FierceVoIP Names Digium® as One of the “Fierce 15” VoIP Companies of 2008

Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, announced today that it has been named to the annual FierceVoIP “Fierce 15” list, designating it as one of the top IP communications companies of the year. FierceVoIP editors evaluated hundreds of organizations, and found Digium to be amongst the “fiercest,” proven by its creativity and innovations in the marketplace.

FierceVoIP, an internationally recognized twice-weekly email newsletter reaching more than 45,000 senior IP communications industry executives, provides readers in over 100 countries with a quick, authoritative briefing on the day’s top VoIP stories, including new trends and technologies.

Digium’s product lines include a wide range of hardware and software to enable resellers and businesses to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own VoIP systems. Digium provides the award-winning Switchvox family of turnkey IP PBXs for small and medium enterprises. In addition, for custom implementations, Digium offers both commercially licensed and open source versions of Asterisk as premiere development frameworks for application builders looking to leverage the power of Asterisk to create custom telephony solutions.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by FierceVoIP, a publication that knows Digium and our fast-growing industry well,” said Leslie Conway, vice president of global marketing at Digium. “The contributions from the open source community have proven invaluable in moving Asterisk and therefore Digium to the forefront of IP telephony. This recognition would not be possible without the many contributions from the Asterisk community with whom we share this honor.”

The FierceVoIP “Fierce 15” celebrates the spirit of being “fierce” – championing innovation and creativity, even in the face of intense competition. The complete list of winning companies is available today on the FierceVoIP Web site at http://www.fiercevoip.com/.

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About Digium

Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has become the open source alternative to proprietary communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less. Digium makes Asterisk software available to the open source community and delivers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. More information is available at www.digium.com.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Appliance, Genuine Asterisk, Switchvox and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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