Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) released pre-registered attendance figures for next month's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida showing 200% growth year-over-year from 2005. (www.itexpo.com)

The conference will be held January 24-27, 2006 at the Ft. Lauderdale/Broward Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

MediaLive International, Inc., producer of Interop, announced that Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, has proclaimed Monday, December 12 - Friday, December 16 "Interop Week" in New York City. Interop New York will take place beginning today through Friday, December 16 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

"Modern technology is fundamentally changing the way we live, and MediaLive International, Inc. is leading the push to integrate the latest developments into everyday life," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "It is a pleasure to welcome Interop to New York City. The conference's focus on innovation reflects our citywide commitment to progress on all fronts, whether it is social, cultural, or technological."

VoiceCon, produced by MediaLive International, Inc., announced the featured presentation and keynotes for VoiceCon Spring 2006, a lineup that includes John Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems; Don Peterson, Chairman and CEO, Avaya; Patrick Morin, Managing Director, Enterprise Technology Services, American Airlines; and George Surdu, Director, Information Technology Services, Ford Motor Company. VoiceCon Spring 2006 will be held March 6-9 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando, FL. Registration for the event is now open at www.voicecon.com/spring/registration.

Visual Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, announced that it is the exclusive presenting sponsor of the VoIP track at Network World's forthcoming technology tour, "Roadmap '06: What's New, What's Next and What to Buy Now." The series of four one-day events will pinpoint critical issues and arm attendees with the facts, figures and strategies to maximize network performance in 2006. The seminars, targeted toward IT and network executives and managers of technologies such as VoIP, are taking place in Framingham, Massachusetts (November 29), Washington, DC (December 1), Chicago (December 6) and Santa Ana, California (November 8).

ITWorld Expo Canada and The Smalltalk Industry Council are pleased to announce that Smalltalk Solutions 2006 will be hosted at LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld Canada, April 24-26, 2006, in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Smalltalk is a portable, pure object-oriented language that runs on all popular platforms. It is known for being one of the best ways to learn object-oriented programming and the best way for software developers to build applications quickly and efficiently. The Smalltalk Solutions forum is the premier event for bringing together Smalltalk users, developers, and enthusiasts.

Covad Communications Group, Inc., announced that
Covad was distinguished with three separate awards for its continued excellence in business-class VoIP. The Service Provider Awards were bestowed based on data collected from a variety of sources including TMC editorial staff, International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) executives, and the readers of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, and identified truly market-driving VoIP communications providers.

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pulvermedia and CMP Media announced an all-star speaker lineup for IP.4.IT -- the IP communications industry's premier event targeting the enterprise -- scheduled for November 14-16 at the Rio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The conference organizers also announced that VON pioneerJeff Pulver, world renowned author and former high ranking technologist of the U.S. Department of Defense and acting CIO of NASA, Paul A. Strassmann, andthe "Godfather of SIP," Dr. Henry Sinnreich will host book signing events for their respective books during the show.

IP.4.IT explores the impact of IP communications technology -- from a voice, video and collaborative application perspective. The event provides aforum for C-level executives, IT managers, enterprise architects, and telecom managers to share their thoughts and ideas and the possibilities for the enterprise while exploring in detail how Internet infrastructure is being applied to enterprise communications. The conference program features more than 125 speakers, including keynotes from the following industry leaders:

Technology Marketing Corporation announces that Raymond Pennotti, PhD, Managing Vice President of Professional Services for Lucent Worldwide Services, has agreed to deliver a keynote address at its INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Fall 2005, on October 24-27, 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Dr. Pennotti's address, which is open to all registered attendees, will take place Monday, October 24th at 4:45pm PST. Registration for the conference is now open at http://www.itexpo.com.

INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, held since 1999, is the world's largest and best-attended VoIP trade show. Last February, TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY attracted over 6,200 buyers and sellers of IP Telephony products and services. For this upcoming October show, TMC projects total attendance to exceed 7,500.

