Released on: January 18, 2008, 1:41 pm

Press Release Author: Brian Blank / FutureWorks, Inc.

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Presentation highlights hurdles and opportunities in making
the transition to an open standards-based Unified Communications Internet structure.


Press Release Body: Mill Valley, Calif. - January 18, 2008 -CommuniGate Systems, the
leader in carrier-class Internet Communications solutions, is proud to announce Vice
President of Business Development Jon Doyle's presentation "SIP-ifying the E-mail
Base" at the upcoming INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2008, January 23-25,
2008 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida (www.itexpo.com).

In \"SIP-ifying the E-mail Base,\" Doyle will discuss the development of widespread
adoption of open standards-based communications using a single identity. As today's
VoIP providers continue to build islands of closed networks, breaking these old
business models requires open standards and SIP is the standard to do this. An open
system brings true mobility and portability, where one address can find and follow
users no matter where they are, regardless of the network or access device. Doyle
will be presenting this topic Thursday, January 24 at 2:15 p.m. EST.

\"It is a privilege to be back at ITEXPO, one of the definitive shows driving the
communications industry,\" said Doyle. \"With almost two billion e-mail accounts in
use today worldwide, SIP is poised to enable these accounts to receiving a request
for an IM session, a direct voice call, even videoconferencing. This session will
cover the current barriers and discuss the key technologies and market factors
needed to make the transition to open standards-based Internet Communications a
reality.\"

\"We are very pleased that Jon will be participating again in this show. CommuniGate
Systems is widely recognized and respected as an industry leader, and I am confident
that our attendees will appreciate and value the opportunity to hear his perspective
on the adoption of SIP to go beyond just e-mail messaging,\" said TMC president and
conference chairman, Rich Tehrani. \"As the IP communications landscape gets more
sophisticated, it is imperative you come to industry conferences to experience
everything there is to learn. There is no more efficient way to get up to speed than
attending this event."

Registration for the show is now open. Anyone interested may register by visiting
www.itexpo.com. Limited booth space is still available as well. Vendors interested
in exhibiting at the show should contact Dave Rodriguez at 1-203-852-6800, ext. 146
or at drodriguez@tmcnet.com

About CommuniGate Systems
Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems develops
carrier-class Internet Communications software for broadband & mobile service
providers, enterprises, and OEM partners worldwide. Over 130 million subscribers
including 47 million voice customers rely upon CommuniGate Systems products for
their voice and data communication today. CommuniGate Systems is the most trusted
and financially stable vendor which maintains the highest customer satisfaction
levels in the Rich Media Communications industry. CommuniGate Systems provides
flexibility, performance, scalability, with the benchmark proven architecture that
remains un-challenged in the industry. Our open development environment with simple
APIs delivers extensible flexibility with a unique clustering technology for 99.999%
uptime for the most demanding application environments. CommuniGate Systems has over
175 members in its partner network worldwide.

Download CommuniGate Pro today and join the initiative to drive interoperability of
Unified Communications and convert nearly 2 billion e-mail accounts to a single
identity for all forms of Internet
Communications. For more information, go to www.communigate.com.

About TMC®
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes Customer Interaction Solutions,
INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine, Unified Communications, and IMS Magazine. TMCnet,
TMC\'s Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications
and technology industries. Ranked in the top 3,000 sites in the world by alexa.com*,
TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the
first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In
addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Communications
Developer Conference, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. For more information
about TMC, visit www.itexpo.com.
(*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels.
Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.)
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Brian Blank
FutureWorks, Inc.
(408) 720-8228 Ext 114
brianb@future-works.com

Web Site: http://www.future-works.com

Contact Details: Brian Blank
FutureWorks, Inc.
(408) 720-8228 Ext 114
brianb@future-works.com