Ingate Presents “SIP Trunking: Everything You Need to Know” Seminars
at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & Expo East 2009
New Carrier-Focused Session,
ROI Case Studies
Illustrate How SIP Trunks Drive
Business, Reduce Costs Fast
STOCKHOLM
– January 12, 2009 –
Educating end users, resellers,
distributors and systems integrators about SIP trunking is on the
agenda as Ingate®
Systems partners with TMC, leading IP-PBX vendors, SIP trunking
service providers and industry thought-leaders to offer “SIP
Trunking: Everything You
Need to Know” seminars at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference &
Expo East 2009.
Free
to all ITEXPO attendees, these seminars will provide a comprehensive
overview of SIP trunking, and include general information panels and
technical insight sessions from both the service provider and
enterprise perspectives. Speakers from VOIPSA and the SIP Forum will
also participate.
The
seminars will be held February 2-4, 2009 at the Miami Beach
Convention Center in room B114/115.
“SIP
trunking is a secure, cost-effective way for enterprises to adopt
SIP. For carriers and VARs, it is a powerful way to build business.
SIP trunking also represents an opportunity to expand the use of SIP
to support the protocol’s long-term promise of Unified
Communications,” said Anders Eriksson, chief executive officer,
Ingate Systems. “These seminars provide
vital information from the perspective of IP-PBX vendors, SIP
trunking service providers and other distinguished voices in the
industry. We are thrilled to have such a strong group of panelists
to provide their unique perspectives on SIP trunking.”
Session
for Carriers with J. Arnold & Associates
A
new session, “Just
for Carriers: SIP Trunk Intensive Workshop,” will feature an
in-depth analysis on SIP trunks to address
the unique needs of this audience. The seminar will be presented by
Jon Arnold, principal, J. Arnold &
Associates and Marc Robins, president and managing director,
SIP Forum, followed by a crash course in deploying
SIP trunks with Avaya and Ingate.
The ROI of SIP Trunking
Case studies detailing real-world deployments will
illustrate how SIP trunks deliver a significant return-on-investment.
These seminars will be presented by the SIP trunking users
themselves as well as their partner ITSP and/or IP-PBX vendors. In
addition, J. Arnold & Associates will
present a Technology Survival Roadmap session discussing
opportunities for today’s economy.
Security
Seminars, Live Demos, “How-To” Sessions on Deployments
Security
sessions with VOIPSA will discuss VoIP and SIP trunk security.
Step-by-step, interactive whiteboarding
seminars with Avaya and BandTel will illustrate the what, why and how
of SIP trunking architecture as well as the ITSP perspective. A SIP
Trunking Boot Camp for “Basic Training” on SIP trunk
installations, led by Ingate, is free for all attendees this season.
Live
demonstrations, during which participants will set up a SIP trunk in
20 minutes or less on-site, will also be featured.
Attendees
can earn a SIP Trunking Professional Certificate by participating in
the Professional Development Program on the first day of the Show.
SIPconnect
Workshop
A SIP Forum Best
Practices Workshop: Building Interoperable SIP Trunking Solutions
with SIPconnect, will also be featured. The workshop will provide an
overview of the what and why of SIPconnect, the SIPconnect value
proposition, a "deep dive" into the SIPconnect technical
recommendation including an overview of the new 1.1 version of the
recommendation, a step-by-step overview of the SIPconnect Compliant
Pro gram application process and lessons learned from actual
SIPconnect deployments.
Confirmed
Speakers include Airespring,
Avaya, BandTel, Bandwidth.com, BBTelsys, Cbeyond, Digium/Asterisk,
Iwatsu, Kool Smiles and ShoreTel.
Though leaders from J.
Arnold & Associates, The SIP Forum and VoIP Security Alliance
(VOIPSA) will also participate.
“Ingate’s
SIP Trunking seminar series is a unique opportunity for ITEXPO
attendees to get a crash course on SIP trunking from the experts,”
said Rich Tehrani, president and group editor-in-chief, TMCnet. “We
are proud to once again work with Ingate Systems in providing these
educational SIP trunking seminars at ITEXPO.”
Seminar
Schedule:
Monday,
Feb. 2 – SIP Trunking Professional Development Program
** Live Demo: Setting Up a Secure SIP Trunk
** Live Demo: Setting Up a Secure SIP Trunk
Tuesday,
Feb. 3 – SIP Trunk
Deployments, Issues, Solutions
8:30am:
Case Study: The ROI of SIP Trunking
11:15am:
SIP Trunking and
Security
1:00pm:
SIP Forum Best Practices Workshop: Building Interoperable SIP
Trunking
Solutions with SIPconnect
2:00pm:
Beyond POTS Replacement
Wednesday,
Feb. 4 – SIP Trunk Boot Camp
**
For
more information visit
http://www.ingate.com/SIP_Trunking_seminar_spring09.php
Attendees
can pre-register at
http://www.ingate.com/SIP_Trunking_Registration.php
Free
VIP passes can be obtained here:
https://www.tmcnet.com/scripts/itexpo/fl09/itspring09reg.aspx?theplan=D&
About
Ingate®
Systems
Ingate®
Systems develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP
communications for the enterprise while maintaining control and
security at the network edge. Ingate has a long history of
developing next-generation firewall technology that solves the
NAT/firewall traversal issue with SIP. In addition to an extensive
line of Ingate Firewall®
products, the company also produces the award-winning Ingate
SIParator®,
a device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly
enable SIP communications. Ingate products currently protect the
networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial
firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout
Europe, Asia and North America. Additionally, Ingate has established
the SIP Trunking Network at www.siptrunk.org,
an educational resource that aggregates information from throughout
the SIP trunking community in an industry-wide effort to educate
enterprises about SIP trunking, to help simplify deployments.
Ingate
Systems AB is headquartered in Sweden with offices in Stockholm and
Linköping. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is
located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate
Systems, visit www.ingate.com.
For
more information, please contact:
Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager Ingate
Systems (917) 414-9262 SIP and email: hillary@ingate.com
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