Asterisk & Open Telephony Conference

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BONUS!

Register for the Asterisk & Open Telephony Conference and attend all IT360 sessions, plus the CTCA National Spring Conference.

After last year's success, the Asterisk & Open Telephony Conference will be hosted again at the IT360° Conference & Expo. Digium-Asterisk and TAUG (Toronto Asterisk User Group) are the conference sponsors and TAUG is the largest active Asterisk user group in the North America with over 450 registered local members. Invitations are also extended to the many Asterisk User Groups across Canada including Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg. TAUG will be holding an open membership drive meeting on the evening of Tuesday April 8th.

From April 7 - 9, 2008 we are excited to offer a first-class lineup of presentations and knowledgeable experts:

A Gentle Intro to VoIP and SIP for Business → Henry Coleman
Integrators Round Table Forum → Leif Madsen; Kevin Broadfoot; Jim Van Meggelen; Simon Ditner
Asterisk as an Appliance: Plug & Play Telephony → Kristian Kielhofner
Asterisk Manager Interface: When, Why and How → Clod Patry
Clustering Asterisk → Leif Madsen
Merging from POTS to VoIP → Jared Smith
Open Source Call Centres → Reza M. Reza
Exploring the Unknown: What You Didn't Know a Phone System Could Do → Simon Ditner
Case Studies: Large Business Use of Asterisk → Jim Van Meggelen

For a detailed list of sessions, click here.

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Kevin Fleming, Director of Software Development Digium Inc., will be speaking on Tuesday April 8th from 3:00pm to 4:00pm on "Asterisk Virtualization".
Mark Spencer, Founder and CTO Digium Inc., the original creator of Asterisk and pioneer of open source telephony, will be speaking on Wednesday April 9th from 12:10pm to 1:00pm on the "Future of Open Source Telephony".

Asterisk User Group members receive additional savings: A special 25% discount on your conference badge and free admission to the trade show. Contact the TAUG office for your discount codes. Discounts not available for on-site registration.

~ FEATURE ~

VoIP Intensive Two-Day Workshop with Reza M. Reza
Learn to deploy enterprise-grade telecom servers with Open Source

YOU WILL LEARN the fundamentals of VoIP, including installing a VoIP server on Open Source Asterisk to run an enterprise wide VoIP phone system. The tutorial will cover integrating VoIP with application development, deploying VoIP and telephone platforms for the enterprise, harnessing open source technologies, and inexpensive server equipment.

THIS WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED FOR Linux & Windows professionals, as well as IT administrative or development staff interested in today's telecom, VoIP, and server technologies.

WORKSHOP PRE-REQUISITES INCLUDE basic to intermediate administrative skills in Windows and/or Linux; attendees with intermediate to advanced administrative skills will master the VoIP workshop easily.

About the Instructor:

A veteran of the IT360° Conference and Expo, Reza M. Reza has provided VoIP and technology seminar sessions across the Greater Toronto Area at a variety of events. With four generations of teachers and lecturers preceding him, Reza is passionate about training and education. As leading instructors of VoIP technologies, Reza and his team now serve the global market. Without exception, former students currently hold good positions in the I.T. industry across Canada, United States and the Middle East. Reza encourages every qualified professional to seek global opportunities in this rapidly shrinking world.