SecurityLab Technologies Inc., provider of enterprise security management products and consulting services, today announced that the company's CTO, Ejovi Nuwere, will speak at the upcoming VON Fall 2005 conference and expo. Nuwere will present the company's recent research into VoIP security flaws and explain how these flaws can be used to attack enterprise networks via VoIP technology and services.

"When it comes to VoIP security it's like 1999," says Nuwere. "Vendors blithely assume that attackers won't want to or won't be able to exploit their products. But as we all now know, if technology harbors a vulnerability it will eventually be exploited. This presentation is meant to serve as a wake up call."

Among the VoIP vulnerabilities Nuwere will discuss in his "How Vulnerable is VoIP?" presentation are those that, if exploited by an attacker, could cause VoIP gateway servers to suffer from Denial of Service attacks or give an attacker full control of the victims VoIP gateway or desktop.

Motive, Inc. announced that it will demonstrate new Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) management technology with 3Com Corporation during the VON Fall 2005 Conference & Expo in Boston on September 19-22, 2005. The demonstration will feature Motive's intelligent automation software integrated with the 3Com managed VoIP solution to streamline the entire VoIP service lifecycle from service activation to support, through ongoing monitoring and updating.

Motive and 3Com will show how this automation can significantly reduce costs for providers, accelerate their time to market with new VoIP offerings, and greatly simplify the user experience for businesses.

According to a recent forecast from AMI Partners, worldwide SMB VoIP revenues will increase from $1.2 billion in 2004 to $4.5 billion in 2008. As the adoption of VoIP continues to grow, so does the cost and complexity of delivering and supporting managed services.

Only one month remains until AstriCon 2005, a conference and exhibition dedicated to the Asterisk open source PBX. AstriCon 2005, scheduled for October 12 - 14, is the only event dedicated exclusively to Asterisk and Asterisk-related topics. The conference will take place in Anaheim, California at the Hyatt Regency Orange County Hotel.

Boasting over 1/4 million users in over 200 countries, Asterisk is changing the way businesses purchase telecommunications services and how carriers build their voice over IP (VoIP) solutions by providing a complete business- and carrier-class PBX solution based on a Linux computer.

Leveraging communications management technology to help organizations and their customers "experience the difference" will be the theme of the Apropos Technology user conference to be held September 11-14, 2005 at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago. The Apropos World 2005 User Group will highlight best practices in contact center operations and customer experience management, as well as the latest trends in multi-channel customer support, business continuity planning and self-service applications.

Apropos World 2005, which is geared to contact center managers and practitioners, business managers, IT directors and analysts, will feature a variety of informational sessions conducted by leading organizations. Customers such as Advance Auto Parts, Cardiff Council, Fannie Mae, Symantec and Vinciti AQ will share best practices, challenges and successes in using Apropos' contact center software. Additionally, Dale Carey-Sher of IBM Business Consulting Services will discuss her experiences implementing Apropos at 40 different customer sites.

VoiceCon, produced by MediaLive International, Inc., today announced that it has been named a recipient of Tradeshow Week's Fastest 50 award, which goes to the fifty fastest-growing events in the North America trade show industry, based on percentage growth and net square footage of growth between 2002 and 2004. Combined with the recent announcement that the VoiceCon Fall exhibition floor has completely sold out, this recognition reaffirms VoiceCon's position as the premier event for voice, IP Telephony and convergence technologies, products, systems and services.

SecureLogix Corporation announced today that its Chief Technology Officer, Mark Collier, will lead a presentation entitled "Cutting-Edge Issues in VoIP Security" during the VoiceCon Fall 2005 conference and exhibition. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, August 31, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. The conference will run from August 29 to September 1 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California.

The Collaborative Communications Summit, CCS, which will take place October 24-25, 2005, announced its San Francisco summit case studies and participants today. The CCS will focus on video communication, VoIP, instant messaging, team collaboration environments, real time presence-aware collaboration tools and services, and mobile collaboration tools.