SAN FRANCISCO, September 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Market Momentum Growing for VoiceCon's European Launch Where Cisco, 
IBM, Microsoft, KPN, Siemens and Royal Dutch Shell to Keynote

VoiceCon Amsterdam(R), produced by TechWeb, today announced its keynote
and exhibitor lineup, which demonstrate the market's enthusiastic reception
to the European launch of the VoiceCon brand. VoiceCon Amsterdam will be held
14-16 October at the Amsterdam RAI. Registration and conference details are
available at http://www.voicecon.eu.

The keynote speakers include: Joe Burton, Vice President and CTO, Unified
Communications, Cisco; David Farrell, Vice President, IBM Software Europe;
Eric Swift, Senior Director, Microsoft; John van Vianen, Senior President of
ICT Services, KPN; Johan Krebbers, Group IT Architect, Royal Dutch Shell;
Gerhard Otterbach, Member of the Board, Siemens Enterprise Communications.

VoiceCon Amsterdam is designed to help enterprise executives address two
fundamental questions: How to select and build the IP Telephony and
enterprise communications platform that is right for their enterprise; and
how to leverage that platform for Unified Communications and other emerging
applications. In addition to the keynote presentations, VoiceCon Amsterdam
will present a complete line-up of tutorials and conference sessions that
will feature the thought- and market-leaders in European enterprise
communications, including analysts, consultants, vendors and network
operators. In keeping with the VoiceCon tradition, enterprise executives will
be on the VoiceCon Amsterdam podium throughout the conference discussing
their progress in migrating to IP Telephony, Unified Communications and
Converged Networks. They'll discuss the decision factors triggering their
migration decisions, and the lessons they've learned -- technical, financial
and organizational.

"This is a unique time in enterprise networking," said Fred Knight,
VoiceCon General Manager. "There is no longer a single migration path to IP
Telephony, Unified Communications and Converged Networks. VoiceCon Amsterdam
will examine the new and cutting-edge technologies and services, analyze
their impact on enterprise communications, and ask the leading vendors -- and
customers -- to discuss their latest strategies. At this critical time in the
migration to a new framework for enterprise communications, VoiceCon
Amsterdam will give the industry a good indication of how far we've come --
and what's coming next."

"I'm also pleased to announce that the VoiceCon Amsterdam Demo Pavilion
will feature many of the market leaders in European enterprise
communications," Knight continued. "The Demo Pavilion will provide a unique
opportunity for enterprises to see next-generation communications products
and services, and to meet with the key equipment, software and service
suppliers who are building the systems."

The VoiceCon Amsterdam Diamond Sponsors include KPN, Siemens, Psytechnics
and IBM. The Platinum, Silver and Gold Sponsors include Microsoft, Mitel,
Prognosis, Eaton, LG Nortel, Motorola, NetIQ, Polycom and Qunitum.

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 San Francisco, returning to the Moscone
North Convention Center in San Francisco, November 10-13, 2008 and VoiceCon
Orlando, set for March 30-April 2, 2009, at the Gaylord Palms Hotel. 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 
recently launched a new website -- No Jitter, (http://www.nojitter.com/) -- 
providing daily blogging and analysis of enterprise IP-Telephony, Unified 
Communications and Converged Networks. VoiceCon also serves the enterprise 
communications 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

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