VoiceCon announces the extensive product and market announcements that will be made at VoiceCon San Francisco 2007. This year's event, which will address critical issues around unifying enterprise communications, is the premier venue for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Network and Unified Communications technologies, products, systems and services. VoiceCon San Francisco 2007 will be held August 20-23 at the Moscone North Convention Center in San Francisco.

The list of exhibitors who will make announcements or debut products at VoiceCon San Francisco 2007 will continue to grow as the event nears. The list of current announcements is as follows:

• 8x8 will introduce the Packet8 Complete Contact Center, a multimedia call center distribution and management platform that works with any broadband Internet service and provides enterprise-class contact center functionality combined with Virtual Office hosted iPBX calling features and Packet8's cost efficient business VoIP calling plans.
  
• Active Voice will unveil Kinesis Unified Messaging System 3.0 -- uniting voicemail, videomail, email, and faxes. Messages can easily be retrieved anywhere, anytime, using practically any convenient device. For larger enterprise organizations, Kinesis Unified Messaging System 3.0 provides the ability to move from current messaging solutions to the next generation of Unified Messaging.
  
• Broadvox will announce Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking, an enterprise-class VoIP telecommunications solution that delivers unlimited local, toll-free, and reduced rate domestic and international long distance service. LNP, E911, 411 and DID are supported.
  
• Clarus Systems, Inc. will introduce ClarusIPC, a new solution that maximizes system availability and performance through automated, end-to-end testing, certification, reporting, troubleshooting, and operations management.
  
• Communicado (formerly SyncVoice Communications) will make its public debut at VoiceCon. The company changed its name to reflect the fact that managing convergence has gone beyond dealing with the impact of voice migrating to data networks. Communicado will unveil a full-scope Management-as-a-service (Maas) for real-time communication infrastructure.
  
• Covergence will unveil a new SIP session management solution for communication-enabled applications. By transforming Eclipse into a platform for the dynamic management of SIP sessions, Covergence helps organizations deliver secure, high-quality real-time services.
  
• Data Track Technology will showcase PM-VPQ, an application assessing enterprise networks preparing for VoIP against the DiffServ QoS standards. PM-VPQ is a high-performance application that plugs into Hewlett-Packard's OpenView and reports QoS of VoIP as a function of the performance of all devices in the call path.
  
• EMC will introduce Smarts VoIP Manager -- a service management solution for achieving required service levels and return on investment for critical VoIP telephony deployments. The solution leverages the modeling and cross-domain correlation technology of EMC Smarts to deliver an end-to-end view of VoIP across the telephony and network infrastructure.
  
• General Dynamics presents the Sectera Edge (SME PED), the world's first Type 1 ruggedized Smartphone. The Sectera Edge is a handheld, compact device that secures wireless classified and unclassified voice and data communication including, access to SIPRNet/NIPRNet, e-mail, web-browsing, instant messaging and features Data-at-Rest encryption.
  
• Keynote Systems will be announcing Keynote Voice Perspective 2.0 -- the latest version of Keynote's VoIP quality test and measurement service -- specifically targeted at contact centers and enterprise companies moving to VoIP systems. Keynote will also announce the results of the latest competitive benchmarking study of leading VoIP providers.
  
• NetQoS, Inc. will announce a new network-based call setup and call quality monitoring solution that provides data about network issues impacting the Quality of User Experience. The product will alert on call performance problems and identify the location and cause of network impairments.
  
• OnState will announce new live chat services for OnState ACD for Skype. These real-time customer-conversation management tools are embedded into OnState's Skype-enabled call center management solution.
  
• RedSky Technologies will announce Broadcast Alert, a new solution that provides enterprise with the ability to quickly send emergency and alert notifications to employees via messages to their cell phones or email.
  
• Sipera Systems will unveil the Sipera LAVA (Load Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment) Tool. Sipera LAVA is capable of detecting and emulating threat-centric attacks from any access point in the network including floods, session anomalies and spam. It is designed specifically for VoIP and UC security.
  
• snom will launch its Wireless Headset Adapter for VoIP phones. The adapter provides professionals using VoIP telephony systems with increased office mobility. It allows for electronic reception of calls on the headset itself, offering users the convenience of using a stationary phone while roaming freely throughout the home or office.
  
• Toshiba will preview new and larger capacities for the Strata CIX40 small office/branch office IP communication system, Hot Desk enhancements with IP Mobility, SIP Trunk support, SoftIPT soft phone enhancements, and a new unified messaging client GUI in Internet Explorer 7 browser format that is device independent.
  
• vertico will announce STARFACE, an entirely software-based, platform-independent VoIP telephone system, designed specifically for SMBs; STARFACE PBX, a convenient software solution compatible with preferred OS; STARFACE APPLIANCE, a complete package -- precisely matched hardware with preinstalled STARFACE software; and STARFACE HOSTED PBX, a hosted solution for professional telephony at fixed monthly rates.

For more information on these companies and all the exhibitors at VoiceCon San Francisco go to http://secure.voiceconfall.com/2007/catalog/exhibitorCatalog.do.