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Interop Las Vegas
May 17 - 21, 2009
Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV

Interop Tokyo
June 8 - 12, 2009
Makuhari Messe (Nippon Convention Center)
Tokyo, Japan

Interop São Paulo
September 2 - 3, 2009
Transamerica Expo Center
São Paulo, Brazil

Interop New York
November 16 - 20, 2009
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York, NY

Conference: VoIP and Unified Communications Track

Track Chair: Eric Krapf
Program Co-Chair, VoiceCon and Editor
Business Communications Review

The VoIP and Unified Communications track will help you understand how UC enables enterprises to integrate communications with business processes, and how to prepare for the implementation of VoIP within your enterprise--including which vendors you will be dealing with. You will learn what features and functions the new systems support and how to keep your systems running efficiently and securely. You will also learn how communications will be integrated into emerging technologies such as Social Networking.

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Tuesday, May 19
10:15 am–11:15 am	Conference Sessions Next-Generation Architectures for Communications The traditional enterprise communications architecture is evolving as IP networks and software functionality take center stage. Communications may become a data center-based application, or may have elements that are distributed throughout private and public networks and implemented via mashups. Also, the core function of communications is likely to change from voice call control to presence management. This session will help you understand the transition that is under way, and how you should plan for it.
2:45 pm–3:45 pm	Conference Sessions The New Competitive Landscape for Unified Communications: Microsoft vs. Cisco vs. IBM vs. ??? The traditional private branch exchange (PBX) players are struggling to keep up with the large software and networking companies that have encroached on the enterprise market. Meanwhile, these new entrants are battling among themselves for dominance. This session will review the status of the legacy and new competitors, and will handicap their chances for success—with the goal of helping you understand where your investments should go.
4:00 pm–5:00 pm	Conference Sessions Unified Communications Meets Enterprise 2.0 - Social Computing Love Fest or Battle Royale? Adoption of Unified Communications is on the rise, with the promise of more integration between users, business applications and the communication systems that support them. But IT and business managers have also had their eye on Enterprise 2.0 applications that some would argue are trying to achieve the same objectives. Are the UC and E2 agendas coming together or are they destined to duke it out for their share of the social enterprise?
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Wednesday, May 20
10:15 am–11:15 am	Conference Sessions VoIP Security We're getting more reports of vulnerabilities being found in IP telephony products, but are any of these being exploited yet? What parts of an IP telephony system are most likely to be targeted, and how likely is it that attackers will succeed in damaging your system? This session will focus on the state of the art in voice over internet protocol (VoIP)/IP telephony/Unified Communications security. MBX Conference Sessions Beyond Convergence: Unified Mobile Communications First there was fixed/mobile convergence, getting the cellular handset on the PBX. Then came mobile/mobile convergence, with handoffs between cellular and Wi-Fi. The next step in the evolution of mobility is unified mobile communications, provisioning all of the voice and data services available in the office to mobile users. With systems implementing this capability now becoming available, mobile Unified Communications (UC) is a key direction that will become a key tool for enterprise IT and telecom professionals.
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	Conference Sessions UC Applications with a Payoff Today There are only two reasons to adopt Unified Communications: to save your enterprise money, or to enable new revenue growth. In this session, you'll hear from technologists with experience in accomplishing both of these objectives via Unified Communications technology.
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Conference: VoIP and Unified Communications Track

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