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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I wanted to see what kind of demonstrations the rest of the
community uses to impress non-technical, potential, and existing customers.
We’ve done:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - ‘click-to-dial’ with CRM /
mail-client integration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - integration with custom applications<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - web based queries, Amazon.com ISBN / weather,
news <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - text to speech<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - various graphical interfaces<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - flexibility in receiving your phone calls<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - integration with Hylafax and follow me<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It’s pretty easy to blow away a technical staff with
Asterisk’s capabilities, but it seems to be more challenging to get the
same reaction from the C-levels. We find ourselves explaining the
business benefits of open standards, licensing costs, potential integration
etc. Standard PBX functionality is boring; dial an extension, follow me,
etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Part of the ‘problem’ is that we’re
usually dealing with some relatively affluent, tech-savvy executives.
They tend to be a little jaded, and have high expectations of VoIP in
general. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We want to build the “ultimate Asterisk demo”
– and my questions to you are: What would the ultimate Asterisk
demo, consist of? What would you like to see? What would your
customers be impressed by? I’m very willing to put up the
presentation for general use after we develop it along with a ‘how
to’ but as of right now – we need ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><font
size=1 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
color:gray'>Dinesh Ravishanker, MBA</span></font></b></strong><font size=1
color=gray face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
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</span></font><font size=1 color=gray face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:gray'>Sr. Technical Solutions Consultant, SKYY
CONSULTING INC. <br>
Asterisk VoIP, Win/Linux Distributed Software Architecture and Web Applications<br>
Office: +1 310 622 7076 x301, <U1:CITY u2:st="on"><U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mobile</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:City></st1:place>:
+1 949 394 0950 <br>
<a href="http://www.skyyconsulting.com/">http://www.SKYYCONSULTING.com</a></span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <font
color=gray><span style='color:gray'>: </span></font><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><a href="http://www.skyyconsulting.com/asterisk.php"
title="http://www.skyyconsulting.com/asterisk.php">Asterisk Consultants</a></span></b><font
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