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.”

Enea announced that Voiceboard is using the Enea Element middleware and professional services to develop a new VoIP-networked military radio telecommunications system. Voiceboard will use Element to develop a distributed, fault-tolerant VoIP gateway that facilitates communications between mobile radio, SATCOM terminals, telephone systems, user headsets and VoIP networked communication terminals operating in a tactical military environment.

3CX has opened an office in Australia. The Australian presence will play a key role in the expansion of the company’s partner network in the area, as well as, help support Australian-based users of 3CX VoIP Phone System.

3CX Phone System for Windows is an award-winning software-based IP PBX that replaces the traditional proprietary hardware PBX. It is based on the SIP standard, and therefore interoperates with most popular SIP phones, VoIP Gateways and VoIP providers. It allows businesses to completely break free from the restrictions of costly hardware-based proprietary phone systems and is very easy to manage by system administrators as it integrates well with Windows Network infrastructure.

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.

LiveVox made enhancements to their VoIP Dialer to enable credit and collection organizations to navigate increasing regulatory scrutiny by executing and monitoring compliant campaigns.

At the center of LiveVox's compliance-oriented feature suite is Agent Desktop 2.0, powered by an integrated Automatic Call Distributor in a true hosted environment, and Campaign Manager 3.0, which brings controls, list management and reporting formerly only available in expensive premise-based dialing solutions. Agent Desktop tracks real-time agent availability to control and refine call pacing and call routing, reducing hold time and abandoned calls. Furthermore, Agent Desktop sponsors environments of true agent accountability, with RPC/Hour/Agent reporting in real time.

FreedomVOICE unveiled its Newber Beta, the first location-aware business number, at CTIA in San Francisco today. Newber Beta is an application that resides in the iPhone as a fully functional second line and uses positioning technology to locate and seamlessly transfer calls to nearby landlines, even during an in-progress call. The commercial version of Newber will soon be available to iPhone users through the iTunes Applications store.

Newber Beta enables iPhone users to:

• Save money by avoiding the use of cell phone minutes
• Never miss or drop a call when in a “dead zone”
• Conserve iPhone battery power

snom announce that integration of its SIP-based phone portfolio with Swedish-based IP PBX manufacturer SIPGear. After rigorous testing and evaluation, SIPGear’s iPBX received full certification by snom as interoperable and deployable with snom 3xx series VoIP phones and the new snom m3 IP DECT mobile phone.

With the certification of SIPGear iPBX, snom adds yet another standards-based, feature-rich and affordable IP PBX to its portfolio of interoperable VoIP partners. SIPGear and snom began their affiliation at the VON Show in Stockholm 2007, and the two companies collaborated for the first time in 2007 on a joint deployment for the Swedish publishing company Direktpress AB. The two companies plan to collaborate further in the future both in the areas of business development and technology integration to make it easier for customers to install and maintain snom phones with SIPGear iPBX, thus providing a feature-rich and easy-to-manage telephony environment.

Verizon wholesale customers can now enjoy quicker service turn-up, simplified network configuration, expanded calling options and increased flexibility when ordering. These benefits are provided by Verizon Business' newly introduced SIP Gateway Outbound Service.

This latest addition to the company's VoIP product suite uses virtual rather than traditional physical trunking, enabling faster initiation of service, faster changes in capacity and faster long-distance call processing.

NetIQ announces the availability of complete VoIP lifecycle management for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. With this module, NetIQ now provides event monitoring, service performance and availability reporting for all industry-leading VoIP platforms. As enterprises leverage VoIP implementations, messaging platforms and alternate forms of real-time communication, NetIQ AppManager software provides the needed foundation for enterprises pursuing unified communications to further reduce IT expenses and boost enterprise productivity.

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.

credativ launched its new Open Source Telephony service, as part of its Open Source Support Centre, which offers 24/7 support. The new telephony service provides consultancy, specification and implementation of open source based PBX telephony systems using VoIP.

credativ supports a range of tried and tested open source software based platforms including Asterisk, SIP express router, and trixbox to provide all the features currently available from a hard wired PBX. Through open source based PBXs and switching platforms, credativ offers cost effective alternatives to existing telephony and traditional PBX systems.

iSkoot has acquired Social.IM, the social network IM client. This acquisition positions iSkoot to grow beyond mobile VoIP and create a compelling and valuable consumer solution with a growing lineup of Web communications that can be integrated and pushed to your phone.

Social.IM built a customizable desktop application and Web service that adds real-time communication and desktop notifications for social networks, online communities, and Web sites. The technology includes a desktop IM client and also the capability to deliver new message alerts, information, and content to social network or online community members. Social.IM also released a developer API that allows for social network application developers to reach their users on desktop.

IPEVO announced at the Office 2.0 Conference 2008 two new conference phones -- the X1N6 Conference Station and the TR10 Speakerphone, rounding out the company's growing portfolio of IP communications solutions for the business professional.

Designed exclusively for making conference calls using a computer, IPEVO's X1N6 Conference Station delivers the outstanding tele-conferencing experience of a traditional phone line, without the excessive expense. The easy to install system is beneficial to businesses of any size -- just plug it in and start conferencing with up to eight people at a time using any Internet communication platform, including Avaya, Microsoft Office Communicator, Adobe Connect, Skype and Windows Live Messenger.

Houston surpassed New York City as the as the largest IT service economy in the second quarter of 2008, according to the Q2 State of the Industry Report from OnForce, the world's largest marketplace for IT service professionals. Examining transactional data from the OnForce market, the report offers a detailed snapshot of IT service spending trends within the United States, broken down by state, city and IT categories.

snom has joined the FACE program (Fonality Authorized Certified Ecosystem), a program that certifies third party products for its trixbox CE, trixbox Pro and PBXtra so customers and resellers can deploy them with complete confidence. With this announcement snom’s 3xx series VoIP phones and m3 IP Dect phone become certified as field-ready products for Fonality’s fully open and free trixbox CE software platform.