Friday, October 27, 2006

Polycom and Digium

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PLEASANTON, Calif. and HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM - News), the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, and Digium® Inc., the Asterisk® company, today announced a multiyear agreement to develop and market integrated, SIP-based telephony solutions for small and medium-sized businesses which will give SMB customers a tightly integrated, standards-based solution with simplified provisioning, broad support for Asterisk telephony features on the Polycom phones and the delivery of new capabilities such as Polycom's breakthrough HD Voice quality.

"We look forward to expanding our offering and furthering our reach in the marketplace through this partnership with Polycom," said Mark Spencer, President and CEO at Digium. "The interoperability between Asterisk Business Edition and Polycom SIP phones ensures flexibility and broad support for Asterisk telephony features."

Polycom's award-winning SIP desktop and conference phones will be combined with Digium's Asterisk Business Edition, the professional-grade version of Asterisk, the industry's first open source PBX. Through the combined Digium and Polycom offering, SMB customers will have access to advanced telephony solutions which will be more affordable compared to proprietary systems. Additionally, the new offering will give customers the control, rapid feature development and deployment, and rich feature base that the Asterisk open source community and its partners provide. Per the agreement, Polycom will also be the preferred VoIP phone provider for Digium solutions.

"Open source PBX's are gaining significant momentum in the market place because they are easy to deploy and they offer partners and customers the ability to use it as a development platform for customized solutions," said Will Stofega, research manager, VoIP Services at IDC. "The combination of Polycom's broad family of high quality desktop and conference phones and Digium's low-cost, feature-rich platform will deliver a strong integrated VoIP telephony solution to the SMB market."

"The open source approach is an important part of the current IP PBX market and we want to support this community with the renowned voice quality and intuitive user interface of Polycom's phones," said Sunil Bhalla, senior vice president and general manager of voice communications at Polycom. "Through our co-development agreement, Polycom SIP phones will be easy to deploy and manage in a Digium Asterisk Business Edition environment and support the business telephony features to meet the needs of the SMB market."

As part of the agreement, Digium will modify the Asterisk graphic user interface (GUI), Asterisk Business Edition application and Asterisk OS to tightly integrate with Polycom's line of SIP-based desktop and conference phones. The co-development work will enable simplified provisioning and support for advanced telephony features like shared line appearance, XML microbrowser plugins and Polycom HD Voice. Polycom and Digium will also work together on joint marketing initiatives and joint selling through common channels. Polycom phones will also be the exclusive VoIP phone in Digium's Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit (AADK).

Digium Asterisk Business Edition

Asterisk Business Edition(TM) is the professional-grade version of Asterisk, the industry's first open source PBX. The Asterisk Business Edition provides tested reliability of critical functions and features, and is tailored for small and enterprise business applications. It supports up to 40 simultaneous calls with upgrades to 240 calls available. Asterisk Business Edition includes a supported rPath(TM) Linux distribution with an enhanced installer, an Asterisk technical manual and a quick-start guide, making Asterisk even easier to install, configure, and use.

Polycom's SIP-Based Phones

Polycom offers a complete line of SIP-based desktop phones, including the SoundPoint® IP 650 with HD Voice, SoundPoint IP(TM) 601, SoundPoint IP 501, SoundPoint IP 430, SoundPoint IP 301, and SoundPoint IP Extension Modules. The line also includes the SoundStation® IP 4000 which is a SIP-based conference phone within the award-winning, triangular-shaped SoundStation line, which have become an icon for voice conferencing quality in businesses around the globe.

Polycom's latest development, Polycom HD Voice, incorporates leading technologies that Polycom has developed through more than 15 years in voice communications, including wideband audio, enhanced signal processing, Acoustic Clarity Technology(TM) 2 (including next generation technologies for transparent full duplex, echo cancellation, dynamic noise reduction, automatic gain control and microphone management) and specialized system design to deliver unrivaled clarity and richness. This enables better clarity and improved intelligibility of information, which significantly improves comprehension and productivity and reduces listener fatigue. Polycom is working with Digium to make HD Voice available to Asterisk Business Edition customers.

About Digium

Digium, the Asterisk company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including the Asterisk Business Edition(TM), its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium's offerings include legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Additional information can be found at www.digium.com .

