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<p>I built/ran a large meta shop for over a decade and still consult
to many. <br>
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<p>My $0.02 is they are on the backside of their market curve.
Theres a long tail on their customers but everything they do is
replaceable by software solutions that are increasingly open. <br>
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<li>Their CFS software hasnt seen a reasonable update to allow it
to meet current market needs in some time.</li>
<li>The Cluster CFS architecture works well but is cluttered by
clunky management and lack of transparency and elasticity and
ultimately still orbits the CFS code limitations.<br>
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<li>Their EAS should have been retired in favor of a more
reasonably modern solution 5 years ago (more cohesive api's,
better scaling, etc)<br>
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<li>The SBC didnt really need to happen, they entered that space
after the oracle acquisition of Acme. The level of engineering
effort for an org to install perimeta should be spent on
acquiring Kamailio/Opensips skills. <br>
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<p>The future of Meta WAS going to be Clearwater, open IMS, which
was summarily killed by the MSFT buy, but the CFS code is a boat
anchor around the neck of communications provider product
offerings as of 2021. <br>
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<p>The legacy value of their TDM gateways is quite clear but it
needn't be in the context of a unified switch. <br>
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<p>-Ryan <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/17/2021 11:15 AM, Mike Hammett
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10pt; color: #000000">We've been running Metaswitch for 15 years
and are looking to refresh what we have.
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<div>Who else operates at that tier? I'm talking to Ribbon. I'm
hesitant to talk to to Broadsoft because they're part of
Cisco, but if I should, I should...</div>
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<div>Obviously, there are rather limited venues to gain
third-party feedback on the platforms, so I figured I'd ask
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>
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