SAN FRANCISCO, June 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Event on Enterprise Communications Expands to Address
European Community

TechWeb (formerly CMP), today announced VoiceCon Amsterdam, the first
European venture for the VoiceCon brand. Over the past two decades, VoiceCon
has become the event where global business leaders and IT professionals come
to learn about the latest in IP Telephony, Unified Communications and
Converged Networks. VoiceCon Amsterdam expands to meet new international
audiences and is happening October 14-16, 2008 at the Amsterdam RAI. For more
information visit http://www.voicecon.eu.

"We understand business executives demand the most efficient and
effective platform for conducting business on a global scale," said Eric
Faurot, Senior Vice President, TechWeb. "VoiceCon's legacy and global
strategy verify it is the perfect venue for international audiences to
explore the next generation of Unified Communications, IP telephony and
VoIP."

Large increases in exhibitors and attendees at VoiceCon San Francisco and
Orlando demonstrate that the industry looks to VoiceCon for analysis and
leadership of all aspects of enterprise communications -- IP Telephony,
Unified Communications and Converged Networks. VoiceCon will now deliver the
tools necessary to select the right communications platform for international
business leaders to maximize their competitive advantage in today's
international market. The European market's interest in IP Telephony and
Unified Communications is high and growing, and Amsterdam is a central
location for the Pan-European market to gather.

"A new era has begun for enterprise communications and business
processes. Innovative technologies and systems enable organizations to unlock
valuable information, helping them compete more effectively, and increase
revenue," said Fred Knight, VoiceCon General Manager. "VoiceCon Amsterdam
will be tailored to the needs of European audiences, and provide direction on
how to plan, build, manage and leverage IP Telephony platforms for Unified
Communications, Converged Networks and applications."

The VoiceCon conference features technical and market experts in all
aspects of European enterprise communications, as well as executives who have
deployed advanced communications technologies and who describe their
experiences -- what worked, what didn't and why. For example, VoiceCon
Amsterdam is proud to announce that one of the keynote speakers will be Johan
Krebbers, Group IT Architect, Shell International B.V.

The VoiceCon Amsterdam Conference will present sessions centered around
the following key issues:

-- Planning & Implementing IP Telephony
    -- Managing Staff, Technology and Costs
    -- Unified Communications
    -- Mobility & Wireless
    -- Applications & Development
    -- Next-Gen Technologies



VoiceCon Amsterdam is both a conference and an exhibition, and VoiceCon
Amsterdam will present the leading international companies in the IP
Telephony, Unified and Converged Communications industries. Attendees will
have an unmatched opportunity to meet with leading vendors to solve their IP
Telephony and enterprise communications needs.

About VoiceCon(R)

Now in its 18th year, VoiceCon(R) is the leading conference and
exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified
Communications in North America. VoiceCon(R) brings enterprise 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 has expanded
to include two yearly shows: VoiceCon Orlando, set at the Gaylord Palms
Hotel, and VoiceCon San Francisco, returning to the Moscone North Convention
Center in San Francisco, November 10-13, 2008. VoiceCon Orlando was recently
named one of Tradeshow Week's Fastest 50, a distinguished award recognizing
the fastest-growing tradeshows. The event was honored with this distinction
for show growth between 2004 and 2006. VoiceCon has launched No Jitter,
(http://www.nojitter.com/), providing daily blogging and analysis of
enterprise communications. VoiceCon 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/); and
the VoiceCon Webinar Series. For more information, visit
http://www.voicecon.com/.

About TechWeb

TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative
business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and
marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media
brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million*
business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created
around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and
VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading,
Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial
Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek,
TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb
also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance
marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a
division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and
specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than
US$2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections

Web site: http://www.voicecon.com
              http://www.voicecon.eu