Leading Vendors Unveil New Products and Services at VoiceCon San Francisco 2009

VoiceCon® today announced a lineup of major news announcements that will be made at VoiceCon San Francisco 2009. VoiceCon, produced by TechWeb, 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. The event provides a unique venue for solution providers to showcase their new product or service offerings and is happening November 2-5 at the Moscone North Convention Center. For more information visit: http://www.voicecon.com/sanfrancisco/.

"VoiceCon San Francisco is the vendors' choice for introducing new products, services, software and applications- innovations that are changing how businesses communicate," said Fred Knight, VoiceCon General Manager. "VoiceCon attendees have a unique opportunity; they are the first to see these new products and they can influence the directions that future development will take."

The exhibitors making announcements at VoiceCon San Francisco 2009 will continue to grow as the event nears, and currently includes the following:

911 Enable now offers automatic IP softphone tracking to reduce administrative burden and simplify phone management for E911 purposes. Layer 2 and/or layer 3 discovery is available for most IP softphones, including those provided by Cisco, Avaya, Microsoft, ShoreTel, and 3Com. Learn more at http://www.911enable.com/ or visit Booth #406.

Advanced American Telephones, manufacturer of AT&T home and office telephony products under a licensing agreement, will introduce its new system for small-to-medium businesses requiring up to 50 phone extensions. Designed to provide a simple, affordable and customizable solution for SMBs, the offering will be available through major distributors in November.

Alcatel-Lucent launches expanded capabilities of its comprehensive Unified Communications solution - OmniTouch My Instant Communicator (MiC). Now available on most popular mobile devices, MiC gives employees access to people/information/resources regardless of work location. Addressing the increase of mobility in the workplace, MiC helps enterprises save money, increase productivity and responsiveness.

Avistar, continuing to lead and revolutionize the industry, will introduce the Avistar C3 Integrator™ - Citrix Edition, bringing desktop visual communications to Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop. Additionally, Avistar will release Avistar C3 Unified™ - OCS Edition powering Microsoft OCS with a feature rich, scalable and interoperable desktop visual communications experience.

Carousel Industries launches SmartPoint Managed Services, utilizing a best in class approach to support converged networks by providing premium services designed to monitor and manage complex voice and data infrastructures. SmartPoint provides multi-vendor, comprehensive fault and performance management, designed to preserve and enhance the reliability of your converged infrastructure. www.carouselindustries.com

Continuant will be introducing the new MyContinuant Customer Portal. MyContinuant empowers customers with dashboard visibility, real-time alerts, and online tools and resources to better manage their communications systems. Customers can place and manage service tickets, track progress, and engage engineers through an easy to use web portal.

eOn Communications will debut its eConn IP-PBX, an affordable, communications platform built on off-the-shelf hardware and Linux OS, utilizing standard SIP and TDM technologies. Bundled with the eConn IP Messenger, the platform provides a suite of UC applications enabling seamless connectivity and messaging management from any device regardless of location.

Grandstream is pleased to announce two new next generation surveillance cameras at VoiceCon. The GXV3601_HD is a 720P HD network camera with state- H.264 video compression and industry leading SIP/VoIP capabilities. Grandstream's GXV3601_LL is a low-light CMOS network camera with H.264 video compression and industry leading SIP/VoIP capabilities.

Konftel introduces the wireless conference phone, Konftel 300W. This state-of-the-art unit incorporates OmniSound's impressive audio performance, rechargable battery with 48 hours talk time and wireless DECT6.0 connectivity. The Konftel 300W will be available in the end of October. Manufactured by Konftel, Europes leading manufacturer of conference phones. Wireless is freedom!

Network Equipment Technologies (NET) will be announcing the general availability of its next-generation multi-service voice switch for the enterprise. The product's enhanced Unified Communications features reduce server count and increase ease of deployment for any applications that require voice interfaces to the PSTN, to existing PBX systems, or both.

Psytechnics introduces Psytechnics Service Desk Manager, a new solution enabling the service desk to operate proactively and efficiently, making the right support escalation decisions, better supporting IT user needs and satisfaction levels. Efficient service and IT user management for IP voice, Telepresence and video starts at the service desk.

SecureLogix unveils ETM® System 6.0. This voice/UC security and intelligence solution unifies protection against TDM- and SIP-based toll fraud, unauthorized network access, ID theft, service abuse, harassing callers, and data leakage. Management capabilities lower costs and simplify management though network optimization/planning, reporting/analytics, service performance monitoring, call recording, and business intelligence.

For a schedule of all educational sessions, keynote addresses and participating exhibitors, visit http://www.voicecon.com/sanfrancisco/.

About VoiceCon®

Now in its 19th year, VoiceCon® is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications in North America. VoiceCon® brings corporate IT decision makers together with the industry's vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. As the momentum toward IP Telephony and convergence has grown, VoiceCon expanded to include two yearly shows in the United States: VoiceCon San Francisco, November 2-5, 2009 at the Moscone North Convention Center, VoiceCon Orlando, March 22-25, 2010 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel. Earlier this year, VoiceCon Orlando was named one of Tradeshow Week's Fastest 50, a distinguished award recognizing the fastest-growing tradeshows. 2009 is the third time since 2005 that VoiceCon has received this prestigious award. VoiceCon also has launched No Jitter, (http://www.nojitter.com/), providing daily blogging and analysis of enterprise communications, and it also serves the community with a weekly email newsletter -- VoiceCon eNews (http://www.voicecon.com/enews) -- and the VoiceCon Webinar Series. For more information, visit http://www.voicecon.com/.

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