About Asterisk

Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

NOTE: The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

About Polycom

Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications (UCC) that maximize the efficiency and productivity of people and organizations by integrating the broadest array of video, voice, data and Web solutions to deliver the ultimate communications experience. Polycom's high quality, standards-based conferencing and collaboration solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use. Supported by an open architecture, they integrate seamlessly with leading telephony and presence-based networks. With its market driving technologies, best-in-class products, alliance partnerships, and world-class service, Polycom is the smart choice for organizations seeking proven solutions and a competitive advantage in real-time communications and collaboration. For additional information call 1-800-POLYCOM (765-9266) or +1-408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom website at www.polycom.com .

Polycom reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time. Products and/or related specifications referenced in this press release are not guaranteed, and will be delivered on a when and if available basis.

NOTE: Polycom, the Polycom logo, SoundStation and SoundPoint are registered trademarks and SoundPoint IP and Acoustic Clarity Technology are trademarks of Polycom in the U.S. and various countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Sangoma and Asterisk

SANGOMA TECHNOLOGIES RECEIVES FOUR TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS IN MALAYSIA

TORONTO – October 23, 2006 – Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSXV: STC) (www.sangoma.com), a leading provider of connectivity hardware and software products for VoIP, TDM voice, WANs and Internet infrastructure, has received full national telecom and safety certifications in Malaysia for its Advanced Flexible Technology (AFT) series of T1/E1 PCI cards.
The certification is required by the Malaysian government to allow Sangoma to sell its solutions in the country and it ensures network security for end users. The national certification ensures that certified telephony products are compatible with the country's public network and telecommunications infrastructure.

“Malaysian and international markets are welcoming our telephony solutions,” says Sangoma Technologies president and CEO David Mandelstam. “These certifications add to the extensive portfolio of approvals Sangoma has already gained worldwide, which has eased the implementation and rollout of enabling technology-based products around the world.”

Certifications are valid and renewable over a one- year period and cover Sangoma's AFT-based A101, A102, A104 Quad and A104d.

Sangoma's AFT series cards have a uniform 2U form factor (120mm x 55 mm, 4.7" x 2.2"). The 3.3v/5v PCI card supports bus-mastering, ring-buffer DMA architecture and fully shared interrupts, making it ideal for demanding environments such as the Asterisk Open Source PBX/IVR project. “Malaysian-based Lanvik ICU Sdn Bhd (http://www.lanvik-icu.com/) helped us manage and carry out the certification process,” says Mandelstam. “We will now leverage our strategic relationships to strengthen Sangoma's market position in this region.”

About Sangoma Technologies Corporation
Founded in 1984, Sangoma Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of connectivity hardware and software products for VoIP, TDM voice, WANs and Internet infrastructure. The company develops and manufactures voice and data communication products including the industry- leading series of Advanced Flexible Telecommunications (AFT) PCI cards. Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: STC - News).

Audiocodes - Asterisk PBX

For Audiocodes hardware for the asterisk PBX- Please visit
AudioCodes SIP Gateway products including the TP260/SIP, Mediant(TM) 1000 and the MediaPack(TM), underwent a rigorous testing process to determine interoperability and compatibility when integrated with Digium's Asterisk Business Edition software.


"Digium is pleased to report that we have completed the testing between Asterisk Business Edition and AudioCodes SIP Gateway products," said Jim Webster, Director of Software Technologies for Digium. "AudioCodes adds to the growing list of products that have been certified with Asterisk Business Edition, allowing customers and resellers an expanded list of enterprise-class options for creating flexible and cost-effective solutions for demanding applications."

"We are very pleased with the outcome of the interoperability tests," said Ron Romanchik, Vice President of North American Sales for the Blade Business Line at AudioCodes. "The ease in which we achieved certification is a testament to the flexibility of AudioCodes media gateways and demonstrates high compatibility with Asterisk Business Edition."

About Digium

Digium, the Asterisk company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including the Asterisk Business Edition(TM), its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

About Asterisk

Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners.

About AudioCodes

Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

AudioCodes, AC, Ardito, AudioCoded, NetCoder, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer, MediaPack, Stretto, Mediant, VoIPerfect and IPmedia are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners.

