VoIP Strategies & Implementation Conference Announcement

["Enyeart, Mike" <>]

Dear VoIP Working Group,

 

Here is an early chance to sign up for this conference. I believe that over the next few days this is going to be more widely announced and will probably fill quickly.

 

-Mike Enyeart

 

  

 

Moving Voice over IP into Production

Hosted by East Carolina University and Internet2

 

Date: May 12-13, 2004

Site: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

On-Line Registration: http://www.ecu.edu/si/internet2/voip/registration.cfm

 

 

 

Overview: Internet telephony, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), uses the Internet to transport voice conversations alongside data. This technology is growing quickly as IT decision makers recognize its value and benefits. Gartner, Inc., the world's leading technology research and advisory firm, predicts that “the beginning of the significant movement away from…public switched telephone networks and traditional private lines…will occur in 2004.” (Strategy, Trends & Tactics, Gartner, Inc., December 1, 2003)

Join telecommunications specialists, enterprise IT managers and telecommunications industry leaders to share experiences, learn about potential pitfalls and discuss successful implementation methods for moving VoIP into production.

 

Session Topics: 

·         Moving VoIP into Production

·         VoIP Disaster Recovery

·         Implementing VoIP Gateways & Gatekeepers

·         Preparing a VoIP Business Plan

·         IP Phone Applications
·         IP Telephony Enabled Video Conferencing Application
·         Securing a VoIP Infrastructure
·         ECU VoIP Case Studies
·         Best Practices: Design and Implementation of VoIP
·         Guided Tour of ECU Network Operations Center

Who Should Attend?

·         Chief Information Officers

·         Directors of IT

·         Network Engineering Managers

·         Telecommunication Scientists

·         Computer Network Coordinators

·         VoIP Project Leaders

·         Chief Technology Officers

 

Conference Contributors

Cisco Systems, Inc., Dimension Data, 4Front Systems, Inc.

 

The conference registration fee of $125 includes a continental breakfast, morning and afternoon refreshments, boxed lunch, and sponsor reception on Wednesday, May 12; and continental breakfast, morning refreshments, and boxed lunch on Thursday, May 13; and all conference materials. Conference registration is limited to 125 participants. Please register early!

 

For a detailed conference agenda, featured speakers and lodging and transportation information, please go to www.ecu.edu/si/internet2/voip.htm.