Pulvermedia announces that the 11th annual Spring VON Conference & Expo, taking place March 19-22 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, is tracking to be the biggest Spring VON in the company's history. Spring VON has increased in size each year, and the upcoming March event is tracking to be the largest Spring VON ever, bolstered by the presence of more than 300 vendors, 250 speakers, and the ever-expanding Video on the Net event -- which runs concurrently with VON, in the adjoining Marriott hotel in San Jose.

VON attendees are recognized to be the leaders in the IP communications industry. Independent survey data from market research and consulting firm Savatar, suggests that more than 84% of the VON attendee base has purchasing authority and plans to spend more than $30 billion on IP communications products and services within the next year.

The majority of VON attendees are senior level decision makers, profiled as follows: C-Level -- 19 percent; Vice President -- 19 percent; Director -- 19 percent; Manager -- 31 percent; and Technical -- 18 percent. Recent survey data from these attendees quantifies their purchasing "areas of interest" as follows:

• VoIP Products and Services 87%
• Communications and Solutions 65%
• Network Infrastructure 48%
• Video Products and Services 41%
• Service Provider Offerings 36%
• Back Office Support Systems 19%
• OEM Systems 11%
• Other 4%

"It's clear to see that VON attracts the largest, and the most highly qualified audience in the IP communications space," said Glenn Gaudet, Chief Marketing Officer for Pulvermedia. "It's this audience that makes VON the premier buying event for service providers, all the way through the enterprise."

The VON Expo (http://www.von.com/exhibitors.html) will provide attendees with the opportunity to compare and evaluate solutions from more than 300 exhibitors. VON conference sessions (http://www.von.com/schedule.html) run each day from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM across multiple tracks covering VoIP, IMS, Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), and IPTV. And the Video-on-the-Net conference runs concurrently with VON, in the adjoining Marriott hotel, with four full days of additional conference sessions (http://pulver.com/videoonthenet/schedule.html.)

To learn more about Spring 2007 VON, and Video on the Net, including conference program content, exhibitor information, and show-specific programs, please visit http://www.von.com or email Christopher Erb at cerb@pulvermedia.com. Members of the media can obtain media credentials by contacting todd@pulvermedia.com or ally.forbes@pulvermedia.com.