We started a recruiting firm almost six years ago. At the time, I thought about the number of telecommuting positions we would get moving forward; after all, we were working with professionals doing Open Source development. It only made sense that the outcome of the Open Source model, ...

Asterisk has gotten a lot of press coverage lately. What's all the commotion about? Asterisk is a software-based solution that provides more features than many expensive commercial PBX systems. Best of all, it's free and works with dozens of standard IP telephones.

Telecommunications service providers face a tough challenge in today's marketplace. To stay competitive and profitable, they must rapidly introduce new voice and data services while, at the same time, continue to reduce capital expenses and operating costs.

There is a lot of ongoing work to make the Linux kernel a viable operating system option for platforms running mission-critical applications. However, there is still some work to be done with respect to supporting new features. This article addresses some needed features and mechan...