Based on Blockbuster 2004 Event, VoiceCon 2005 Sponsorships Sold Out; Expanded Expo Floor Nearly Sold Out for Next Year.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers VoiceCon 2005 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2004 VoiceCon(R), the leading enterprise voice conference and exhibition in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , today announced that Diamond, Platinum, and Gold sponsorship opportunities for VoiceCon(R) 2005 are sold out. In addition, the event has nearly sold out exhibition space for next year's event, to be held at Walt Disney World Dolphin The Walt Disney World Dolphin is a resort hotel designed by architect Michael Graves located between Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios next to Disney's BoardWalk Resort area. It opened in June, 1990 and is joined to its sister hotel, the Walt Disney World Swan (also designed by Graves) Hotel in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. , February 7-10 2005. Major sponsorship opportunities for VoiceCon(R) 2005 sold out on the first two days of the event. Sponsors for next year include: Diamond sponsor NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. ; Platinum sponsors Avaya, Alcatel, Nortel, Cisco, Siemens, EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study , and Lucent; Gold sponsors, Mitel, Ericsson, 3Com, Extreme, Inter-Tel, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , Sprint, SecureLogix, Broadsoft, Foundry, Pingtel, and Sphere, Net 6, and Teltronics. "Our mission year-over-year is to provide the content most critical to helping enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. and telecom executives successfully migrate their voice networks to convergence and to IP Telephony and Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP),"said Fred Knight, VP and GM of VoiceCon(R). "The commitment of our customers to VoiceCon(R) 2005 inspires us to continue providing the highest return on investment for both exhibitors and attendees." VoiceCon sponsors and exhibitors participate year after year because VoiceCon attracts serious buyers from large corporate enterprises, major universities, and government agencies. In fact, VoiceCon(R) 2004 attracted attendees from more than 45 countries on 6 continents. VoiceCon(R) serves as a showcase for industry visionaries to gather and share the ideas, strategies and technologies that are transforming the industry. For companies in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of critical purchasing decisions, the event provides a platform where they can gain a more complete understanding about their voice networking migration options -- from products to best practices to pain-points -- then see all the products in the market, from systems vendors, service providers, resellers and systems integrators to services in a neutral environment. About VoiceCon(R) VoiceCon(R) provides context, content and commerce for companies migrating complex voice networks to the future. In its 14th year, VoiceCon(R) is the leading enterprise voice conference and exhibition in North America. VoiceCon(R) brings decision-makers on enterprise voice together with the industry's leading innovators, vendors, and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise voice networks and the migration to IP Telephony and VoIP. VoiceCon(R) 2005 will be held at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel and Resort February 7-10, 2005. VoiceCon(R) is presented by BCR BCR B Cell Receptor BCR Business Communications Review (magazine) BCR Banca Comerciala Romana (Romanian bank) BCR Breakpoint Cluster Region BCR Benefit/Cost Ratio BCR Bay City Rollers , a division of MediaLive International, Inc. For more information about the event, visit www.VoiceCon.com. About MediaLive International, Inc. MediaLive International is producer of the world's best-known events, related media and marketing services for technology buyers and sellers. MediaLive International's products and services encompass the IT industry's largest exhibitions, including COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). (R) and NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R), such highly focused educational programs as Next Generation Networks(R), custom seminars including JavaOne(R), respected publications including Business Communications Review, and specialized vendor marketing programs. Created in 2003 from the assets of Key3Media, MediaLive International is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveinternational.com. MediaLive International, Seybold, Seybold Seminars, COMDEX, NetWorld+Interop, Next Generation Networks, Business Communications Review and associated design marks and logos are trademarks or service marks owned or used under license by MediaLive International, Inc., and may or may not be registered in the United States and other countries. Other names mentioned may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. JavaOne is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
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