Polycom Named Platinum Sponsor of AstriCon 2009 Conference

Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, today announced that Polycom has signed on to be a platinum sponsor of the upcoming AstriCon Open Source Telephony Conference and Exhibition. The Digium-sponsored event, now in its sixth year, attracts hundreds of software developers, integrators, resellers, enterprise Asterisk users and Digium partners working with phone systems, unified communications and Voice over IP (VoIP).

AstriCon 2009 will be held October 13-15, 2009, at the Renaissance Glendale Resort and Spa near Phoenix, Arizona. Business, technical, carrier and advanced Asterisk tracks offer detailed information for a variety of attendees. Registration for the conference is open at www.astricon.net.

“Polycom’s commitment to telephony innovation combined with its expansive line of desktop, conference and wireless VoIP phones has made them a core Digium partner over the years,” said Leslie Conway, vice president of marketing at Digium. “AstriCon attendees—developers, integrators and carriers alike—will benefit from hearing about the latest developments from one of the industry’s most influential players.”

“AstriCon is the place to learn about new and better ways to serve the unified communication needs of today’s businesses,” said Jim Kruger, vice president of marketing for Polycom Voice Communications Solutions. “At this year’s event, we’ll demonstrate new capabilities and applications, that combined with our VoIP endpoints, will give the Asterisk community the ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience.”

In addition to Polycom, other sponsors of AstriCon include Aastra, AG Projects, AMTELCO, Freeside, Infradapt, Loquendo, LumenVox, OpenVox, OrecX, PIKA Technologies, Presence Technology, Sangoma, ScanSource, snom, Vestec and Xorcom.

Limited booth and sponsorship opportunities remain at AstriCon. Interested vendors should contact Joe Fabiano of TMC, Digium’s event management partner in AstriCon, at +1 (203) 852-6800, ext. 132 or jfabiano@tmcnet.com.