AudioCodes

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Trixbox 2.0

trixbox 2.0
October 25, 2006
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - October 25, 2006 - Fonality, a leader in open source, Asterisk-based IP telephony systems, today announced trixbox 2.0, the newest version of its easy to use open source telephony and application platform. The new version, which can be installed in less than an hour, provides the trixbox community with increased reliability and many new features including a point-and-click, web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that dramatically increases ease of use, streamlines installation and virtually eliminates the need for the command line.

full press release
trixbox 2.0 expands the traditional open source LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/PERL) stack to LAAMPS by providing Asterisk telephony and SugarCRM customer relationship management. The software also includes FreePBX, FOP and HUDlite. The beta version of trixbox 2.0 is available for immediate download from www.trixbox.org and the final version will be available within 30 days.

"trixbox 2.0 is the easiest to use version yet. If you can use a mouse and have a spare hour, you can roll 2.0 and get, not just Asterisk, but integrated business applications like MySQL and SugarCRM," said Chris Lyman, Fonality's founder and CEO. "Moving forward, our plan is to add even more application support so that the community will be able to build their complete business infrastructure on the trixbox platform."

trixbox 2.0's new global, web-based GUI package manager lets companies choose which packages to install, as few or as many applications as they need. New to this release is the web-based package manager, which allows users to upgrade individual components of their deployment versus having to reinstall from scratch with each upgrade. In addition, trixbox 2.0 provides the trixbox community with deeper application integration with SugarCRM, drivers for Sangoma voice cards and integration with the LumenVox Speech Engine.

"This new version of trixbox is the best ever," said Andrew Gillis, trixbox founder and director of community development at Fonality. "We listened to the trixbox community and responded to their requests for an easy to use GUI, a package manager, more stability, expanded choices of applications and support for more hardware features. We couldn't have added so many features so quickly without the team of dedicated engineers and resources Fonality has provided to the trixbox community."

"trixbox 2.0 makes it easy for small businesses to deploy powerful, integrated SugarCRM capabilities with their trixbox phone system," said John Roberts, chairman, CEO and co-founder of SugarCRM. "We look forward to the continuing growth of the trixbox community and making SugarCRM, the world's leading provider of commercial-open source CRM software, available to them."

MySQL, part of the LAAMPS stack in trixbox 2.0, brings powerful database capabilities to the trixbox community. "As part of the trixbox stack, MySQL provides a high-speed database foundation that improves uptime and enables easy integration with other business applications," said Marten Mickos, CEO of MYSQL AB. "MySQL database software is already being used by hundreds of thousands of trixbox users. We look forward to working closely with Fonality to grow and expand the thriving trixbox community."


About trixbox
trixbox, www.trixbox.org, is the world's largest Asterisk-based community and open source voice over IP telephony platform. The value of trixbox is that, in under an hour, a non-technical user can download and install, not only Asterisk, but Linux, SugarCRM, MySQL, FreePBX and other applications. trixbox tightly integrates these open applications to work together on one physical server, providing companies with a PBX phone system and the surrounding applications they need to support their business. The trixbox community has the largest number of registered users and the most active forums for discussing and resolving open source telephony and Asterisk-specific issues.


About Fonality
Fonality, www.fonality.com, is a leader in open source, Asterisk-based IP telephony systems. PBXtra, Fonality's award winning IP-PBX product line for small and medium businesses, is the world's largest commercial Asterisk-based deployment. PBXtra uses Fonality's patent pending architecture to deliver all the advanced features of an enterprise-class phone system and call center at 40 percent to 80 percent less than traditional offerings, and is deployed to more than 18,000 business users in the U.S. and other countries. trixbox, www.trixbox.org, the world's largest Asterisk community with an average of 45,000 downloads a month, provides a free, easy to install Asterisk-based VoIP phone system.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Asterisk Patch

vulnerability in the Asterisk PBX server that enables an attacker to gain complete control of a PBX system has been discovered by an Australian and New Zealand security outfit Security-Assessment.com.

The exploit allows an attacker to spoof caller-IDs, sniff voice calls on the network and take complete control of the system. No public exploits of the vulnerability have been released since it was discovered on October 18 this year.

Asterisk was notified of the discovery on Tuesday October 17. A patch for the vulnerability was released by Asterisk on Wednesday, October 18.

Adam Boileau, senior security consultant for Security-Assessment.com, said the vulnerability directly affects the Asterisk versions 1.0 and 1.2.

Version 1.4, currently in development, is not affected. Boileau said the vulnerability lies before the calls are authorized within the PBX and is restricted to a vulnerability within the Asterisk phone server when "talking" to Cisco phones.

