Dr. Sameer Verma, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Asterisk.

This presentation will cover the design of VoIP for a small-business scenario. It will cover configuration and use of AstLinux using 1) a bootable CD and a USB Flash key, 2) Soekris net4801 embedded x86 platform. The presentation will also touch on other Asterisk distros such as TrixBox, which supports many additional features such as billing, CRM etc.

Dr. Sameer Verma is Associate Professor of Information Systems at San Francisco State University. His research focuses on the diffusion and adoption of innovative technologies. He is currently working on several academic research projects which include the diffusion of open source software, wireless networks, and geo-spatial systems. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Verma has worked with companies in consulting capacity in the areas of content analysis, management and delivery. Dr. Verma also serves on the advisory boards of some SF Bay Area technology companies.

Dr. Verma's first exposure to Linux was in 1997. He currently runs Linux on his laptop at work, servers and workstations in his lab, desktop at home, media center behind the bookshelf at home, and the PDA in his pocket.

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Resources

• http://www.asterisk.org/
• http://www.digium.com/
• http://www.openpbx.org/
• http://www.astlinux.org/
• http://trixbox.org/
• http://www.xorcom.com/rapid/index.html
• http://yate.null.ro/pmwiki/
• http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne/
• http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/
• http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/AstLinux
• http://www.sureteq.com/asterisk/trixboxv1.2.htm
• http://dumbme.voipeye.com.au/trixbox/trixbox_without_tears.htm