[*] Re: [biz] Digium’s One Millionth Asterisk Download in 2007 Caps Record Year for Company

[Shidan]

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 <steve.lecomte at gmail.com> 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."
>
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