On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 09:38:33AM +0800, Raul Ocampo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This might interest people doing IP Telephony Infrastructures.
>
> >
> >By Phil Hochmuth
> >
> >Avaya this week reaffirmed what many enterprise Linux users
> >have know for a long time - Linux is a great telecommunications
> >platform.
> >
> >The former PBX and enterprise systems division of Lucent, Avaya
> >unveiled two Linux-based IP PBX servers that run call control
> >software for enterprise phone systems over IP, as opposed to
> >circuit-switched PBX systems.
> >
> >Avaya originally introduced its IP phone systems on a Windows
> >NT server platform. This has been the standard for many IP PBX
> >vendors, including Cisco and Nortel. However, the company says
> >it moved to Linux because the operating system was more stable
> >- a key benefit, since most IT people will tell you the only
> >thing worse than the e-mail server going down is the phones.
> >The company also said the availability of the source code was
> >helpful in making Linux a purpose-built server for phone
> >systems.
> >
> >Telecom is not a new area for Linux and open source software.
> >The OpenH.323 project has been around since 1998, providing an
> >open-source protocol stack for H.323, a commonly used protocol
> >for voice over IP communications. The protocol stack has been
> >tested with the latest versions of Red Hat, and can be used to
> >with communications applications such as a server-based phone
> >system, or IP video conferencing.
> >
> >Other more advanced IP telecom applications are also available
> >for Linux from such projects as Bayonne and Vovida.
> >
> >Bayonne is a telephony application server that can be used as
> >voice mail, interactive voice response systems or telephone
> >system administration tool. Vovida is a project which develops
> >free versions of the Session Initiation Protocol, Media Gateway
> >Control Protocol and the Real-time Protocol, which are all used
> >in advanced IP telephony, video and communications
> >applications.
> >
roj, thank you very much for the info...
PS. meron bng avaya dito?
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