TechWeb's VoiceCon released their growing list of major new product announcements that will be made at VoiceCon San Francisco 2008, which will run November 10-13 at the Moscone North Convention Center. VoiceCon is recognized as the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise decision-makers who are evaluating their options for migrating to IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications, and it presents the ideal platform for solution providers to showcase their new offerings.

The VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 exhibitors making announcements or demonstrating their new products for the first time continues to grow as the event nears, and currently includes the following:

• 911 Enable will be introducing Desk Alert, an emergency reporting application that notifies security personnel of 9-1-1 calls in progress through a pop-up window on their workstations. The alert provides the caller's name, callback number, location information, and a link to location and employee-specific information.
• Fluke Networks announces Visual Performance Manager 4.0, a unified system that provides integrated views and data correlation for effective management of VoIP and application performance and response time analytics. Included is a new Application Performance Solution, vastly more efficient at analyzing relevant traffic information for efficient delivery of business services.
• Mindsharp will present the most useful, comprehensive instruction available for designing, deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Microsoft Unified Communications (OCS 2007) core components. As premier technology educators, Mindsharp is known for matching business needs to technology and creating fresh ways to teach people how to use technology to achieve success.
• MXL Technology Division will showcase the MXL AC-404 USB Conference Room microphone and MXL AC-405 Personal Computer speakerphone. Both products offer radical improvements to voice quality on computer and laptop conferencing and are a perfect complement to internet telephony services like Skype. Booth #247
• NetIQ will debut the latest iteration of NetIQ Vivinet Diagnostics, version 2.3, the most comprehensive performance analysis tool for diagnosing and troubleshooting voice quality issues. New features include: Layer 2 and 3 path tracing across VLAN configurations and deeper support for Nortel hybridized Ethernet, router and switch data gear.
• NetQoS is launching version 2.0 of its VoIP monitoring product with expanded support for unified communications, including quality of experience monitoring for video. The product also includes enhanced diagnostics and reporting for Cisco IP Telephony environments to better monitor VoIP performance across the network.
• Polycom will demonstrate new unified communications solutions across its voice, video and telepresence portfolios. Polycom will exhibit its: expanded VoIP phone portfolio with new desktop models that further the adoption of its revolutionary HD Voice technology; 1080p telepresence solutions; Microsoft OCS integration; and Converged Management Application.
• Psytechnics is unveiling Experience Manager 4.0. Experience Manager 4.0 enables service providers and enterprises to proactively manage and rapidly diagnose user quality issues in video conferencing and voice. The new capabilities will help drive video conferencing as businesses strive to reduce their carbon footprints and lower costs.
• ShoreTel will feature its new release of Converged Conferencing that frees enterprises from expensive conferencing services with a flexible, integrated conferencing and instant messaging solution. Converged Conferencing 7.1 helps improve collaboration and lower costs, with all the Web collaboration tools users require in a user-friendly, simple to manage package.
• VIXXI-PBX is a new E911 solution for PBX users or vendors, providing exact location information of an emergency caller from within a PBX network as opposed to the location of the main switch. The technology's use of x, y, and z coordinates promotes the speed and accuracy of emergency response.
• VoIPshield Systems introduces two new models in its VoIPguardTM line of VoIP Intrusion Prevention Systems -- designed to protect enterprise Voice over IP systems. VoIPshield will feature live product demonstrations of the VIPS10 at the booth at VoiceCon and have information on the VIPS1000 -- the new carrier grade model.
• Xorcom will unveil EPICAcce, a turnkey solution from EasyRun that bundles its multimedia contact center software with Xorcom's Asterisk-based IP-PBX to control, manage, monitor and support blended inbound/outbound corporate communications. EPICAcce integrates seamlessly with any existing PBX and delivers immediate ROI through increased efficiencies. Product demo in Xorcom booth #740.