Hello all, A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the Cisco PBX. I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? Thanks. VoipCrazy.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:52 AM, voip crazy <voipcrazy at gmail.com> wrote:> Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? > > Thanks. > > VoipCrazy. >You said migrate to a Cisco, what do they have now? Sell them all Cisco. You will make more money and great residual income for MACs ;-) Anyways, you could ditch the Cisco entirely and use Asterisk. Thanks, Steve Totaro
voip crazy a ?crit :> Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? >To answer your questions, one would need to know what exactly are "all the functionalities" of a Cisco Unity server, and more specificaly, what are the needs of your client. But i'm pretty sure the voip-info wiki can answer the asterisk part...
Hi, I don't use asterisk since 1.2.x version and never deployed an big project with Asterisk, so I don't know if currently Asterisk can replace to Cisco Unity as Voice Mail, but Cisco Unity is not only for voice mail the main objective is to be part of all Unified Communications infrastructure. Then Integration with Active Directory / Exchange (Lotus Notes) and other features is only possible with Cisco Unity. Maybe I'm wrong and Asterisk can do it.. so I would like to read about that... Rgds. On 7/22/08, voip crazy <voipcrazy at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? > > Thanks. > > VoipCrazy. > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 >-- Omar E.P.T ----------------- Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080722/e58f578f/attachment.htm
Call me crazy, but why are you so keen on selling them an Asterisk box when you don't even know if its capable of doing what you want to sell it for? thats kinda scray actually. -- Matt http://www.mattgwatson.ca On 7/22/08, voip crazy <voipcrazy at gmail.com> wrote:> Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? > > Thanks. > > VoipCrazy. > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 >
voip crazy wrote:> Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities?I don't know that any OSS piece ever has *all* the features of a proprietary platform, especially since a lot of those features tend to be very esoteric and designed to complement the vendor's other service platform and handset gear. The question is: 1. What are you trying to do? 2. Can Asterisk do it? 3. Can Asterisk do it well? 4. Can Asterisk do it at the scale, volume and scope you're looking for? The question is NOT: 1. Is Asterisk basically like a free version of CallManager? 2. Can Asterisk duplicate CallManager? -- Alex Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599
Rob Hillis wrote:> Philipp Kempgen wrote: >> Come on. People want simple answers. So: >> Can Asterisk duplicate CallManager? [y/n] >> *scnr* >> > > I think for questions like this, we should always consider the "m" > (maybe) option. :)Or my preferred approach: "Yes means no and no means yes. Can Asterisk duplicate CallManager? [yes/no]" -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599
I'm a CCIE and CCVP. I have worked in the Cisco TSBU on both CCM and Telepresence systems I have two IP patents for the VoiP Lite protocols and have been designing and building OSS IPBXs for companies including Google going back to 2001. I'm not mentioning any of that to be jerk I mentioned it to say I'm as qualified as anyone to to compare the CCM and OSS servers. The only fair way to compare the two is a list of weights features, for example if cost is your biggest feature then OSS is better, if support is your biggest feature than Cisco wins. When a customer is comparing the costly (TCO) and best supported systems in the world with hundreds of thousands installed systems for the large global companies on the planted backed by 54,000 employees and over $25b in the bank vs, a FREE system with one layer of support maybe two layers of support, the features don't even come in the evaluation in my opinion. I once asked a manager why did you buy the CCM and he said no one ever got fired for buying Cisco if anything wrong, If push the OSS and it goes I could loose my job. I would get a list of the important features, because there is no answer to your question of which is better. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benoit Plessis" To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco vs Asterisk Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:10:50 +0200 voip crazy a ?crit : > Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? > To answer your questions, one would need to know what exactly are "all the functionalities" of a Cisco Unity server, and more specificaly, what are the needs of your client. But i'm pretty sure the voip-info wiki can answer the asterisk part... _______________________________________________ -- 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 -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080724/f259f3d6/attachment.htm
My son owns compoanyn here in San Jose and when a customers says they want Cisco be provides Cisco phones with OSS PBX, it seems to work the lower cost and Cisco phone on the desktop. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Totaro" To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco vs Asterisk Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:59:24 -0400 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:52 AM, voip crazy wrote: > Hello all, > > A client of us, is thinking to migrate their actual PBX to a Cisco > CallManager. We want to sell him an asterisk box to complement the > Cisco PBX. > I think to use asterisk as a Voicemail server (Replazing the Cisco Unity) > > Has asterisk all the functionalities to replace a CIsco Unity server? > Which functionalities Cisco Unity has than asterisk could cover? > How could asterisk complement the Cisco Call Manager funcionalities? > > Thanks. > > VoipCrazy. > You said migrate to a Cisco, what do they have now? Sell them all Cisco. You will make more money and great residual income for MACs ;-) Anyways, you could ditch the Cisco entirely and use Asterisk. Thanks, Steve Totaro _______________________________________________ -- 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 -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080724/0b20e2bc/attachment.htm