[asterisk-biz] 2008 Predictions

[Dean Collins]

Lol thanks Craig - but sorry Jeff Pulver is a legend and way out of my
league.

 

I do however agree with you on the following; 

 

*	Proliferation of Asterisk appliances (even some with some neat
twists...... :-) - and nope not telling)
*	That commercialization of 'minor' asterisk add-ons will finally
be 'acceptable' to the Asterisk community (yes even the open source
diehards will finally see that paying your mortgage isn't a bad thing).
*	That voice driven application mashups will become more
acceptable  (naturally building opportunities for smart Asterisk and
Adhearsion developers - because lets face it the dialogic side of the
voice world aren't building anything special).

 

I'm about to post to my blog next week my top 8 predictions for 2008 so
check it out at www.collins.net.pr/blog on Monday the 7th but nope I
don't blog for commercial reasons, just happy to highlight cool things I
come across (still editing down my end of year letter so not sure how
many of the 8 will be voice related but should be at least 1 or 2 in
there for sure).

 

Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net
<mailto:dean at cognation.net> +1-212-203-4357 Ph
+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).

 

 

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Craig
Lawrence
Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 9:40 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-biz] 2008 Predictions

 

I must admit my predictions for 2007 were not all that accurate.

 

I didn't predict that Digium would buy Switchvox or that the guys would
do a deal with 3Com.

 

I did manage to predict that asterisk appliances would proliferate and
that some high profile services would consolidate - but you don't need
to be related to Nostradamus to have picked those.

 

My 2008 guesses are looking equally as inaccurate as 2007 - they
include:- 

 

-       Another successful year for Digium which could see a further
Venture Capital injection and announcement that NASDAQ is within their
sights

-       A high profile senior engineer from Cisco / Nortel / Avaya joins
Digium adding market credibility

-       Mark Spencer puts a deposit on a Malibu house and draws up plans
to build a Bill Gates style mansion

-       Trixbox releases a real appliance

-       3Com sells their 1,000th Digium Appliance

-       Dean Collins produces a BLOG that rivals Geoff Pulver's and
releases his top 100 VoIP prospects list on www.100collins.com
<http://www.100collins.com/>  ;-)

 

So what do you folks think we'll see in 2008?

 

Cheers

 

 

Craig Lawrence

 


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