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07-24-2009, 04:40 AM
Today at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/prweb/bs_prweb/storytext/prweb2672724/32804031/SIG=111pt3lgf/*http:/en.oreilly.com/oscon2009), Voxeo (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/prweb/bs_prweb/storytext/prweb2672724/32804031/SIG=10m6v1vmg/*http:/www.voxeo.com), a leading provider of Unified Communications and Self-Service platforms, announced that the Tropo.com (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/prweb/bs_prweb/storytext/prweb2672724/32804031/SIG=10mufvoq0/*http:/www.tropo.com) cloud telephony service source code will be made available to developers for free under open-source licenses. The new Tropo source release demonstrates that cloud computing vendors can subscribe fully to open-source ideals, and avoid the proprietary lock-in typically found in cloud services. Tropo is the first of several new open-source projects from Voxeo Labs (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/prweb/bs_prweb/storytext/prweb2672724/32804031/SIG=10njv1c9i/*http:/labs.voxeo.com), the innovation and open-source focused organization announced by Voxeo yesterday at OSCON.
Tropo.com provides a cloud telephony service that enables developers to write voice applications in popular programming languages including Groovy, JavaScript, PHP, Python and Ruby. This approach stands in contrast to XML-centered options that have historically been the only option for cloud telephony services. Tropo applications can be written comfortably and directly in supported languages, with no need for inefficient intermediary translation to and from XML formats. Applications built on Tropo can answer and place calls via traditional landline phones, mobile phones, corporate PBXs and newer IP-based solutions such as SIP and Skype. In addition to being open-source, the Tropo platform is built entirely on open standards including SIP, Java SIP Servlets, and the IETF's Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP).
Tropo.com provides a cloud telephony service that enables developers to write voice applications in popular programming languages including Groovy, JavaScript, PHP, Python and Ruby. This approach stands in contrast to XML-centered options that have historically been the only option for cloud telephony services. Tropo applications can be written comfortably and directly in supported languages, with no need for inefficient intermediary translation to and from XML formats. Applications built on Tropo can answer and place calls via traditional landline phones, mobile phones, corporate PBXs and newer IP-based solutions such as SIP and Skype. In addition to being open-source, the Tropo platform is built entirely on open standards including SIP, Java SIP Servlets, and the IETF's Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP).