IONA offers free MTOSI Toolkit
Today, just during the yearly hold Telemanagement World (TMW) in Nice, France, IONA announced that they are offering a free Multitechnology Operation System Interface (MTOSI) Toolkit. MTOSI is beeing developed by the Telemanagement Forum TMF and widely used in the Telco Industry.
But what is the difference betweend MTOSI and OSS/J?
While MTOSI is a fully standardized and today on XML and WSLD relying standard of the TMF community, OSS/J is a partly Java/J2EE implemenation of MTOSI. Also, the goal of these two sets are different. OSS/J primary focus is to enable an easy integration of Java/J2EE based OSS'. MTOSI on the other hand is designed to be a non technology relying standard. However, MTOSI focus very much on XML and WebService to provide an SOA-like approach.
[Here you may find more information][IONA Press-Kit]
New Apple Ads - just fun!
Hey guys, have you allready watched the new Apple ads? No? Check them out here and laugh as much as I did. They are just great!
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/?networking_medium
Jajah.com - cheap phone to phone calls over the Internet
Are you looking for a telecom provider that is offering cheap calls to Indonesia? Now there is a new service out there that offers reasonable rates without using your computer as 'phone'!
It's called Jajah (say "tshatsha") and it's all about making a call over the internet. But in comparison with other internet (or VoIP) phone provider, such as Skype, with Jajah you don't need a broadband internet access and you don't even have to sit in front of your computer during the call. All you need to do is entering your own phone number (from where you want to place the call) and the phone number of the person you want to call. Having done that click on the call button and your call is beeing initiated. After a few seconds your 'calling-from' phone (your home phone) will ring. Pick it up and wait for the other party to pick up the call. That's all!
In comparison with other VoIP-Providers Jajah is among the cheapest (all prices in USD incl. VAT, fixed-line, from anywhere to Indonesia):
* VoIP Buster (PC to phone): $0.0139/min
* Yahoo (PC to phone): $0.079/min
* Jajah (phone to phone): $0.0897/min
* Skype (PC to phone): $0.106/min
* Skype (PC to PC): free
* Yahoo (PC to PC): free
If we compare the above rates to normal fixed-to-fixed line rates you can save up to 250%! Isn't this just amazing?!
