Industry's Top Vendors Unveil New Products and Services at VoiceCon Orlando 2009

Leading Enterprise Communications Event Provides Platform for First Time Announcements

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- VoiceCon® Orlando, produced by TechWeb, today previews more than 20 product and service announcements to be made at the upcoming VoiceCon Orlando 2009. The event offers a unique venue for solution providers to introduce the latest news and technology innovations in IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications to a targeted audience of enterprise decision-makers. VoiceCon Orlando 2009 will be held March 30-April 2 at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, FL. To register or for more information on the event visit: www.voicecon.com/orlando/.

"We are proud that VoiceCon Orlando continues to be the choice venue for leading industry providers introducing their latest products and services to the enterprise communications market," said Fred Knight, VoiceCon General Manager. "It's a critical time for our attendees to get a full understanding of all available technologies for migrating their networks and for learning the best ways to efficiently leverage their communications platform."

The list of VoiceCon Orlando 2009 exhibitors making announcements or showcasing new products will continue to grow throughout the event, and currently includes the following:

911 Enable will introduce Desk Alert, an application installed on the security desk workstation. Desk Alert pops-up when 911 is dialed, notifying security personnel of the 911 call and providing them with the caller's name, callback number, location and a URL link that includes additional location-specific information (i.e. building map).

911 ETC introduces RedConnect™: Added to 911 ETC's Crisis Connect solution for the large enterprise, RedConnect™ is developed specifically for the smaller end-user. Utilizing traditional Telco emergency routing, RedConnect™ cost-effectively delivers emergency location information to authorities even when the end-user is employing a VoIP-based PBX.

Acme Packet launches the Net-Net 3800, a new low-end session border controller for small enterprise sites requiring up to 500 secure, high-quality VoIP/UC sessions. Slashing Acme Packet's entry SBC price by 50 percent, the Net-Net 3800 supports features and high-availability operations that have made Acme Packet the world's leading SBC vendor.

Broadcom Corporation (Booth 1324), a global leader in semiconductors, will showcase for the first time the Broadcom® Persona™ design platform, based on its flagship BCM11107 VoIP processor. The Persona enables enterprise and consumer IP phones to offer multimedia capabilities, premium audio, robust Ethernet switching, enhanced security and extensive peripheral support.

Consistacom, Inc. announces ccFlowCam®, a program which delivers an automatic blueprint of call center switch programming drawn directly from your working vector programs, replaces manual documentation with automation, reduces labor costs and human error, and immediately helps the customer identify opportunities, enhancements and changes to improve call handling.

CyberData Corporation of Monterey, CA will unveil seven new VoIP paging and intercom devices to compliment a growing product line of innovative Application Specific Endpoints. These new products will be on display for the first time at VoiceCon Orlando and will showcase the latest in CyberData VoIP technology.

EasyRun is announcing EPICAcce, its newest multimedia contact center product. EPICAcce is the first Enterprise-Grade application agnostic contact center. The product, which is delivered on a 2U appliance, includes a robust contact center as well as a complete Asterisk-based voice infrastructure.

Announcing Jabra BIZ 2400 from GN Netcom - taking corded headset technology to the next level. Featuring a cascade of improvements and industry firsts, Jabra BIZ 2400 pushes the envelope for comfort, audio quality, and ruggedness needed in contact center and office environments. The result is now here - 10X BETTER.

Gold Systems announces the latest version of its Password Reset product, using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. The new solution saves you time and money while increasing corporate security. Instead of calling your IT Help Desk, employees use the automated voice-powered solution to reset lost or forgotten passwords.

Grandstream Networks, a leading designer and manufacturer of IP voice and video solutions, is pleased to announce the GXV3140, a next generation IP multimedia phone. The GXV3140 blends real time video conferencing with numerous Web and social networking applications to create a powerful IP multimedia experience.

iscoord ag is showcasing its new is-phone version 8.1 at VoiceCon, booth #638. Highlights: Mac/Linux versions, tighter IBM UC integration and support of Microsoft Office/Internet Explorer through the toolbar, all in addition to IBM Lotus Notes/Sametime/Symphony and Microsoft Exchange/Outlook/Live Messenger support, enabling audio/video calls (16/4 participants) without need for additional servers.

NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. will be launching an affordable, pure software-based IP communications solution designed for the small- to medium-sized hotel market. The solution provides advanced self-service voice applications for guests and integrates with popular third-party property management systems for enhanced operational workflow. Find out more at booth 609.

Phybridge, a provider of risk-free IP telephony deployment infrastructure, will launch the Phybridge UniPhyer, a robust deployment appliance that enables voice/data network convergence with PoE and guaranteed QoS. The Phybridge UniPhyer makes any IP PBX into a simple, plug-and-play installation with significantly lower initial/ongoing costs associated with traditional deployments.

Sagem-Interstar, the leader in advanced fax server solutions for IP networks, will launch XMediusFAX Release 6.0 - the IP fax industry's first to offer "Survivability." Survivability is the capability of a solution or system to withstand single or multiple failures, or even a disaster, without significantly impairing its normal operations.

As part of its commitment to delivering UC solutions that boost productivity and reduce costs, ShoreTel is pleased to announce software enhancements for a more personalized communications experience, enabling access to users based on their unique requirements. Additional high availability and security improvements help reduce risk--ideal for large organizations.

Sipera Systems is unveiling enhanced security for unified communications deployments based on Microsoft OCS. Sipera's award-winning real-time security appliances now enable enterprises to extend and enhance their OCS unified communications deployments and support secure remote office and teleworkers, SIP trunk termination and security, and core network PBX support.

SpinVox, the global leader in voice-to-content messaging, will launch a new partner program enabling wholesale access to the company's speech-to-content service. This follows the recent launch of SpinVox Create, a simple, straightforward API that leverages SpinVox's commercial speech platform (VMCS), enabling any Web-accessible developer to quickly build commercial speech applications.

Telchemy will present SQmediator, a high performance VoIP mediation application that collects, correlates, and analyzes quality reports sent by call endpoints including IP phones and gateways. SQmediator provides dynamic Flash-based data visualization, customized drill-down call reporting, and expert diagnosis of quality impairments for both enterprise and service provider VoIP networks.

Telecommunication Software announces the release of the SAMwin.CCO, the first pure SIP based pc attendant console directory and call center solution. Equipped with SIP technology, the SAMwin.CCO offers you an absolutely new dimension of flexibility, dynamics, scalability and cost efficiency for your PBX. For more information, visit www.telecomsoftware.com

Telecorp Products, Inc. is proud to announce the expansion of MCCS (Multi-platform Call Center Suite) to include all versions of Cisco, as well as Avaya and Nortel. MCCS is Web based, offering custom historical reporting and real-time data across multi-platforms. MCCS is ideal for multi-sites and at home agents.

Touchstone announces WinSIP 4.0 - a software-based testing solution for SIP applications and services. WinSIP 4.0 includes the NEW profiling engine which allows engineers and Q/A personnel to capture live traffic or interact with devices and generate exact replicas or "profiles" of SIP-based calls. Using WinSIP, users can recreate exact scenarios.

U4EA will be announcing a partnership with a video communications service provider to deliver affordable, high quality video calling and video conferencing to small-to-medium sized businesses. U4EA will demonstrate its Fusion Multi-service Business Gateways with the video service and Polycom's VVX1500 video phone at U4EA booth # 838 at VoiceCon.

Unimax will release a new version of its 2nd Nature configuration management software at VoiceCon adding compatibility for AVST-CallXpress and Cisco-Unity Connection. Customers realize significant savings by using 2nd Nature to administer their Avaya, AVST, Cisco, Nortel and other PBX/voicemail systems at the same time from one centralized software interface.

For more information on these companies, participating exhibitors and a complete conference schedule at VoiceCon Orlando, go to http://www.voicecon.com/orlando/.

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 communications 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 Orlando, March 30-April 2, 2009 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and VoiceCon San Francisco, November 2-5, 2009 at the Moscone North Convention Center. VoiceCon's No Jitter, (http://www.nojitter.com/), provides daily blogging and analysis of enterprise communications, and also serves the community with two weekly email newsletters -- VoiceCon eNews (http://www.voicecon.com/enews) and VoiceCon UC eWeekly (http://www.voicecon.com/unified-communications/). For more information, visit http://www.voicecon.com/.

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