New office setup is almost done!

It takes 80% of the time to get the last 20% sorted out! The whole systems team has been busy getting everything up in the new office for more than a week now. We got the basic systems – servers, thin clients, internet etc – up in about 50 hours. But the smaller things are […]

Revision3 – great tech podcasts and vodcasts

I have not seen much tech shows on TV or heard them on Radio. I found Revision3 while I was searching for Asterisk. They have a great clip on Asterisk – that takes you through the basics and setting up the system. I checked out the other shows that they have and found them interesting. […]

Update: Asterisk is working now!

Mitul was in the office today and we finally got our Tata Indicom ISDN PRI line working with Digium TE110P card. Mitul posted an entry about it explaining the cable crimping method. It was exciting to dial into the system and hear the greeting. And then to explore the directory and voice mail services. We […]

Getting along with Asterisk

We are setting up an Asterisk based PBX system for the new office. I have done a fair deal of research on Asterisk so far and have a few observations. Asterisk is a real solid system for enterprise use. It gives you PBX, Voicemail, VoIP and a lot more. There is a steep learning curve. […]

Chocolates day, New office work

We celebrated chocolates day in Magnet today. It was quite a blast. When HR emailed people about it on Tuesday, waves started. Here’s what Sarita said: Hello Everyone, Let’s celebrate Chocolate Day this Friday 25th August 2006, Kitkat for “Friends” Dairy Milk for “Best Friend” Eclairs for “Colleagues” — Regards, Sarita R.Hegde HR Executive Magnet […]