Technology Marketing Corporation announces dozens of exhibitors are planning on unveiling new products and services at ITEXPO West, taking place September 16-18, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

“ITEXPO brings together a global community of IT buyers, resellers, distributors, and the media, unlike any other event, to create a perfect launch platform for exhibitors to unveil new technology and announce new services and alliances,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Conference Chairman. “Next week’s show will be no different, as we’re looking forward to seeing dozens of new and innovative IP-communications-based technologies on the Expo floor.”

NetQoS software architect for VoIP Jeff Hicks will participate in a panel discussion on “Network Management and QoS” at the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo West (ITEXPO West), to be held Sept. 16-18 in Los Angeles.

Topic: Network Management & QoS (UC-02)

Description: This session will address new technologies and strategies that are enabling enterprises to unify and streamline the management of unified communications. Hicks will discuss the key network performance considerations for achieving an optimal quality of experience when deploying and managing unified communications applications such as presence, SIP messaging, voice, and video across the enterprise.

Global IP Solutions plans to demonstrate its latest innovations in real-time HD-video conferencing and collaboration on mobile and PC platforms at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2008, during September 16-18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Additionally, GIPS' Vice President of Engineering, Jan Linden, Ph.D., will present during two panel sessions entitled, "Collaboration and Conferencing" held on September 18 at 1 pm and "VoIP Quality Management Changes" held on September 16 at 10 am as a part of the Conference.

VoiceCurve has been invited to speak at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo West 2008 in Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 16, 2008.

Shaun Clark, VoiceCurve’s Director of Strategic Planning, will be co-presenting “Trends in IP Contact Center Deployment” with Robert Smithers, CEO of Miercom.

Now dubbed 'Americas Com', Informa Telecoms & Media ran the conference successfully as 'GSM Americas' for 12 years, working to gather delegates from all over South and Central America for two days of networking and the opportunity to benchmark strategies and technology choices with colleagues from comparable markets. These delegates were drawn from mainly mobile operators, as well as their suppliers and partners.

FreedomVOICE Systems presents VoIP Boot camp. Ideal for both beginners and veterans, this basic training will get you in shape, so you can understand and successfully sell VoIP and SIP products. Experienced professionals will teach five how-to presentations in a no-fluff format.

When: August 18, 2008 - 9am-11:30am.

Where: Channel Partners Conference & Expo., Boston Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center. This is the only VoIP workshop on the agenda.

Digium recently announced that Brian Aker from Sun Microsystems/MySQL and Stefan Öberg from Skype are slated as keynote speakers for AstriCon ‘08. AstriCon, the world's largest, most informative gathering of expert developers and users of the popular Asterisk telephony platform, also announces expanded track sessions to this year’s conference.

Aker, an open source hacker who has worked on various Apache modules, the Slash system and numerous storage engines for the MySQL database, currently serves as the Director of Architecture for MySQL AB. He plans on speaking on the topic of “The Parallel Evolution of MySQL; One Foot in the Commercial World and the other in the Open Source Community.

TechWeb announces VoiceCon Amsterdam, the first European venture for the VoiceCon brand. Over the past two decades, VoiceCon has become the event where global business leaders and IT professionals come to learn about the latest in IP Telephony, Unified Communications and Converged Networks. VoiceCon Amsterdam expands to meet new international audiences and is happening October 14-16, 2008 at the Amsterdam RAI.

Large increases in exhibitors and attendees at VoiceCon San Francisco and Orlando demonstrate that the industry looks to VoiceCon for analysis and leadership of all aspects of enterprise communications -- IP Telephony, Unified Communications and Converged Networks. VoiceCon will now deliver the tools necessary to select the right communications platform for international business leaders to maximize their competitive advantage in today's international market. The European market's interest in IP Telephony and Unified Communications is high and growing, and Amsterdam is a central location for the Pan-European market to gather.

ZyXEL to demonstrate its technological expertise in xDSL access solutions including IP-based central office equipment, remote DSLAMs, CPEs and digital home connectivity equipment next week at NXTcomm in Las Vegas.

