I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check for presence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed at end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to go with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled, licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss is leaning. Thanks! -Ken
Druid has a user portal that might cover what you are looking for. Yes I think it's something that is under utilized in the current offerings. At one stage I was thinking of rolling out a 3rd party user portal that would use the ami to sit over and above any asterisk platform but I could never find anyone interested in developing it for me. Cheers, Dean -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ken D'Ambrosio Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2008 4:05 PM To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Asterisk end-user GUI? I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check for presence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed at end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to go with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled, licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss is leaning. Thanks! -Ken _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I would checkout Switchvox :) http://www.digium.com/en/products/switchvox/ -Brandon Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:> I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is > dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their > system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be > expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface > that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check for > presence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed at > end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to go > with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled, > licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss is > leaning. > > Thanks! > > -Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Ken, You might want to check out our free Druid Open source unified communications project. It is not proprietary and has open source soap API for third party applications. http://www.voiceroute.org We have mobile integration with blackberry & iphone that no vendors open source or otherwise has. Our Druid SOAP API that powers this integration is free. Check out our youtube oscon presentation on Druid & SOAP API http://www.youtube.com/user/voiceroute Ming On 8/7/08, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:> I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is > dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their > system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be > expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface > that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check for > presence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed at > end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to go > with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled, > licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss is > leaning. > > Thanks! > > -Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Ming Yong CEO, www.voiceroute.org Druid - Open Source Unified Communications DID: +1-877-242-3704 Office: +1-866-915-2407 ext 301 SIP/email: ming at voiceroute.net ------------------------------------------------------ Meet us at LinuxWorld 2008, 4-7 Aug 2008, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Booth 1626 http://druidlinuxworld.eventbrite.com Meet us at WEB 2.0 EXPO, 16-19 Sept 2008, Javits Center, NYC, Booth #17 http://druidweb20.eventbrite.com See Voiceroute OSCON 2008 Druid project presentation on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfIAXm5vTc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkm6P4O0oac
[Sorry if this is a duplicate; originally sent from an address the list doesn't "know."] Wow. Okay, Druid has my attention; I'll definitely be kicking the tires. That being said, though, I do have a quick question (that I always have about GUIs): First, I assume that Druid is based on Asterisk; is this true? Second, is it possible to make system modifications w/o using the GUI? I love GUIs, but sometimes there's just nothing as cool as a quick Perl script. Thanks! -Ken> Ken, > You might want to check out our free Druid Open source unified > communications project. It is not proprietary and has open source soapAPI for third party applications.> http://www.voiceroute.org > We have mobile integration with blackberry & iphone that no vendors opensource or otherwise has. Our Druid SOAP API that powers this integration is free.> Check out our youtube oscon presentation on Druid & SOAP API > http://www.youtube.com/user/voiceroute > Ming > > > > On 8/7/08, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote: >> I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss isdazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface>> that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check forpresence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed at>> end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to go >> with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled,licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss is>> leaning. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Ken >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona >> Register Now: http://www.astricon.net >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > Ming Yong > CEO, www.voiceroute.org > Druid - Open Source Unified Communications > DID: +1-877-242-3704 > Office: +1-866-915-2407 ext 301 > SIP/email: ming at voiceroute.net > ------------------------------------------------------ > Meet us at LinuxWorld 2008, 4-7 Aug 2008, Moscone Center, San > Francisco, Booth 1626 > http://druidlinuxworld.eventbrite.com > > Meet us at WEB 2.0 EXPO, 16-19 Sept 2008, Javits Center, NYC, Booth #17http://druidweb20.eventbrite.com> > See Voiceroute OSCON 2008 Druid project presentation on youtube > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfIAXm5vTc > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkm6P4O0oac > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Ken, Druid is based on Asterisk and we love asterisk for the call control functionality. We built value on top of asterisk by extending functionalities to the unified communications space (e-fax, mobility, sugarcrm integration, google apps integration, auto-provisioning of 5 brand phones) Check out this review that mentions how we actually preserve the configuration file http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/asterisk/voiceroute-druid-open-source-edition-launches-offering-new-open-source.asp If you would like more information about our blackberry application, send me a mail off-list. Ming On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken.dambrosio at segway.com> wrote:> Wow. Okay, Druid has my attention; I'll definitely be kicking the tires. > That being said, though, I do have a quick question (that I always have > about GUIs): > > First, I assume that Druid is based on Asterisk; is this true? > Second, is it possible to make system modifications w/o using the GUI? I > love GUIs, but sometimes there's just nothing as cool as a quick Perl > script. > > Thanks! > > -Ken > >> Ken, >> You might want to check out our free Druid Open source unified >> communications project. It is not proprietary and has open source soap >> API for third party applications. >> http://www.voiceroute.org >> We have mobile integration with blackberry & iphone that no vendors >> open source or otherwise has. Our Druid SOAP API that powers this >> integration is free. >> Check out our youtube oscon presentation on Druid & SOAP API >> http://www.youtube.com/user/voiceroute >> Ming >> >> >> >> On 8/7/08, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote: >>> I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is >>> dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their >>> system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be >>> expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user >>> interface >>> that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check for >>> presence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed >>> at >>> end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to >>> go >>> with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled, >>> licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss >>> is >>> leaning. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -Ken >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >>> >>> AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona >>> Register Now: http://www.astricon.net >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com >> >> Ming Yong >> CEO, www.voiceroute.org >> Druid - Open Source Unified Communications >> DID: +1-877-242-3704 >> Office: +1-866-915-2407 ext 301 >> SIP/email: ming at voiceroute.net >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Meet us at LinuxWorld 2008, 4-7 Aug 2008, Moscone Center, San >> Francisco, Booth 1626 >> http://druidlinuxworld.eventbrite.com >> >> Meet us at WEB 2.0 EXPO, 16-19 Sept 2008, Javits Center, NYC, Booth #17 >> http://druidweb20.eventbrite.com >> >> See Voiceroute OSCON 2008 Druid project presentation on youtube >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfIAXm5vTc >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkm6P4O0oac >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona >> Register Now: http://www.astricon.net >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > >-- Ming Yong CEO, www.voiceroute.org Druid - Open Source Unified Communications DID: +1-877-242-3704 Office: +1-866-915-2407 ext 301 SIP/email: ming at voiceroute.net ------------------------------------------------------ Meet us at LinuxWorld 2008, 4-7 Aug 2008, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Booth 1626 http://druidlinuxworld.eventbrite.com Meet us at WEB 2.0 EXPO, 16-19 Sept 2008, Javits Center, NYC, Booth #17 http://druidweb20.eventbrite.com See Voiceroute OSCON 2008 Druid project presentation on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfIAXm5vTc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkm6P4O0oac
Check out www.thirdlane.com they have a excellent end user portal. Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:> I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is > dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their > system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be > expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface > that allowed the user to initiate calls to a contact list, check for > presence, create conferences, etc. Is there anything like that, aimed at > end-users (as opposed to admins) for Asterisk? I'd even be willing to go > with proprietary; I just don't want a wholly-proprietary, hobbled, > licensed-to-Heck-and-back system, which is where it looks like my boss is > leaning. > > Thanks! > > -Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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