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MetaSwitch Forum Reports Record Attendance
The Fifth Annual Conference and Expo Attracts More Than 500 Telecom Industry Professionals to the Increasingly Popular Educational and Networking Event
| Source: MetaSwitch
NEW ORLEANS, LA--(Marketwire - April 24, 2008) - MetaSwitch today wrapped up its fifth
annual customer event, the MetaSwitch Forum V, in the heart of New Orleans,
La. This was the largest forum in MetaSwitch history, with well over 500
attendees, and the three-day event was filled with a wide variety of
educational sessions, a lively partner expo and countless networking
opportunities.
MetaSwitch Forum V provided attendees with the opportunity to explore new
technologies and applications from MetaSwitch; meet key staff, partners and
consulting engineers; and network with fellow customers to exchange ideas
and strategies for today's business challenges. More than 25 hours of
educational sessions covered topics such as Web 2.0, network management,
IPTV, the evolution of voicemail and the role of session border controllers
(SBCs). A series of training sessions hosted by the MetaSwitch engineering
team rounded out the educational program.
Keynote speakers at the event included: Joe Weinman, strategic solutions
vice president, AT&T; Dave Axam, director of transformation, BT Design; Don
Valentine, founder, Sequoia Capital; and long-time New Orleans resident and
spokesperson, Archie Manning, NFL MVP and father of Superbowl winners
Peyton and Eli Manning.
This year's "State of the Industry" panel discussion was moderated by Gary
Kim, editor-in-chief of IP Business News and featured keynote speakers Dave
Axam and Joe Weinman. Completing the panel were Joe McGarvey, senior
analyst, Current Analysis; Carol Wilson, editor-in-chief, Telephony; and
John Lazar, president and chief operating officer, MetaSwitch.
"This marks my third year attending the MetaSwitch Forum, and I continue to
be impressed with the variety and depth of presentations, panels and
educational sessions MetaSwitch produces at these events," said Gary Kim,
editor-in-chief, IP Business Magazine. "Providing a venue for attendees to
network, discuss strategies and share successes demonstrates that
MetaSwitch clearly understands and appreciates its customers and partners."
Sponsors of the MetaSwitch Forum V included Aastra Telecom, Cisco, ADTRAN,
Occam Networks, Polycom, Acme Packet, Allied Telesis, Auspice Corporation,
Calix, Ditech Networks, i3 Networks, JacobsRimell, Linksys and Pannaway.
At this year's MetaSwitch User Group meeting held at the forum, Jon Deaver,
project manager from Newroads Telecom, was elected as the new Board
Chairman and John Springer, manager of information technology for Inland
Telephone Company, was named Vice Chair. "I continue to be impressed with
the level of commitment and support we receive from MetaSwitch," said
Deaver. "I am pleased to take on this new role within the user community
and I look forward to working with the members on the exciting initiatives
announced during the past few days."
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications
solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its MetaSphere service delivery platform and
applications suite enables a broad set of hosted IP communications
services, while its core session control and media/signaling gateway
products support a full range of Class 4/5 softswitch capabilities. Customers
include many of the world's leading operators of wireline, wireless and
cable networks, with deployments that scale to millions of subscribers.
For more information, please visit www.metaswitch.com.
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