"The vulnerability occurs early in the connection when Asterisk opens a port. Cisco phones communicate on (2000/TCP, Skinny Client Control Protocol) and the first packet you send is used to exploit the vulnerability before any configuration occurs," Boileau said.

"This means you activate the exploit before pre-authentication on the network and before any error handling occurs which makes it a really nice vulnerability to exploit; it is straightforward with only a few dependencies."

Boileau said it is a combination of two normal classes of vulnerabilities and when it is together provides the right root access.

"We have written the exploit internally and have no intention of releasing it. There is no public material available to use this as a functional exploit; however, there are some problems running this exploit in a production environment," he said.

"The proof of concept is exploitable and it would take a skilled black hat just a few days to make a reliable weaponized exploit for a script kiddie."

Boileau said use of Asterisk is not so common in the corporate analog phone space but is used heavily in the ISP and VOIP market.

-Michael Crawford, Computerworld Australia

Asterisk and AudioCodes

AudioCodes SIP Gateway products including the TP260/SIP, Mediant(TM) 1000 and the MediaPack(TM), underwent a rigorous testing process to determine interoperability and compatibility when integrated with Digium's Asterisk Business Edition software.


"Digium is pleased to report that we have completed the testing between Asterisk Business Edition and AudioCodes SIP Gateway products," said Jim Webster, Director of Software Technologies for Digium. "AudioCodes adds to the growing list of products that have been certified with Asterisk Business Edition, allowing customers and resellers an expanded list of enterprise-class options for creating flexible and cost-effective solutions for demanding applications."

"We are very pleased with the outcome of the interoperability tests," said Ron Romanchik, Vice President of North American Sales for the Blade Business Line at AudioCodes. "The ease in which we achieved certification is a testament to the flexibility of AudioCodes media gateways and demonstrates high compatibility with Asterisk Business Edition."

About Digium

Digium, the Asterisk company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including the Asterisk Business Edition(TM), its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

About Asterisk

Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners.

About AudioCodes

Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

AudioCodes, AC, Ardito, AudioCoded, NetCoder, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer, MediaPack, Stretto, Mediant, VoIPerfect and IPmedia are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners.

AudioCodes

New Top Gun at Linksys

Memo Brings Extensive Consumer Technology and Executive Management Experience

In his new role, Memo will oversee worldwide Linksys product development, product marketing and engineering for its line of consumer-based products including routers, switches, storage, cameras, networked entertainment, wireless, gateways, modems and other products targeting the home. Greg Memo will focus his efforts on leading the Linksys vision and product development execution worldwide.

Previously Memo served as the Senior Vice President of Products, Marketing and Web for Gateway Computer. He was responsible for all aspects of product marketing, engineering, strategic alliances and marketing. He also served as Senior Vice President of Products and Operations at Gateway as well as eMachines. He led the integration of eMachines’ products and operations into Gateway when eMachines was acquired by Gateway in 2004.

Greg Memo has also served in various executive positions including the President and COO of Alta Vista, VP and GM of Consumer Mobile Products Group at Compaq, President of Arima Computer USA and has held various positions at Apple Computer. Memo reports to J. Michael Pocock, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Linksys.

Michael Pocock, Linksys SVP and GM said, “Linksys is moving aggressively to integrate home networking and entertainment so that consumers can enjoy and use technology that best suits their lifestyle at home and on the go. Greg Memo will bring the consumer technology experience that is required to deliver the best user experience and quality of features and services that customers will expect from moving video, voice and data around the home.”

“It is an exciting opportunity and time to join the Linksys team,” said Greg Memo, VP and GM of the Linksys Consumer Business Organization. “Linksys is highly respected for offering leading edge home networking and networked entertainment products, positioning the company well to lead in the emerging connected home category.”

Greg Memo will be located at the Linksys global headquarters in Irvine, California.

About Linksys
Founded in 1988, Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) is the recognized global leader in Wireless, VoIP and Ethernet networking for consumer, SOHO and small business users. Linksys is dedicated to making networking easy and affordable for its customers, offering innovative, award-winning products that seamlessly integrate with a variety of devices and applications. Linksys provides award-winning product support to its customers. For more information, visit www.linksys.com.

