ITEXPO Heats up Miami and Business Technology Industry

ITEXPO Miami provides unique glimpse into current and future trends, technology and solutions

Norwalk, Conn – February 6, 2014 – TMC today announced that ITEXPO Miami has concluded an exciting four days of programming that explored the latest and greatest in business communication technology, from cloud computing and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) to small cells and Web-based Real-Time Communications (WebRTC). The event, held January 28-31, 2014, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida, included unique educational sessions presented by industry-leading companies and experts, a full expo hall of 7,300+ Attendees and 190+ Exhibitors, key announcements from ITEXPO participants and much more.

ITEXPO Miami attendees, sponsors and other participants enjoyed several noteworthy keynotes that included:

·         CIO Roundtable with Tery Howard, Miami Dolphins; Herman Nell, Rent-A-Center; and Naresh Adurty, Teradata

·         Dr. Angel Luis Diaz, IBM

·         Cassidy Shield, Alcatel-Lucent

·         Dr. Satwant Kaur, First Lady of Emerging Technologies

Companies with new products and solutions showed off their innovative ideas during collocated events, including M2M Evolution Conference & Expo’s Battle of the Platforms, and several companies even walked away with top honors as part of ITEXPO’s Best in Show awards, given out to innovative and creative products and solutions displayed on the expo floor. Additionally, many companies made significant announcements at ITEXPO to reveal new products, customers and more. These announcements include:

·         ADTRAN revealed the expansion of its ActivReach Ethernet Switch Portfolio, with the addition of its NetVanta 1235P solution that is purpose-built to speed VoIP deployments over legacy voice-grade wiring.

·         BlueOSS launched its fourth-generation Cloud Innovation Suite (CIS) to enable service providers to capture new revenue opportunities and further improve customer service.

·         Cbeyond announced it placed as a finalist in three 2013-2014 Cloud Awards Program categories for its TotalCloud Phone System and TotalCloud Data Center.

·         Cotap announced it received $10 Million in its second round of funding. The enterprise mobile messaging service will use the additional financing to rapidly scale its engineering, sales and marketing teams to drive growth and innovation, as well as expand Cotap to new mobile platforms.

·         PubNub introduced its Connected Car Solution Kit, providing the key building blocks for developers to deliver scalable, real-time transportation management and dispatch applications, including taxi, fleet management and delivery service.

·         snom announced the snom 715, a new addition to its 7xx series family of phones. The snom 715 is a state-of-the-art, full-featured SIP phone with a dual port Gigabit Ethernet switch.

For additional ITEXPO Miami announcements, visit ITEXPO News.

“ITEXPO continues to evolve and grow its programming to match the breadth of knowledge and insight our expert speakers, sponsors and exhibitors have to offer. Our attendees continue to have access to more educational topics, networking opportunities and technology demonstrations than any other event in the industry,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC CEO and conference chairman. “We thank those who have attended, spoken, sponsored and exhibited, and look forward to seeing what new and exciting trends and technology come to our events in the future.”

ITEXPO Miami was supported by Diamond Sponsor Digium; Platinum Sponsors AudioCodes, Content Boost, Embrase Business Consulting, Interactive Intelligence, NETXUSA, Sansay, Yealink and 888VoIP; and Gold Sponsors ABP Tech, ADTRAN, ANPI, HyperCube, MegaPath, Nextiva, NetSapiens, Sagemcom, Sangoma, snom, Taqua, Vitelity, Voxbone and Xmartek.

ITEXPO will return to Las Vegas, August 11-14, 2014, at The Rio Las Vegas. The ITEXPO Las Vegas Call for Papers in now open, and those interested in speaking at the event should submit their application before March 1, 2014, via the online form here: http://itexpo.tmcnet.com/west/call-for-papers.aspx.

For the latest ITEXPO news, information and updates, follow the event on Twitter at @ITEXPO.

About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that supports clients' goals by building communities in print, online, and face to face. TMC publishes multiple magazines including Cloud Computing, M2M Evolution, Customer, and Internet Telephony. TMCnet is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries, and is read by as many as 1.5 million unique visitors monthly. TMC produces a variety of trade events, including ITEXPO, the world's leading business technology event, as well as industry events: Asterisk World; AstriCon; ChannelVision (CVx) Expo; Customer Experience (CX) Hot Trends Symposium; DevCon5 - HTML5 & Mobile App Developer Conference; LatinComm Conference and Expo; M2M Evolution Conference & Expo; SmartVoice Conference; Software Telco Congress; Super Wi-Fi Summit - The Global Spectrum Sharing and TV White Space Event; SIP Trunking, Unified Communications & WebRTC Seminars; Wearable Tech Conference & Expo III; Fitness and Sports Wearable Technology (FAST) Expo II, WebRTC Conference & Expo IV; and more. Visit TMC Events for additional information.

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Ashley Baster

Connect2 Communications         

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ashley@connect2comm.com