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Open Source on the Mac - 65k Projects and Counting

April 10, 2009 2:45 PM

I came across an item today from MacForge touting the fact that the site now features over 65,000 open source projects for the Mac platform. MacForge is described as a resource that enables interested parties to find open source projects out on the net "that work on the Mac, or are likely to work on the Mac."

According to the release:

"In 2005, MacForge.net was created for not only the experienced open source user, but to introduce the Mac technical community to the wonderful array of projects available.

With the huge availability of open source out there, it can be difficult to find projects most relevant to the Mac. MacForge indexes open source projects that either have already been built for/tested on the Mac, or are likely to run on the Mac, without major porting work."

The site organizes the open source projects into a number of different categories, including Communications, Education, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Multimedia, Office/Business, Scientific/Engineering, Security, Software Development and more. There's even a category listing for Religion and Philosophy, featuring nearly 20 projects dealing with new age spirituality.

Of interest to frequent TMCnet visitors, MacForge features thousands of open source projects dealing with communications, including Chat (2552), Conferencing (453), Fax (48), Internet Phone (179), Telephony (423) and more.

Dallas Trip Winds Down; Sipera News

March 5, 2009 11:11 PM

So my week in Dallas is finally winding down. Not that it hasn't been a great week, with interesting meetings with a number of the companies who reside astride the north Dallas Telecom corridor.

In the last two days I've spent time in the offices of Telstrat, NEI, NEC, Fujitsu, Texas Instruments, Excel, and Apptrigger; that's in addition to the executives I interviewed from a number of companies attending the Comptel show in Grapevine this week.

The interviews should be online shortly, to see if they've been posted, please visit the TMCnet video library.

I'll be following up with posts and articles about all the companies I met with, but in the meantime I wanted to share a bit of news from Sipera that's not made the rounds of the mainstream media just yet.

The company has just released an IP Video sniffer called UCSniff2.0. Until now, the information has only been posted on security boards and community sites, and on the SourceForge site at http://ucsniff.sourceforge.net/

The UCSniff2.0 eavesdrops, captures and records video conferencing sessions and works on regular IP Telephony too. Using the tool, an IT manager can perform a man in the middle voice capture and can reconstruct the voice call, shows holes in a security policy, and enable those responsible for a site's security to fix the application.

The timing is good, as many industry pundits are hailing 2009-10 as the timeframe when IP video comes into its own; the solution allows an IT manager to test their environment and move quickly to address issues.

Sipera also told me about VideoJak, an application designed to allow an IT manager to examine any vulnerabilities with regard to system availability.

According to a description on the SourceForge site:

VideoJak is an IP Video security assessment tool that can simulate a proof of concept DoS against a targeted, user-selected video session and IP video phone. VideoJak is the first of its kind security tool that analyzes video codec standards such as H.264. VideoJak works by first capturing the RTP port used in a video conversation and analyzing the RTP packets, collecting the RTP sequence numbers and timestamp values used between the phones. Then VideoJak creates a custom video payload by changing the sequence numbers and timestamp values used in the original RTP packets between the two phones. After the user selects a targeted phone to attack in an ongoing video session, VideoJak delivers the payload over the learned RTP port against the target. This attack results in severely degraded video and audio quality.

I want to thank Sipera VP of Marketing Adam Boone for spending some time with me and for walking me through the new apps.

Watch for more exciting stuff from this Richardson-based security firm in the coming weeks.

Digium|Asterisk World Set to Shine in Miami

February 1, 2009 10:03 AM

Open source is really all the rage these days in IP Communications. In fact, a recent report from Eastern Management Group puts the Open Source PBX market share at 18% - not bad when you consider the incumbent companies and technologies that are being displaced.

Companies such as Digum, Fonality, Sangoma, and others are considered to be the leaders in the open source space, and all these companies will be in attendance at ITEXPO, which starts tomorrow.

In addition to educational seminars and training sessions on how to use, deploy, manage, etc... an open source PBX, one of the key open source attractions at the event will be Digium|Asterisk World.

The first ever Asterisk event focused purely on Asterisk for business, Digium|Asterisk World is "Everything Asterisk" for the business user, reseller, and executive decision maker.

The following partners will be exhibiting alongside Digium in the Digium|Asterisk World pavilion:

· AG Projects

· Asteria Solutions Group

· Camrivox

· ContactQ (Braxtel Communications)

· FreeSide

· High Powered Help

· Infradapt

· Interlink Communication Systems

· Net2phone

· openLINE Networks

· Orecx

· Presence Technology

· Transnexus

· VoicePulse

· Xorcom

Digium|Asterisk World promises to be one of the highlights of the overall ITEXPO event taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center tomorrow through Wednesday.

For details on attending the show, check out the ITEXPO home page.

For an overview of the available open source related training sessions, check out Rich's blog on the subject.

Open Source Education at ITEXPO/Digium|Asterisk World

January 22, 2009 1:31 PM

Earlier today I noted that Camrivox' CEO was presenting at ITEXPO on February 3^rd.

But the open source education doesn't stop there.

At the upcoming ITEXPO/Digium|Asterisk World Conference (is it really only 10 days away?), Digium will host a pair of new Asterisk training courses.

The collocated events take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center in beautiful Miami Beach, FL.

On Tuesday, February 3, 2009 they will present a one-day introduction/training seminar on their Switchvox system.