Astricon

AstriCon U.S.
DALLAS & KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstriCon 2006, the only conference dedicated to Asterisk, the industry’s first open source PBX, is set to take place October 24 through October 27, 2006 at the Westin Central Park in Dallas, Texas. In its third year, Asterisk developers and users meet at the AstriCon conference to gain insight from Asterisk case studies and hear the latest on innovative solutions.

“This year’s AstriCon conference in Dallas marks the conference’s third anniversary, which we view to be a success for the open source industry,” said Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk and founder of Digium. “In the last three years, Asterisk has gained tremendous notoriety and we’ve seen our community and business growth explode. We are looking forward to celebrating many milestones at this year’s conference.”

AstriCon 2006 will be host to new conference features such as dCAP (Digium Certified Asterisk Professional) testing, Polycom training and the Asterisk Speech Pavilion where attendees can experience Asterisk-powered Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) applications first-hand, among others.

The conference will provide tutorials for beginners, developers and high availability/clustering; industry focus tracks for Enterprises, Carriers/ITSPs, Call Center Operators and Developers; and keynote addresses and industry perspectives from leaders in the Asterisk community. Over 50 speakers will be presenting at the conference; some of the highlighted speakers include:

Mark Spencer, Digium (Keynote- Asterisk: Taking Over the World in 5 Easy Steps)
Stephen Uhler, Sun Microsystems
Kelly Deurr, Aspect
Mark Summer, Inveneo
Gerd Graumann, LumenVox, LCC
“We anticipate the largest AstriCon turnout yet this Fall,” said Steven Sokol, president of Sokol & Associates, the event producer. “Attendees will have great networking opportunities and will not only learn how others are using Asterisk, but have the opportunity to experiment with the code themselves, as part of The Code Zone.”

For additional information, please visit: www.astricon.net.

Friday, October 20, 2006

3com intros the 3108 Wireless Phone

Looks like the D-Link DPH-540 or the DPH541 to me...

The 3Com 3108 Wireless Phone is designed to handle the increasing mobility requirements of managers, executives and power users, ensuring that important communications get the attention they need. Using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) connectivity, 3Com NBX and VCX™ IP telephony solutions provide the phone with call control, advanced features and applications for delivering robust capabilities and secure voice connectivity over a standards-based IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network.

Navigate with ease to stay well-connected. The 3108 phone's keypad and intuitive four-way cursor control let users originate and receive calls, invoke features and retrieve voice messages efficiently. A crisp 1.8" (4.57 cm) color display enhances menu navigation. Additionally, a sleek, flip-phone design allows convenient pocket or belt-clip carrying.

Deploy with cost-effective standards-based solutions. The 3108 phone is not only SIP-compliant, but also utilizes a standards-based managed wireless network—including wireless switches and managed access points (MAPs)—to ensure no-hassle implementations.

Ensure seamless connectivity. Wireless network MAPs hand-off and re-register devices across multiple APs to ensure seamless roaming. Users can move throughout a building or campus environment without losing their connections. The phone's self-locating capabilities further expedite initiating and maintaining critical communications.

Enjoy reliable, secure communications. Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2) and advanced encryption standard (AES) that encodes conversations with 128-, 192- and 256-bit keys ensure privacy and safeguard information.

Optimize performance with easily customized settings. For optimum performance and easy-to-access telecom features, a browser-based management utility lets users quickly customize settings such as ring tones and personal speed dials. Critical communications get the fast, reliable and personalized attention needed to increase efficiency and generate revenue.




Ease implementation with standards-based solutions such as SIPv2 signalling protocol (ETF RFC-3261)* and IEEE 802.11b/g wireless networking


Safeguard conversations with enhanced security based on WEP/WPA/WPA2


Speed communications with the 3108 phone's self-locating capabilities that quickly establish wireless network connections


Control calling, messaging and advanced features—including transfer, hold, call pickup, do not disturb and access to local phone book—with intuitive four-way cursor, nine configurable speed dials and 1.8" (4.57 cm) color display


Customize settings with user-friendly browser-based management


Support Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) with Quality of Service (QoS)


Discover wireless hot spots and signal strengths with embedded site survey tool

Thursday, October 19, 2006

AudioCodes Launches Transcoding Resource Blade TRB

AudioCodes Launches Transcoding Resource Blade Products

10/11/2006
AudioCodes (Nasdaq:AUDC), a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced general availability of the Transcoding Resource Blade (TRB) family of blade products. The TRB family of blades is a specially optimized member of the successful IPmedia product line, adding a number of enhanced performance features that enable complex wireline and wireless transcoding processing required in IP Multi-media Subsystem (IMS) architecture and other VoIP implementations.

