SIP Stories: Inter-Tel to Discuss SIP Experiences at VoiceCon
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TEMPE, Ariz., March 1 -- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) will take center stage at the Spring VoiceCon conference, March 5-8, when Inter-Tel Chief Technology Officer Jeff Ford and Northwest Nazarene University Director of Information Services Eric Kellerer, an Inter-Tel customer, share their SIP experiences in two roundtable forums. Ford will participate in the roundtable session "SIP Interoperability and Extensions," while Kellerer will join a panel discussion on "Application Payoffs." Both sessions are scheduled for March 7 at 1 p.m. at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida.
One of the driving forces behind the recently released Inter-Tel® 7000, a pure SIP softswitch that scales to serve up to 2,500 users per location, Ford has been a strong proponent of the use of standards-based protocols as a means to give businesses the freedom to integrate preferred third-party devices and applications into their infrastructure. He also is responsible for overseeing the development of Inter-Tel's portfolio of SIP-based solutions, including its industry-leading Unified Communicator® application, and its family of SIP and multi-protocol endpoints.
As one of the first organizations to deploy the Inter-Tel 7000, NNU's Kellerer will share his first-hand experience with how SIP performs in an enterprise setting. Kellerer will discuss the benefits the university has been able to derive through the system's ability to interoperate with other standards-based business tools.
"While SIP certainly gets a lot of attention from the industry press and analysts, there are still relatively few cases of how the protocol performs in practical business settings," noted Craig W. Rauchle, Inter-Tel's president and chief operating officer. "Inter-Tel is fortunate that it has both in-depth development and practical expertise with SIP. We are proud that we can share our perspective and experiences at VoiceCon, and hopefully inspire other vendors to embrace SIP for the profound benefits it brings to businesses."
About Inter-Tel (Delaware), Incorporated
Inter-Tel (NASDAQ:INTL) offers value-driven communications products; applications utilizing networks and server-based communications software; and a wide range of managed services that include voice and data network design and traffic provisioning, custom application development, and financial solutions packages. An industry-leading provider focused on the communication needs of business enterprises, Inter-Tel employs approximately 1,900 communications professionals, and services business customers through a network of 58 company-owned, direct sales offices and approximately 300 authorized providers in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and South Africa. More information is available at www.inter-tel.com.
Source: Inter-Tel
CONTACT:
Craig W. Rauchle,
President and COO, Inter-Tel
+1-775-954-1200
Norman Stout,
CEO, Inter-Tel
+1-480-449-8900
Jeffrey T. Ford,
Sr. Vice President and CTO,Inter-Tel
+1-480-449-8900
Kurt R. Kneip,
Sr. Vice President and CFO,Inter-Tel,
+1-480-449-8900
Web site: www.inter-tel.com/
