blog updates -free calls with skype, jboss in BPM Space !

Skype offers free calling
Skype just launched a FREE calling for its US users to call within US & Canada. Yes, you heard me right, FREE. Local landline calls (i think) within the US are generally free, adding mobile within that takes it to another dimension !

Got a WIFI / 3G enabled PDA with skype (though very very few such devices are actually available and sold) and you have an almost nill telephone bill for local calling.

Though skype will never be able to pull that off in India & some other countries which desperately need these kind of facilities, it will be another telecom revolution if such a facility is indeed available. Imagine calling your friends anywhere across the world for RS 1 for 3 minutes (Rs 20 is the standard browsing charge for a high quality broadband at a net centre) from India !..
That is cheaper than the local interstate calls which we have right now in India.

Though there isnt any mobility for calls through PC's imagine the relief it will give to those millions of families across india - whose family members are living abroad !..

Old, but important news, Jboss releases jBPM tool - A first in the BPM Space ! - from technewsworld.com

JBoss is throwing its open source Latest News about open source weight around in the business process management (BPM) ring, adding a workflow engine to its middleware platform with today's launch of jBPM 2.0.

JBoss will compete with the likes of Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) Latest News about Oracle, BEA Systems, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Latest News about IBM and Microsoft for its share of a BPM market that Gartner Latest News about Gartner predicts will see moderate double-digit growth, to US$598 million through 2007.

BPM software helps companies automate manual activities.

"JBoss jBPM signifies another major step for JBoss, as we continue to build out a complete open source middleware platform of loosely coupled projects all backed by enterprise-grade services and support," JBoss Chairman and CEO Marc Fleury said.

"JBoss is in the business of making open source a safe choice for the enterprise, and as we expand, we are delivering more alternatives than ever to companies looking for innovative and cost-effective software."

Asif Ali