The TRB products support IP to IP conversion of a wide range of standard and low bit-rate (LBR) coders, including: G.711, G.726, G.727, G.723.1, G.729.a, iLBC, GSM-FR, GSM-EFR, AMR and others. In addition to voice coders, the TRB family also supports encryption/decryption, conversion of G.711 fax to T.38 and a number of DTMF conversions. Transcoding features are controlled via SIP, MGCP or via the high-performance AudioCodes API.

"One of the widely understood challenges of the IMS architecture and Peer-to-Peer VoIP applications is transcoding," said Sharone Ben-Levi, Vice President of Marketing, Blade Business Line at AudioCodes. "The TRB family of blades solves this challenge by offering a range of high-performance, low-latency IP to IP transcoding solutions that are vastly more efficient than host-based solutions."

"In developing our Soleo XML Network Gateway(TM), we faced a significant challenge of how to accomplish transcoding within our speech-based platform using our existing server platform," said Mike Thorp, Vice President & Chief Technical Officer at Soleo Communications, a supplier of platforms, applications, and professional services to Directory
and Operator Services Providers. "By integrating the AudioCodes IPmedia transcoding resources into the Soleo platform, we were able to solve our transcoding challenge and broaden our addressable market into a number of new wireline and wireless customers."

The TRB product family is available today in a number of blade form factors and densities, including:

- IPM-260/TRB - PCI form factor, supporting up to 120 transcoding sessions
- IPM-1610/TRB - cPCI form factor, up to 240 transcoding sessions
- IPM-6310/TRB - cPCI form factor, up to 1008 transcoding sessions

In addition to the above PCI and cPCI version, an AdvancedTCA form factor product is planned for early 2007.

For more information on the Transcoding Resource Blade family, contact your AudioCodes account executive or visit http://www.audiocodes.com/trb. AudioCodes will be exhibiting at the Internet Telephony Conference and Expo, San Diego Convention Center, October 10-13 2006 at Booth #530.

About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. (Nasdaq: AUDC), Your Gateway to VoIP, provides innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet (VOP) technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, Network Equipment Providers, Service Providers and System Integrators worldwide. AudioCodes provides a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway and media processing technologies (based on VoIPerfect(TM) -- AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway architecture) and Session Border Controllers (SBCs). The company is a market leader in product development, focused on VoIP Media Gateway, Media Server and SBC technologies and network products. AudioCodes has deployed tens of millions of media gateway and media server channels globally over the past few years and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging Voice over IP market. The Company is a VoIP technology leader focused on quality, having recently received a number one ranking from ETSI for outstanding voice quality in its media gateways and media servers. AudioCodes voice network products feature media gateway and media server platforms for packet-based applications in the converged, wireline, wireless, broadband access, enhanced voice services and video markets. AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP and CTI communication blades, VoIP media gateway processors and modules, and CPE devices. AudioCodes' headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Israel with an R&D extension in the U.S. Other AudioCodes' offices are located in Europe, the Far East, and Latin America.

Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update their information in this release

Asterisk Security Advisory

OpenPKG Security Advisory - asterisk (OpenPKG-SA-2006.024 )
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OpenPKG Security Advisory OpenPKG GmbH
http://www.openpkg.org/security/ http://openpkg.com
OpenPKG-SA-2006.024 2006-10-19
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Package: asterisk
Vulnerability: arbitrary code execution
OpenPKG Specific: no
Affected Series: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
1.0-ENTERPRISE n.a. >= asterisk-1.2.13-E1.0.0
2-STABLE-20061018 <= asterisk-1.2.12.1-2.20061018 >=
asterisk-1.2.13-2.20061019
2-STABLE <= asterisk-1.2.12.1-2.20061018 >=
asterisk-1.2.13-2.20061019
CURRENT <= asterisk-1.2.12.1-20061015 >= asterisk-1.2.13-20061019
Description:
According to a vendor security advisory [1], a vulnerability exists
in the Asterisk Private Branch Exchange (PBX) software [2]. This
vulnerability would enable an attacker to remotely execute code as
the user Asterisk is running under. It is not required that the
"skinny.conf" file contains any valid phone entries, only that the
"chan_skinny" module is loaded and operational (but which is not the
default in OpenPKG's default Asterisk configuration).
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References:
[1] http://www.asterisk.org/node/109
[2] http://www.asterisk.org/
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For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the
OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG " (ID 63C4CB9F) which
you can retrieve from http://www.openpkg.org/openpkg.pgp. Follow the
instructions on http://www.openpkg.org/security/signatures/ for details
on how to verify the integrity of this advisory.
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Packet Island debuts VoIP Lifecycle Management Solution for Asterisk

