I thought you might appreciate this article at Network World. It talks about the potential that we've reached a tipping point in cloud-based VoIP. It specifically mentions Skype and OnSIP and that OnSIP is based on Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, and OpenSIPS.
 
Please go check it out and comment on the article. Give your feedback on using FreeSWITCH in the enterprise.
 
-Michael

We are pleased to announce the continuation of
the FreeSWITCH Training courses! Another course is now available in
October in New York City. The course will cover the ins and outs of
FreeSWITCH, from setting it up to advanced routing topics and even some
coverage of building a FreeSWITCH C module. The training is being
organized by Darren Schreiber, co-author of the new Packt FreeSWITCH book.
 

Hello all! I felt it might be good to give the community a quick update on what's going on with the project...
 
ClueCon MMX was a huge success! We had a great time seeing everyone and we were privileged to have many great speakers and sponsors make some great announcements. Anthony Minessale took the wraps off of the magic sofia recover feature that has actually been lurking in the FreeSWITCH source tree since January of this year. We also had Mathieu Rene announced RTMP, a new Flash-based softphone application for FreeSWITCH.
 

It's official: The FreeSWITCH book has arrived!
 
The official title of the book is FreeSWITCH 1.0.6, however don't let the number fool you. The information applies to both FreeSWITCH 1.0 and 1.2 branches. Under the hood there may be some differences but the user interface has remained very stable. This book is perfect for anyone learning the upcoming FreeSWITCH 1.2 release.
 

ClueCon is only two weeks away!
 
This is a reminder that there are still a few rooms left at the Trump. When getting your room be sure to refer to booking number 4347 and ask for the discounted rate of $225 per night. This is a great value! ClueCon is the premier open source telephony developer conference in North America. Nowhere else can you enjoy such a great mix of technology and business professionals, a four-star hotel, and a price under $700. ClueCon has it all!
 

Congratulations to FreeSWITCH community member João Mesquita (IRC: jmesquita) who has been sponsored by Khomp to travel to Brasil and speak about FreeSWITCH at the FISL conference.
 
João will be making two presentations at the conference. If you are going to be near Porto Alegre next week then by all means check in and see how he does. For reference, here are his presentations, in Brazilian Portugese:
 
palestra: FreeSWITCH™ - Telefonia do futuro
sala: 41-A fisl 1
dia: 23 Jul 2010horário: 10:00duração: 60 minutos

We're about 1/4 of the way to getting to the target amount for the
UDRP dispute on freeswitch.com.  We're still looking for your support to
get the domain pointing here as it should be....Remember to put UDRP and your name in the comment note so we can properly thank you!

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far:

Jay Binks www.NetSip.com.au
Fred Posner
Slobodan Savic
David
Varnes
Larry Marshall
Chris Rienzo
Giovanni Maruzzelli
VoiceNetwork
www.VoiceNetwork.ca
Slava Kardakov
Jonathan Augenstine
Nicholas Romero
Gustavo Marsico
Christian Löschenkohl

Everyone go check out this post - it's a great interview with Anthony conducted by Suzanne Bowen of DIDX. Don't forget to check out the classic video of Anthony jamming on the harmonica with Matt Williams (IRC: hmmhesays) playing guitar.

This came across recently. An intrepid user has codified his hard-earned knowledge into a nice blog post that discusses how he set up his FreeSWITCH to use two NICs. Check it out and leave him feedback on how well it works. When we confirm that it works we can link to it from our wiki.
 
-Michael

Some of you may be familiar with Eric des Courtis' mod_vmd - Voicemail Detect. He has rewritten this module as mod_avmd - Advanced Voicemail Detect. The new module uses an improved algorithm during audio analysis.
 
I asked Eric about why he wrote this module (as well as mod_vmd) and why he contributed back to FreeSWITCH. Like most open source developers, he understands that "giving back" can help others as well as the developer: