Central Indiana Engineering Consultants' Network

VoIP: An Introduction and Update Steve Oschman
Owner and Founder of Telemagen, LLC

Thursday, February 1, 2007 from 6:45 - 8:30 pm
Room ET 014 at IUPUI in the basement
799 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN

Steve Oschman will present an introduction to and overview of Voice Over Internet Protocol, VoIP. As an introduction, Steve will consider the evolution of telephony, from POTS to patch switch networks and then to VoIP. The pros and cons of VoIP will also be discussed. The present state of VoIP will be reviewed including some vendor specific hybrid systems. Next, Steve will talk about Asterisk® as an open source instance of VoIP for the Linux OS. Asterisk® is a complete IP PBX (private branch exchange) in software. It runs on a wide variety of operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Sun Solaris and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX including many advanced features that are often associated with high-end (and high cost) proprietary PBXs. Asterisk® can be downloaded for free and supports a number of hardware devices. The features of Asterisk will be discussed and an example deployment of Asterisk will be highlighted. Finally, Steve will overview Telemagen's upcoming VoIP workshop to be held March 14-6, 2007.

keyword: VoIP, SIP, IAX2, H.323, UniSTM, Cisco Skinny®, MGCP. G.729, G.711, H.263

Steven Oschman is an accredited Executive Associate of the UK- based Institute for Independent Business, an accreditation body for those businesses providing advisory services to small and medium businesses. He is owner and founder of Oschman & Associates, LLC, a consulting business that provides practical business advice for small/medium enterprises. Mr. Oschman is also owner and founder of Telemagen, LLC, an Indiana-based technology company that provides innovative IT and Telecom technology solutions to small and medium businesses. The services provided are particularly useful to those wishing to leverage technology to provide value and/or cost savings to their companies.

Steve has served as senior executive for most of his 27 year career in F500 industries that range from regulated public and private utilities to various non-regulated startups including those in the telecommunications fields. Prior to starting his companies, his most recent position was president of a telecommunications subsidiary of a large multi-state utility. Mr. Oschman has also been actively involved in the academia, having been adjunct faculty at Indiana University / Purdue University since 1987. Currently, he is offering courses and workshops regarding the convergence of voice and data and the application of these systems for small and medium businesses.

Mr. Oschman was graduated from the University of Evansville with a BS in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University with a MS in Engineering, and an MBA from Indiana University. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana.

Steve is also engaged in charitable and civic activities. Some of his recent activities include the Chair of the Morgan County United Way 2006/2007; Board Member of the Mooresville Chamber of Commerce; Board Member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Morgan County; and Board Member of the Purdue Industrial Advisory Board.

Directions

The meeting will be held on the campus of IUPUI, in the basement of the ET building, in room ET014. Attendees must go to the southeast corner of the ground floor of the ET building to access the basement. Parking is available for a small fee in the North Street Garage at the corner of West Michigan and Blake St. Turn north on Blake from West Michigan. On your right is the North Garage where you will park. Turn right once more to approach the garage entrance.

Map to Meeting: Room ET 014 at IUPUI
799 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN
Visit http://www.iupui.edu/maps/index.htm
for a campus map and directions to campus. 

Networking Dinner Prior to the meeting
An optional dinner and networking opportunity will be available from 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM at the Champions Sports Bar and Restaurant at Indianapolis Marriott, 350 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis, IN 46225, Phone: 317-405-6111. Champions is two blocks southeast of IUPUI, next to the Marriott and across from the RCA Dome.
 

To attend this networking dinner, please RSVP to DMattern@SampledSystems.com by Wednesday Jan. 31st.

For more information, contact: DMattern@SampledSystems.com or (317)361-0812 (cell)

or

William R. Kassebaum, P.E.
Chair and Senior Member,
Central Indiana Section of the IEEE
Will.Kassebaum@IEEE.org
Direct: (317) 225-4126
Cell: (317) 506-7931
Fax: (317) 328-9442