Packet Island debuts VoIP Lifecycle Management Solution for Asterisk at Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO West 2006 in San Diego, California


Packet Island’s ‘PacketSmart for Asterisk’ is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that has been designed to target the VoIP lifecycle management needs of VARs and SMBs deploying Asterisk. The solution is based on Asterisk software agents and purpose-built micro-appliances that work with the highly scalable PacketSmart SaaS platform, hosted at a Tier-1 data center. The Asterisk software agents are highly optimized applications installed on the Asterisk PBX and collect detailed quality metrics on all VoIP calls terminating at the PBX.

The 4”x4” micro-appliances are complementary to the software agents, in that unlike the software agents, they can be easily moved around the network to isolate and troubleshoot network issues affecting VoIP quality. The “PacketSmart for Asterisk” solution has three distinct functions: Network assessment for VoIP, VoIP troubleshooting, and ongoing VoIP SLA monitoring.

During the deployment planning phase, Asterisk VARs can use the micro-appliances to simulate live VoIP traffic on the SMB network, to identify and fix problems before VoIP deployment. After Asterisk deployment, the Packet Island software agent that is left installed on the Asterisk PBX continues to collect detailed quality metrics that can be used by the SME and VAR for SLA monitoring and to isolate and troubleshoot transient VoIP quality issues. For multi-site deployments with multiple Asterisk PBXs, the software agents can be employed to do periodic network assessments to ensure that the inter-Asterisk connectivity continues to support good VoIP quality.

“Packet Island’s participation at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO is a primary reason why this show is widely recognized as the #1 venue where service providers, enterprises, government agencies, developers and resellers learn about the benefits inherent in IP Communications products and services,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President. “The evolution in this industry has been monumental and it still continues to grow. We are proud to have Packet Island and its ‘PacketSmart for Asterisk’ solution as a key part of this year’s program.”

“Open source Asterisk is creating a huge disruption in the PBX marketplace. However, one of the big challenges in deploying Asterisk with VoIP today is in ensuring that the customer’s network is ready for VoIP before the Asterisk deployment, and to stay on top of transient VoIP quality issues that invariably crop up as the network evolves. The problem with current VoIP assessment and monitoring solutions in the market is that they are priced in such a way that they exceed the cost of the entire Asterisk PBX. With ‘PacketSmart for Asterisk’ we are offering the industry’s first SaaS solution that has been specifically created for the VoIP lifecycle management needs of the Asterisk market. Our customers love the fact that instead of paying thousands of dollars up front, they pay us an annual service fee that works out to tens of dollars a month“ said Praveen Kumar, Co-founder & President of Packet Island Inc.

For additional information on Packet Island, please visit their Web site at http://www.packetisland.com, or visit them at Booth#635 at the INTERNET TELEPHONY conference.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Fonality acquires Trixbox

In an interesting move to say the least, Fonality, a company that claims to have the world’s largest commercial Asterisk-based deployment, announced today that it has acquired trixbox.

Andrew Gillis - Founder of Trixbox will join Fonality to continue product growth and development.

“Fonality shares my vision of making Asterisk free and easy for everyone,” said Gillis. “They have already proven to me how serious they are by committing a team of engineers to help create the next version of trixbox.”

What does this mean for Trixbox? - Here is an Interview w/ Tom from TMC and the founder of Fonality

SugarCRM Launches SugarExchange

SugarCRM Launches SugarExchange, a Global Marketplace for CRM Applications
Wednesday October 4, 7:10 am ET
SugarExchange Already Offers 100 Applications Approved by SugarCRM for Production Use, Including More Than 40 Solutions Available for Purchase Today


CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SugarCRM Inc., the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced the availability of SugarExchange, a marketplace of Sugar community-built applications and extensions for SugarCRM end-users and administrators. SugarExchange offers production-ready community extensions as well as Sugar packages and components to meet all the needs of a Sugar implementation. SugarExchange is available today at http://www.sugarexchange.com .
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"SugarExchange is a logical extension of the commercial open source business model," said John Roberts, chairman and CEO, SugarCRM. "This marketplace, combined with the SugarForge.org open source development community, gives the worldwide community of Sugar users and developers an end-to-end solution for developing, testing and purchasing SugarCRM extensions."

