[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Management Interface... Do you want one?

[Mike Benoit]

Hi All,

	I realize there has been much talk about Asterisk web interfaces in the
past, and there are even a few created such as vmail.cgi and Astweb. 

However, coming from the perspective of trying to convince upper
management of a large multinational company to convert its entire phone
system over to Asterisk, the question keeps coming up... 

Is it easy to manage, configure, and monitor in real-time? 

I think Asterisk's .conf files are pretty straight forward, but they
still require that a person knows what they are doing. In a large
company, things like changing passwords on voice mail boxes, changing
greetings, monitoring support center call volume, viewing CDR logs and
such is all very important. Having some sort of GUI interface to do this
is essential. 

So, my question to the list is this: 

If there was a first class web based product that offered complete
Asterisk (single and multiple server) configuration and monitoring
features, together with fine grained access control so any user could
login and carry out specific actions, would you be willing to pay for
such a beast, and how much? (specify currency please. ;)

Additionally, what would be the killer feature(s) that you feel this
product should have?

-- 
Mike