This course serves to: explain the role of a Switchvox system within a corporate IT/telephony infrastructure; familiarize the student with the initial setup and configuration of their Switchvox system; and more.

And, on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, Digium will present their newest educational offering, the Asterisk 123 course.

Asterisk 123 is a "gentle introduction" to the Asterisk Open Source PBX, introducing the student to the many roles that Asterisk can play and walks them through setting up Asterisk for the first time.

For both classes, participants receive a student kit, which includes:

· Digium TDM411B Analog card (1 FXO port + 1 FXS port)

· Polycom SoundPoint IP 330 SIP Phone

· Asterisk Tote Bag

· Asterisk T-shirt

· Asterisk SWAG Kit

· Calculator, pen, mouse pad, etc.

If you are interested in either or both of these training courses, feel free to register online at the Digium|Asterisk World Web site.

Camrivox CEO to Present at Digium|Asterisk World

January 22, 2009 8:08 AM

With ITEXPO and Digium|Asterisk World just around the corner, we're starting to get word from companies about what they will be showcasing or releasing at the event(s) as well as what they will be talking about in the various educational forums.

Camrivox Ltd, a Cambridge, UK-based Unified Communications innovator and developer of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) software for the SME market is a Digium|Asterisk software partner.

Malcolm Wood, the company's CEO will speak about how the company's Flexor CTI software extends Asterisk into the world of contact management and CRM.

We're excited to be part of Digium|Asterisk World, and look forward to spreading the Asterisk word to the wider ITEXPO community. We are bringing to Digium|Asterisk a highly compelling product that is right for this economic environment and that builds on the ethos of open-source telephony to deliver extremely cost effective and scalable CTI.

Wood will present CTI & CRM - Extending Asterisk out to the Desktop at 2pm, Tuesday February 3^rd in the presentation theater on the exhibit hall floor, in the Digium|Asterisk World pavilion.

OrecX Taps Sangoma's Wanpipe Driver

December 31, 2008 8:36 AM

OrecX, a provider of low-cost open source VoIP call recording, announced a new option for low-cost TDM and call recording, and said they would be using Sangoma Technologies' new Wanpipe driver that supports RTP tapping.

Bruce Kaskey, CEO of OrecX, offered the following in a statement:

Overall, Sangoma's RTP tapping solution gives more choice for situations where TDM and VoIP are blended. The Wanpipe driver with the RTP tap mode enabled converts a TDM signal to VoIP seamlessly for scalable recording.

The details can be found in this news item.

Ultimately, as Kaskey explained, the solution enables customers to tap TDM and or VoIP using their existing Sangoma equipment.

OrecX will also be participating at the upcoming Digium|Asterisk World, which is being collocated with ITEXPO in Miami Beach this February. The company's co-Founder and CTO, Bruno Haas will be speaking in the presentation theater during the event.

For a complete list of sponsors and exhibitors, please visit the Digium|Asterisk World site.

DataViz to Develop Android Apps in 2009

December 11, 2008 5:03 PM

DataViz is well known in the industry for its Office compatibility and productivity solutions that enable users to access their office documents on mobile platforms such as Palm OS, Symbian OS, BlackBerry, Java, Linux, Windows Mobile, Windows and Macintosh.

Their solutions include mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, and wireless Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync.

Well, now we hear that they will be developing Documents To Go and RoadSync for Android in 2009.

No word yet on exactly what features will be supported with Android. If you wish to be notified on availability, news updates or provide feedback please the company has set up the following URL: www.dataviz.com/android

Sangoma to Buy Own Shares

December 11, 2008 9:46 AM

Sangoma Technologies Corporation today announced the company will purchase its own common shares for cancellation through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) at the prevailing market price of the common shares.

For more information, check out this article.

14 Join Open Handset Alliance, Android Gains Momentum

December 10, 2008 8:22 AM

So yesterday, the Open Handset Alliance announced that 14 additional companies were joining the Android alliance, demonstrating "their support for Android as an open mobile platform and their commitment to its commercial success."

The newest member companies are:

· AKM Semiconductor Inc.,

· ARM

· ASUSTek Computer Inc.

· Atheros Communications

· Borqs

· Ericsson

· Garmin International Inc.

· Huawei Technologies

· Omron Software Co. Ltd.

· Softbank Mobile Corporation

· Sony Ericsson

· Teleca AB

· Toshiba Corporation and

· Vodafone

Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum believes the move will lead to a greater number of devices based on the Android operating system over the next year.

Said Leach, "This announcement signals greater confidence in the OHA and the Android platform within the mobile industry. The extended membership will lead to a greater number of Android devices in the market next year and could lead to much-needed consolidation in the mobile Linux space."

"Google and its OHA partners have the opportunity to build critical a mass of supporting handsets during 2009," Leach added. "If [Google] achieves this momentum in the handset market in 2009, then it has the potential to challenge Nokia and the Symbian Foundation for dominance in the handset software market."

Fed Warns, Digium Defends Asterisk

December 9, 2008 8:12 AM

Check out Rich's recent entry about the Feds "Raining on Digium's Parade" by coming out with a statement about how Asterisk-based systems may be more susceptible to certain attacks, like vishing, spoofing, etc... via VoIP.

Visit the IC3 for the original complaint.

For the complete response from Digium's Asterisk Community Director, John Todd, be sure to read his blog entry titled SIP Security and Asterisk.

I posted a short summary article here.

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