LinuxWorld: University Dumps Cisco VoIP for Open-Source Asterisk

"Some organizations consider taking the plunge off of big iron PBX platforms into IP telephony as being pretty daring, but that's nothing compared to what Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is doing. The south Texas school is boldly moving thousands of users off a Cisco VoIP platform to an open-source VoIP network based on Asterisk.

"SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux servers running Asterisk, which includes call processing, voicemail and PSTN gateway functionality..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• WebProNews: Red Hat Choice Academic To Colleges(Sep 13, 2006)
• VoIP Planet: VoIPowering Your Office With Asterisk: SOHO VoIP, Part 5(Aug 14, 2006)
• SearchOpenSource: University Moves Toward Open Source Despite Some Resistance(Jun 02, 2006)
• Computerworld Australia: Queensland Uni Dials Asterisk for VoIP(Mar 23, 2006)