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Open Source/Asterisk Certification Program Added to INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Program
[October 03, 2006]

Open Source/Asterisk Certification Program Added to INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Program


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New TMC University Course Offered in San Diego Next Month

Norwalk, CT, [Oct. 3, 2006] — Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today announced that its popular TMC University certification course covering Open Source and Asterisk (News - Alert), the open source PBX (News - Alert) will be offered to attendees at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2006 in San Diego, Calif. (www.itexpo.com)



The conference will be held Oct. 10-13, 2006 at the San Diego Convention Center. TMC University Open Source/Asterisk Certification will take place on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006.

Attendees of TMC University’s Open Source/Asterisk Certification courses who successfully pass a comprehensive exam will receive certification from TMC University that they have completed the course and understand open source technologies.


According to TMC president and INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference Chairman, Rich Tehrani, open source technologies are revolutionizing communications just as it has done in the operating systems and database markets.

“Open source has proven to be one of the fastest growing segments of the communications space. Adding these certification courses to the world’s largest IP communications conference is perfectly logical. Like with any emerging technology, there is a high demand for open source training as developers, service providers and enterprises evaluate the viability of open source as an alternative to other solutions,” said Tehrani.

The following topics are covered in TMC University’s Open Source/Asterisk Certification:

--The Business Case for Open Source/Asterisk
--Installing Asterisk
--Asterisk Jargon
--Asterisk: Thinking Out of the Box
--An Asterisk Case Study

TMC University’s Asterisk Certification is chaired by Carl Davis. Mr. Davis is a 20 year veteran of the digital and IP Telephony arena.  He created his first IVR system with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition based on PC hardware in 1986 and is a long time promoter of Open Source systems and development tools.

Registration for the show and TMC University’s Open Source/Asterisk Certification Courses is available at www.itexpo.com.

Very limited booth space remains as well. Vendors interested in exhibiting at the trade show should contact Dave Rodriguez right away at (203) 852-6800, ext. 146. Or via e-mail at [email protected].

Press inquiries regarding INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2006 can be directed to Mostafa Razzak of 23-31 Communications (News - Alert): 646.442.3361 or [email protected].

About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine, 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 2,100 sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves as many as 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 Communications Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo, and Call Center 2.0 Conference. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

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TMC Contact:
Mostafa Razzak
23-31 Communications
646.442.3361

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