<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Ah, if it's a cloud platform, then that's why I've never looked at them.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br><br><br>Midwest Internet Exchange<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Daniel White via VoiceOps" <voiceops@voiceops.org><br><b>To: </b>voiceops@voiceops.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, December 10, 2024 12:11:51 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [VoiceOps] Alianza Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Metaswitch from Microsoft<br><br>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">I
doubt it. Alianza has their own platform they have developed in house
from the beginning. It is a hosted/cloud platform rather than on-prem
though.<br><br>I see this as a market share grab rather than a purchase
for intellectual property. I think it is just a stay of execution, not a
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</span><blockquote cite="mid:744F4B45-74A0-4F24-9C99-FB849D1A57A6@evaristesys.com" style="border: 0px none ! important;"><div class="__pbConvHr" style="margin:30px 25px 10px 25px;"><div style="width:100%;border-top:2px solid
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<a style="color:#485664
!important;padding-right:6px;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none
!important;" href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">Alex
Balashov via VoiceOps</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;width:48%;text-align:
right;"> <font color="#909AA4"><span style="padding-left:6px">December
10, 2024 at 10:57 AM</span></font></div> </div></div><div class="__pbConvBody" style="color:#909AA4;margin-left:24px;margin-right:24px;"><div>Should
this be understood as an attempt to save Metaswitch from death, albeit
in a tendentious way?<br><br></div><div><br><br></div>
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<a style="color:#485664
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!important;" href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">Mike
Hammett via VoiceOps</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;width:48%;text-align:
right;"> <font color="#909AA4"><span style="padding-left:6px">December
10, 2024 at 10:54 AM</span></font></div> </div></div><div class="__pbConvBody" style="color:#909AA4;margin-left:24px;margin-right:24px;">
<style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color:
#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.alianza.com/press-releases/alianza-to-acquire-metaswitch-from-microsoft/" target="_blank">https://www.alianza.com/press-releases/alianza-to-acquire-metaswitch-from-microsoft/</a></span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">What's
the consensus on Alianza? I've heard the name, but never so much as
even looked at their website.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial,
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font-size: 10pt;"><span></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent
Computing Solutions<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ics-il.com" target="_blank">http://www.ics-il.com</a><br><br><br><br>Midwest
Internet Exchange<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.midwest-ix.com" target="_blank">http://www.midwest-ix.com</a><br><br><span></span><br></div><br></div></div>
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