Digium, Inc., the Asterisk (
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“As companies embrace unified communications solutions, more and more businesses are turning to open source-based technology for its flexibility and customization,” Danny Windham, CEO of Digium, said. “We are pleased that Gartner (
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Digium has enjoyed rapid growth over the past 10 years. As a result, the company has been able to challenge larger, more established competitors to claim more of the market. With its Asterisk platform, companies can adopt corporate phone systems that are designed to be easier to customize and cost a fraction of traditional proprietary systems.
Asterisk itself is also gaining ground as the market for products and services based upon open source telephony – specifically Asterisk-based solutions – continues to gain worldwide momentum. As Digium leads and coordinates the ongoing development of Asterisk, both are sure to enjoy continued success.
Asterisk continues to be a closely watched platform and
many in the industry anticipate this popular open source telephony platform will emerge as far more than just a PBX (
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bring speech technology to the SMB.
The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace and depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. The firm does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant.
Susan J. Campbell is a contributing editor for TMCnet and has also written for eastbiz.com. To read more of Susan’s articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
Kelly McGuire