ZyXEL will showcase its line of Multi-Service Access Node and xDSL IP DSLAMs. These solutions are ideal for fiber and copper deployments -- they are scalable, flexible and allow service providers to offer value added bundled voice, video and data services to their customers without extensive investment.

ZyXEL will have comprehensive end-to-end IP broadband access and VoIP solutions from COE to CPE on display at booth # SU7104 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, June 17 - 19.

An industry summit in London will provide a unique forum to discuss some of the critical issues facing media companies and network operators as a result of new online and mobile broadband services.

The focus of the second annual Broadband Connect Summit is "Enabling fixed and wireless networks for broadband media services". The conference will include senior speakers and representatives from global brands including BT, BBC Worldwide, Virgin Media, Alcatel-Lucent, Admob and Disney.

Existing online and mobile network infrastructure is being stretched by the increasing demand for rich media services. Next generation networks promise to bring new entertainment services to the home and the handset but will require significant investment by operators.

VocalTec announces its participation at World VoIP Africa, May 12-15, 2008, The Michelangelo Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. At the event VocalTec will present its portfolio of NGN/VoIP solutions enabling the quick and smooth deployment of VoIP services. Specifically designed to meet the needs of emerging WiMAX and other Greenfield carriers, VocalTec provides end-to-end VoIP solutions together with ongoing project life-cycle management that ensure successful deployment and Return-on-Investment.

BroadSoft will host the third annual invitation-only "Korea VoIP Industry Forum" at the COEX Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on May 7. This year's VoIP forum will feature a panel discussion, "Open Access," which covers regulatory issues in Korea and how open access could benefit both customers and telecom companies. The panel will include HJ Kim, managing director of BT Korea.

The Korea VoIP Industry Forum will also cover how service providers can differentiate their residential offerings, and how new unified communications (UC) solutions from companies such as Microsoft might impact business services. Also, a special session will cover how service providers can use Web 2.0 mashups with telephony features to deliver new services to businesses and consumers.

Stealth Communications is pleased to formally announce the Voice Peering Forum Summer 2008. The Forum will be held on June 23-24 2008 at Hotel Nikko San Francisco.

The Voice Peering Forum, a biannual conference, brings together over one hundred unique organizations from all segments of the information technology and telecommunications industry to discuss the latest in business and technology of peering networks and applications.

The Forum features lively cross-sectional talks, short and high-impact presentations and case studies outlining the challenges, benefits and successes that arise from peering and interconnection deployments including market analysis of interconnect platforms and applications.

Australia’s leading communications companies Optus and Telstra will join multinational technology giants Fujitsu, Motorola, Oracle, Panasonic, Red Hat, Siemens, Sony and Yahoo! at the CeBIT Australia 2008 business event.

The attendance of these major brands demonstrates that with eight weeks before the region’s largest business technology trade event opens its doors from May 20-22, CeBIT Australia 2008 has already attracted record interest.

"This year Optus’ Small and Medium Business division has entered into a multi-year agreement with CeBIT Australia," said Phil McDermott, Head of Product Marketing, Optus Small and Medium Business. "CeBIT Australia offers an ideal platform for us to showcase products including mobile, broadband and wireless solutions while building and maintaining strong customer relationships."

The nation’s most prestigious information and communications technology (ICT) research agencies have joined forces with CeBIT Australia 2008, the region’s largest business technology trade exhibition, to create the AusInnovate summit, an event to underwrite Australia’s future prosperity by better exploiting local technology talent in global markets.

AusInnovate is co-organised by the Commonwealth’s peak research and development (R&D) ICT agencies – NICTA, CSIRO ICT Centre, and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) – as a flagship conference within CeBIT Australia 2008.

Hosted by ABC Radio National Breakfast presenter Fran Kelly, a long-time political commentator on ABC television and radio, AusInnovate is a day-long business summit focused on Australian research priorities and commercialisation strategies to improve the nation’s export performance in high-tech goods and services.