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Innovative Applications Using Asterisk Open Source PBX By : Mikhail Torres, Managing Director, EACOMM Corporation Introduction • Asterisk provides a unique and very power ul plat orm to enable converged applications. – Asterisk is open source and runs on and is compatible with other inux-based technologies. (i.e. PER , PHP/MySQ , etc…) – Asterisk is IP-based, allowing easy integration to other Internet Technologies (i.e. RSS/XM , HTTP, SMTP, etc…) – Asterisk through the use of TDM cards, ATA’s or SIP Gateways, provides a ‘gateway’ for users to connect from their phones to the digital world of applications, databases and onward to the Internet. Introduction • Asterisk’s undisputable selling point is its customizability. – W ith open standards and open source, only Asterisk offers UN IMITED customization. – Even the most expensive most feature-rich VoIP Solution cannot claim this. – Not only is Asterisk customizable, it is relatively easy to use and learn. – Any person with a background in inux and one or two programming inux-compatible programming languages can learn to develop Asterisk applications in a few weeks. • The key point is: Asterisk is much much more than a free PBX!!! Development Tools • The Dialplan – The essence of an Asterisk PBX is its dialplan. – A lot of creative programming can already be done by j ust using the basic dial plan commands. i.e. IVR applications. • The Asterisk Gateway Inter ace – AGI allows other scripting/programming languages to interact with A