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[July 20, 2004] Signate Announces Publication of First Comprehensive Guide to Asterisk Open Source PBX Software SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- July 20, 2004 -- Signate, a leading global provider of design, installation, configuration, training and management services for open source VoIP telephone systems, today announced the publication of VoIP Telephony with Asterisk, by Paul Mahler. VoIP Telephony with Asterisk is the first comprehensive guide to the open source Linux PBX software that is revolutionizing business telephony. Mahler is the CTO of Signate and has authored four other technical books over the course of his career. Zenas Hutchinson of St. Paul Venture Capital wrote in NetworkWorldFusion that "Industry observers now expect SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based open source IP telephony products will replace proprietary hardware and software with standard Linux servers, open call control, and a mixture of open source and proprietary application software." VoIP Telephony with Asterisk is the first comprehensive guide for Linux-savvy engineers who want to create SIP-based telephone systems based on the open source Asterisk PBX -- more than 300 pages packed with information about internet telephony, SIP telephones, and Asterisk itself. "Like many Open Source projects, Asterisk has been about great code, rather than comprehensive documentation," Mahler said. "Fortunately, Mark Spencer, the author of Asterisk, and his technical staff were generous with their time and support. Their knowledge has made this a book that should substantially shorten the time it takes newcomers to Asterisk to become productive," he said. Asterisk runs on Linux and provides a strategic, full-featured approach to voice and data transport over TDM, switched, and Ethernet architectures. VoIP Telephony with Asterisk shows readers how to combine Asterisk with industry-standard high performance hardware to create reliable, highly capable VoIP telephony systems with a total cost of ownership that's typically less than half the cost of a proprietary PBX while providing users with long distance cost savings that pay for the system. The price and performance advantages of VoIP telephony are so overwhelming that industry observer ABI Research says that IP PBX seat shipments (licensed end-user ports on a IP phone system) will grow from 3.2 million in 2003 to 26 million by 2006. About Signate With engineering staff on three continents, Signate is a leading global provider of design, installation, configuration, training and management services for the Asterisk open source PBX. VoIP Telephony with Asterisk is available directly from Signate and through selected resellers for $49.95 plus shipping. Call 415-442-4011 to order the book. For more information, visit Signate at www.signate.com. [ Back To the Online Project Management Community's Homepage ]