VoiceCon Amsterdam 2008 - 14–16 October, 2008, Amsterdam,

Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend

  1. You face a fast-changing market: Technologies for IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications are undergoing massive and rapid change—new products, new services and new players. VoiceCon Amsterdam creates a unique opportunity for you to hear informed debate and thorough analysis of the trade-offs associated with each approach.
  2. Your time is respected: The VoiceCon Amsterdam program is designed to meet one fundamental goal: To present high-level, forward-thinking, relevant and reliable information that will help you make the best possible decision for your network, your company and your career.
  3. You’ll meet the thought leaders and market movers: Every conference claims to present the “industry leaders,” but no other event delivers like VoiceCon. The lineup in Amsterdam will include key executives from the leading equipment and software providers, network operators and pioneering enterprise executives.
  4. The VoiceCon Demo Pavilion presents the major players: VoiceCon is where the major enterprise system and software vendors and their products are available in one location. You get direct access to the designers and developers of IP Telephony platforms, Unified Communications and converged network systems and applications.
  5. You’ll hear from executives who’ve “walked the walk”: VoiceCon Amsterdam features senior IT/telecom enterprise executives who will describe their migration strategies, decision criteria and the lessons learned from installing state-of-the-art IP Telephony, Unified Communications and converged network systems and applications.
  6. Cut through the hype: VoiceCon doesn’t advocate one solution over another. Instead, VoiceCon presents the facts—how products have worked in real-life deployments, and the realistic prospects for technology evolution.
  7. VoiceCon Tutorials: You’ll receive objective, reliable information that you can use to plan your network evolution. Topics include Assessing Microsoft’s OCS’s Strengths and Weaknesses; SIP Fundamentals and Prospects; Unified Communications: The Basics; IP Telephony Security Threats and Countermeasures; The Mobile Enterprise—How Does UC Fit in?
  8. Assess the impact on your organization: The in-depth sessions at VoiceCon Amsterdam go beyond technical discussions, to include analysis of how the new technology changes business and organizational relationships. Learn how enterprise IT organizations are bringing voice, data and applications staff together to plan, deploy and manage, IP Telephony, Unified Communications and Converged Networks.
  9. Expert information you can reference throughout the year: The VoiceCon conference program will present the latest information and thinking from the leading convergence experts, analysts and technical specialists. They will answer your questions about technological capabilities, system features/functions, business/economic models and life-cycle costs.
  10. The only conference focused on you: VoiceCon is the ONLY conference totally focused on the needs of key decision makers in enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications. It’s the premier event for meeting with your peers and learning what your competitors are up to.

Who Should Attend

  • Decision-makers in enterprise IT, telecom and networking who need the latest information about IP Telephony, converged networks and Unified Communications to make purchase decisions.
  • Applications developers working either inside enterprise IT or as ISVs who need to understand how communications capabilities are being embedded into mainstream business applications and processes, and who now have new opportunities to contribute their experience and expertise.
  • Equipment manufacturers and service providers who need to understand how customers view the options available for migrating to IP-based converged networks.
  • Systems dealers, value-added resellers and systems integrators who need to learn how IP Telephony platforms match customer requirements.
  • Analysts and investors who want to identify opportunities in the new market for IP Telephony, converged networks and unified communications.

Only at VoiceCon:

  • Keynotes from Industry Leaders & Enterprising End Users:
    • Avaya
    • Bank of America
    • Cisco
    • IBM
    • Microsoft

  • VoiceCon Summits:
    • CTO Roundtable: Avaya, Cisco, Nortel
    • New Carrier Landscape
    • Software Based Architectures & Unified Communications

  • Next-Gen Contact Center Conference-within-a- Conference

  • New Sessions, Topics:
    • SOA
    • P2P
    • Infrastructure
    • TCO
    • Applications
    • Mobility
    • Organizational Impacts

  • Audio DVD of ALL sessions to Paid Conference Attendees
  • VoiceCon Tutorials: In-Depth and On Target
  • An Exhibit Floor with ALL the Leading Companies