The Asterisk.org Development team has just announced the latest Asterisk Release Schedule. This should provide the initial motivation to start the process of upgrading your Asterisk PBX system.
However, in my experience migrating from Asterisk v1.2 to v1.4 does present itself with a few challenges.
For example, the CLI commands that were deprecated are now […]

Last Thursday, I made the trek from Michigan to Las Vegas to play my small part in the iLabs VoIP: Wireless and Security Team.
A month ago, the team had gathered in Belmont, CA for Hot Stage, which is where we assembled, configured and tested all of the equipment and software that we intend to […]

I noticed that Tim Ferriss has a very interesting post on How to Check E-mail Only Twice a Day.
I totally agree that most business professionals deal with entirely too much email and voicemail on a daily basis.
By limiting the amount of time you spend checking email, you can significantly increase your […]

Alex Goad has a hilarious post on the 18 crazy things you didn’t know you could find on Ebay - The lengths that some markers will go to spread their Ebay Affiliate Link.
This goes to show that either these people are very very smart or very very stupid - You decide.
At the very least, I […]

The IAX2 Implementation of The Inter-Asterisk Exchange (IAX) Protocol within Asterisk contains a vulnerability possibly allowing a remote attacker to receive unauthorized, although most likely unless, garbage data.
chan_iax2 assumes that text frames are NULL terminated (C string format). If someone sends a zero byte frame, Asterisk will forward that zero length frame along with […]

Digium announced today the appointment of David Deaton as Vice President of Engineering.
Deaton brings 16 years of experience in the telecommunication and technology industries, including as CEO of Teracruz, a database acceleration and security provider. Deaton has also held high level engineering management positions at Nokia and Adtran.
Now that Mark Spencer has surrounded […]

I just noticed that Pac-West has voluntarily filed for Bankruptcy Protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Pac-West is a provider of advanced communications services that enable traditional and next-generation providers, carriers, and service providers to efficiently design, deploy, and deliver integrated communication solutions.
In conjunction with the filing, Pac-West Funding Company […]