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Open source technology unlocks free browser-based calls

IT Toolbox

While the “VoIP Revolution” takes the telecommunications world by force, technology innovations seem constantly to be making phone calls – including overseas - cheaper or even free.

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CRM Phone Integration

Galido

Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a communications server and powers IP PBX systems, VoIP gateways, conference servers and is in use today by small businesses, large businesses, call centers, carriers and governments worldwide. Agile CRM – VoIP integration. That shows that it’s stable and reliable. SugarForge.

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Free Helpdesk Software

Galido

Here’s a list of open source options for your review. Open source help desk software, designed for use from a Linux/Unix command line. BugTracker.NET is an open source, web based bug or issue tracker written using ASP.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server/MSDE. RT is an open source ticket tracking tool.

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Cloud PC preps Grant Thornton for hybrid future

CIO Business Intelligence

Grant Thornton’s partnership with Microsoft began when the firm scuttled its Mitel VoIP phone systems in favor of Skype for Business in 2016, just as Swift took over as CIO. Among the key tools for Grant Thornton’s transformation are Automation Anywhere and Alteryx, as well as various open-source offerings and Microsoft Power BI.

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VMworld 2013 – VMware`s chance to stay relevant

Virtualized Greek

Microsoft, Citrix and open source hypervisors have quickly become good enough for basic virtualization use cases. Right now it sounds very similar to the argument for VoIP in the early days. It took VoIP years to displace traditional PBX technology because there wasn’t a clear value proposition.

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Technology Short Take #61

Scott Lowe

While containers solve some problems very elegantly, they don’t necessarily solve other problems quite as well, and this article dives into one such area (VoIP architectures). This article on The New Stack about containers in the telecommunications space is a reminder that containers aren’t the solution (by themselves) for all problems.

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Technology Short Take #44

Scott Lowe

To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld.

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