Laura Kempke
Schwartz Communications
(781) 684-0770
digium@schwartz-pr.com
Julie Webb
Digium
(256) 428-6203
jwebb@digium.com
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—April 20, 2009—Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, today released details about the sixth annual AstriCon Open Source Telephony Conference and Exhibition. The event brings together open source and telephony developers, systems integrators, entrepreneurs and Digium partners to discuss Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony platform for creating custom communication solutions. Digium invites those who would like to speak at AstriCon to submit information for consideration by June 1, 2009, at www.astricon.net.
The event will take place from October 13-15, 2009, at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa near Phoenix, Arizona. Registration is now open and early bird rates are available until July 1, 2009.
AstriCon 2008 proved to be the open source telephony event of the year, attracting over 600 Asterisk enthusiasts, a record number of attendees, for three days of in-depth discussions. This year’s convergence of users, developers, resellers, entrepreneurs and other fans of open source technology will continue the celebration of one of the most influential open source projects with educational sessions devoted to the developing Asterisk ecosystem, trends in Asterisk use, the latest applications and a broad range of technical topics.
“Attendees will learn from their peers during the numerous technical and business-oriented sessions and just as valuable are the opportunities for networking with other members of the Asterisk community,” said Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk and Digium’s chief technology officer. “Often the most interesting data is exchanged over a lunch or coffee, and business relationships are formed between people sitting next to each other in a session. The people who attend are as much a part of the conference as the information provided in the talks, and Digium encourages new attendees and welcomes back those that attend each year—both groups contribute enormously to the success of the project and of the conference.”
About Digium
Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has become the open source alternative to proprietary communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less. Digium offers Asterisk software free to the open source community and offers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. More information is available at www.digium.com.
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