Digium Asterisk: Rising In the Fall

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First up, Digium in September will host a series of Asterisk training courses at ITExpo in Los Angeles. Then, Digium will play an encore at the Astricon conference, scheduled for Oct. 13-15 in Glendale, Ariz. Heck, even The VAR Guy is drinking some of the Asterisk Kool Aid. During Astricon, our resident blogger will lead a session on Asterisk in the IT channel. Resellers welcome.

Calling In the Channel

Astricon typically attracts “hundreds” of people who work with phone systems, unified communications and Voice over IP (VoIP), according to a prepared Digium statement.

On the channel front, Digium has signed up distributors across the globe. Prime examples in North America include ABP Technology, Interlink Communication Systems, NetXUSA, Westcon Group and Williams Telecommunications Group. Eager resellers include The Fulcrum Group, a North Texas provider of voice and data solutions.

According to a prepared statement:

No doubt, Digium Director of Global Channel Sales Jim Butler is striving to push Asterisk deeper into the channel. And company insiders are working the blogosphere, assuring readers that privately held Digium is profitable and growing.

So far, so good. But let’s keep it all in perspective. Even as Asterisk gains momentum, Cisco Systems continues to employ roughly 67,000 people and generates roughly $40 billion in annual revenues. Meanwhile, Digium is privately held and certainly isn’t in the $1 billion neighborhood yet.

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