74 Open Source VoIP Apps
July 3rd, 2008 | Published in Software | 4 Comments
At some point I’ll be writing a full article on the squillions of Open Source VoIP apps out there but until I find the time to do so, I want to share with you all this list called 74 Open Source VoIP Apps & Resource.
Here at OS-VoIP, one of the things I’m trying to do is help individuals differentiate between Open Source VoIP apps that are ready for the enterprise and which ones are not. A lot of the misconceptions in Open Source VoIP stems from software which hasn’t been finely tuned enough to be enterprise ready or from implementors who just don’t know what the hell they’re doing.
Many of the OS Apps in this list of 74 are already widely deployed within the communication infrastructures of enterprises and carriers- like Asterisk and OpenSER. Others have a much lower adoption rate and still require a lot more development until they’re ready for enterprise adoption.
This isn’t a perfect world and hence some functionality required in a phone system is sometimes best left to proprietary software (for now). The good news is that the most important part of a communications system, the brains of a PBX, is perfectly satisfied by OS software like Asterisk and OpenSER. Proprietary software has it’s place in delivering added features and functionality to a system who’s core is built from Open Source software. Functionality like speech to text for example is (for now) best left to licensed software like LumenVox or using a proprietary contact center solution like Aspect on-top of Asterisk.
With the near limitless capabilities of software like Asterisk combined with an ever growing list of Open Source VoIP apps, the difficult part is to know which apps may compromise the stability of the system as a whole and which ones will best complement the functionality of your IP PBX. Either way there’s no question in my mind that the tools and applications already exist to turn Open Source VoIP into an IP communication system that rivals the likes of large proprietary systems by the likes of Avaya, Cisco, and Nortel.
For those of you in the US, have a great 4th of July weekend!
July 10th, 2008at 8:36 pm(#)
[...] stages of readiness for prime time. That’s the point of this posting at OS-VoIP. The piece links to a listing of 74 open source VoIP applications and resources at VoIP Now. The list is a bit old, and there is no clear indication whether it has been updated. Regardless, [...]
July 19th, 2008at 12:06 pm(#)
I use VMukti for my vopi open source needs and has been nominated for the CCA 2008.
Haven’t used VMukti yet? Well I bet you have a need for it already. VMukti is a Free, innovative, multi-point total communications, collaboration and conferencing engine with built-in support for access to platform features through Personal Customizable Web Interface, Widgets for 3rd party websites, Desktops, and PSTN/ Mobile/ IP Phones. VMukti has been nominated for CCA 2008.
Help VMukti get the support they need from the user community to continue developing such a great project. You can show your support by recognizing this software in the SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards. This recognition will help ensure that their software gets the attention it needs to continue to provide a great set of features to the software community.
You can vote for the software on SourceForge.net by going here:
http://www.vmukti.com/latest-news/vmukti-calls-on-community-to-win-prestigious-award.html
Winning this award would mean big things for all the users at VMukti.
September 18th, 2008at 12:39 am(#)
Hi
It’s interesting, is there anyone here who disagree with author?
January 6th, 2009at 2:00 pm(#)
Cisco WAAS seems good enough if you only have a few sites