[VoiceOps] Acquire MetaSwitch

[Alex Balashov]

I suppose this all raises the question of why on earth you'd want to acquire a Metaswitch, but you've clearly got an angle.

-- Alex

> On Aug 13, 2024, at 3:20 PM, Jawaid Bazyar via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:
> 
> "Microsoft's end game is for every operator to have a big pipe to Azure to access Metaswitch, vSBC, Teams and other components."
> 
> My question is, can you actually run a MetaSwitch CFS in Azure? Because to my knowledge, you cannot.
> 
> I would be very interested if I was wrong about this.
> 
> Jawaid
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM Peter Rad via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:
> Besides getting rid of their Max UC softphone (to make MS Teams THEE softphone), they did EOL a lot of the Meta product.
> 
> We - RAD-INFO, ECG and Andrew Ward - did a webinar about it in May. You can watch the recording here:  https://info.ecg.co/webinar-recording-broadworks-metaswitch-netsapiens-ribbon
> 
> Microsoft's end game is for every operator to have a big pipe to Azure to access Metaswitch, vSBC, Teams and other components.
> 
> 
> Let me know if there is anything I can do for you.  Thank you.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Peter Radizeski 
> RAD-INFO INC
> Telecom Consultant
> Bandwidth * Voice * Cloud * Data Center * Internet * CyberSecurity
> (813) 963-5884
>  
>  
> 
> On 8/13/2024 8:41 AM, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps wrote:
>> "Given the MetaSwitch products are no longer sold, and Microsoft is EOLing them, and not taking new support contracts..." 
>> 
>> 
>> That's news to me.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Jawaid Bazyar via VoiceOps" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
>> To: "voiceops" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 7:23:05 AM
>> Subject: [VoiceOps] Acquire MetaSwitch
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> We are in the market to acquire / take over a MetaSwitch CFS. In particular, we're looking for the virtual edition that runs purely in VMWare.
>> 
>> The components we'd need are:
>>     CFS
>>     MRS (Media Resource Server)
>>     Perimeta
>>     SAS (Service Assurance Server)
>>     MetaView Server
>> 
>> These are fairly common components.
>> 
>> Given the MetaSwitch products are no longer sold, and Microsoft is EOLing them, and not taking new support contracts, we're not talking about a big cash up front kind of deal, but, instead a revenue share kind of arrangement.
>> 
>> Anyone that has one and is interested, contact me directly off-list.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Jawaid
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> VoiceOps mailing list
>> VoiceOps at voiceops.org
>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
>>  
> 
> Virus-free.www.avast.com _______________________________________________
> VoiceOps mailing list
> VoiceOps at voiceops.org
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
> _______________________________________________
> VoiceOps mailing list
> VoiceOps at voiceops.org
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops

-- 
Alex Balashov
Principal Consultant
Evariste Systems LLC
Web: https://evaristesys.com
Tel: +1-706-510-6800