OStatic

In June, Cisco announced the ten finalists in its Think Inside the Box developer competition. The global contest centered on the network as a platform philosophy, and asked applicants to develop applications using Cisco's Linux-based AXP (Application Extension Platform), a module on its ISR (Integrated Services Routers).

The contest drew nearly 900 hopeful development teams from 75 countries. After many long hours of deliberation, the 110 qualifying teams were whittled down to 10 finalists.

OStatic has been fortunate enough to talk to a few of these finalist teams -- including Toshiyuki Sakata, from Team CampUser. CampUser, based in Brazil, developed its Locker for IP Telephony application to help network administrators maximize their organization's operational efficiency and billing policy administration through call authorization profiles and call management processing.

I'm always a big fan of contests seeking top open source and crowdsourced applications, especially ones with cash prizes. Why shouldn't innovative developers be paid for their work, even if they're creating open tools? For several months now, Cisco has been running a contest seeking Linux-based applications for its AXP (Application Extension Platform) and ISR (Integrated Services Routers). The contest drew proposals from developers all over the world, 900 entries in all, and Cisco has announced the 10 finalists here, including a video worth watching. The ultimate winner gets $100,000 in the contest. Here are details on some of the applications the winning teams came up with.