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Rick Segrest
Digium, Inc.
(256) 428-6200
rsegrest@digium.com
HUNTSVILLE, AL (September 1, 2004) — Digium, the leading Open Source telecommunications supplier, and N2Net, a provider of mission critical communication hosting, announce the immediate availability of AstWind™, a package allowing users of Microsoft™'s Windows™ platform to run Asterisk™, the Open Source PBX in a fully packet voice installation. "AstWind allows Windows users to safely install and test the Asterisk PBX with the click of a button." said Gregory Boehnlein, Vice President of N2Net. "The possibilities are boundless! Prospective users can test the software and become familiar with it before deploying a full Linux system. Developers can maintain multiple environments for testing and PBX Administrators can create disaster recovery plans to backup existing installations." "The creation of AstWind was remarkably easy, thanks to the amazing work of the coLinux project which allowed us to setup a Debian GNU Linux environment on Windows with minimal overhead. The entire process took less than an hour. For obvious reasons, I do not advocate using AstWind for mission critical installations, but it does open some interesting doors for hobbyists and developers. With AstWind, users can experiment with the Asterisk PBX in a no-risk manner." Most VoIP only features are available on the Windows version, although there is currently no support for any hardware interfaces. Digium's hardware line continues to be fully supported on Linux. The AstWind package contains a full development environment and the Asterisk PBX pre-installed on a Debian GNU Linux filesystem. Through the coLinux networking subsystem, Asterisk has access to the network and can participate fully as a unique server. The AstWind installer can be downloaded as a single executable file from N2Net's high performance FTP cluster located at: ftp.nacs.net/. The installer, approximately 120MB in size, contains coLinux, WinPcap, a Debian Root Filesystem and pre-built configuration files. Installation is performed by a simple batch script and can be completed in less time than it takes to get a cup of coffee. About Digium Digium, located in Huntsville, Alabama, is the creator of Asterisk and leading supplier of Open Source telecommunications. Digium's line of Wildcard telephony interfaces and IAXy IP endpoints are fully supported by Asterisk and AstWind. About N2Net N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, Inc. company is located Cleveland, Ohio. A leading provider of Internet communication solutions, N2Net's mission critical hosting facilities take the headaches out of IT and allow clients to focus on their core business. About CoLinux Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows™ 2000/XP, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software.
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