After ITEXPO's resounding success in Los Angeles (over 6,000 attendees), we can definitively say VoIP hasn't been as badly affected as other industry sectors within the U.S. economy. In just about 3 weeks, we can confirm this is true with the big AstriCon event held at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. TMC's Internet Telephony Magazine is a media sponsor for the event. Companies participating include Aastra, Adhersion, Digium, PIKA, Polycom, Sangoma, Xorcom, and moreThis marks AstriCon's sixth year as the official conference for Asterisk, the world's leading open source PBX. According to the event organizers, "AstriCon's mission is to expand awareness and knowledge of Asterisk over the course of a three-day conference and exhibition. AstriCon includes a wealth of information for every Asterisk user, whether you are getting started or have already discovered the power of Asterisk."
I for one am a little sad I won't be going.
Too much stuff to do back at the home office. TMC is growing like gangbusters and we are very close to moving into a state-of-the-art facility. Now imagine you are in charge of moving TMC's entire data center to this new facility with minimal downtime. It's enough to keep any CTO awake at night. It's not happening for a couple of months, but this will require some massive planning by me and my team.
I just read your post and I found it really interesting. It is also good to hear that VoIP is still not not that badly affected. VoIP is one of the latest technology and has a long way to go providing the break through for many other such inventions.