Combining SugarForge for Development and SugarExchange for Production

SugarExchange builds on the success of SugarForge, the world's most popular open source community site for CRM applications. SugarExchange showcases community-built products pre-approved by SugarCRM for production deployments. Today, customers can download and install more than 60 applications from SugarExchange at no charge. More than 40 products are available for sale. The new marketplace complements SugarForge.org -- the SugarCRM developer collaboration environment with 6,000 registered developers and 250 freely-available applications and extensions.

"SugarExchange gives developers the opportunity to write great software and get paid for their efforts," said Val Cassidy, CTO of Xoetrope, an independent software vendor (ISV) who markets a rich client version of SugarCRM on SugarExchange. "The combination of the SugarForge development environment and the SugarExchange marketplace gives ISVs great visibility among the large community of SugarCRM commercial and open source users worldwide."

SugarCRM Community-Built Products for On-Site or On-Demand Deployments

SugarExchange products can be deployed as a software service through Sugar On-Demand or behind the corporate firewall through Sugar On-Site depending on a company's technical and business requirements. For Novacoast, which supplies an integration connector between SugarCRM and the Asterisk open source telephony system, SugarExchange provides the flexibility to deploy the solution On-Site.

"SugarExchange opens up a large market for Asterisk VoiceRD," said Eron Howard, Manager of Development Services at Novacoast. "Companies are increasingly tying their CRM into telephony systems within their data centers to better manage customer relationships."

rPath, provider of the first platform for creating and maintaining Linux software appliances, offers the Sugar Appliance, a turnkey Linux and SugarCRM solution for IT data centers. "SugarExchange reduces the time-to-value for assessing and implementing business critical infrastructure and applications," said Nathan Thomas, Director of Field Engineering at rPath. "This marketplace will empower the line of business as well as IT managers to deploy solutions that will drive efficiencies and business performance."

100 Production-Ready CRM Products

All extensions and applications offered on the SugarExchange marketplace are approved to work in production instances of SugarCRM. Customers can quickly choose the product that is right for them by using the SugarExchange ratings and popularity indicators that provide direct feedback from the Sugar community. SugarExchange customers also benefit from SugarCRM's commercial open source development method since all products are used and tested by the open source community at SugarForge prior to gaining SugarExchange production approval.

"SugarExchange helps open source developers distribute their SugarCRM products and SugarCRM users to find the best applications for deployment," said Florian Treml, author of the popular ZuckerDocs and ZuckerReports modules for SugarCRM. "The flow of development and testing in SugarForge into the production-ready environment of SugarExchange ensures quality and reduces risk."

ZuckerDocs and ZuckerReports, which offer document management and reporting extensions to SugarCRM, are just two of the many extensions available on SugarExchange today. A sampling of other SugarExchange offerings include:


-- Lead and contact management extensions from Asertiva, ContactGrabber
and CarouselCRM
-- eCommerce and Web self-service integrations with OsCommerce and Mambo
-- Email response and email management from ZuckerMail and JRabbit
-- Integration and migration from Jitterbit and Contact Capture
-- Case management and bug tracking from Asertiva
-- Forecasting and reporting extensions from JUMP Technologies and
JasperReports
-- Systems management from rPath and BitRock.

To view a complete list, please visit www.sugarexchange.com . To learn more about SugarExchange offerings, please contact SugarCRM toll free at 1 87-SUGARCRM.

About SugarCRM

SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. SugarCRM easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications. SugarCRM's open source architecture allows companies to more easily customize and integrate customer-facing business processes in order to build and maintain more profitable relationships. SugarCRM offers several deployment options, including on-demand, on-premise and appliance-based solutions to suit customers' security, integration and configuration needs.

For more information, call (408) 454-6900 or 1 87- SUGARCRM toll free in the US, email contact@sugarcrm.com, or visit http://www.sugarcrm.com .
SOURCE: SugarCRM