putting Asterisk to use in new > and exciting ways. > > "I am very proud of the great strides Digium made in 2007 to > demonstrate Asterisk's unquestionable growth and impact on the SMB and > enterprise markets," said Digium CEO Danny Windham. "In many ways 2007 > was Digium's coming of age with regard to aligning award-winning > products and partnerships with a clear vision for the future of open > source telephony and unified communications." > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]