TMC and EMBRASE Announce Keynote Speaker, Agenda for "StartupCamp Telephony" at ITEXPO in Miami

NORWALK, Conn. --(Business Wire)-- Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®), a leading global media company, and Embrase Business Consulting, today announced the agenda for next Week's "StartupCamp Telephony at ITEXPO", a forum where early stage communications companies, investors and on-lookers alike can share information and validate pitches in a live setting.


Collocated with TMC's very successful ITEXPO conference, StartupCamp Telephony will take place Thursday evening, January 21 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida - day two of the three-day ITEXPO event.

Following a keynote address by serial entrepreneur James Siminoff of Ditech Networks, four early stage startups will be given the opportunity to pitch their value proposition to an audience of potential investors, partners and industry experts.

The complete schedule for StartupCamp Telephony is as follows: January 21, 2010 5:30 pm - Intro by Larry Lisser (News - Alert), StartupCamp Telephony host 6:00 pm - Opening Keynote: James Siminoff, Chief Strategy Officer, head of Ditech's Labs program, Ditech Networks 6:30 pm - 1st Startup presentation - SayHired 6:45 pm - 2nd Startup presentation - Close-Haul Communications 7:00 pm - 3rd Startup presentation - Fonolo (News - Alert) 7:15 pm - 4th Startup presentation - Pebb.ly 7:30 pm - Wrap-up 7:45 pm - Networking "ITEXPO was founded more than a decade ago as the venue where communications technology buyers could review and select the absolute leading-edge technologies - many of which were developed and brought to market by emerging startups. In order for these energetic companies to prosper, they first needed someone to believe in them and provide the funding necessary for success," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President.

"Although the IP communications market continues to mature, there remains a powerful legion of startup companies who fuel innovation. We are glad to partner with EMBRASE to provide a forum for these companies to ensure their exciting products are supported to the point where they can become tomorrow's industry standards," Tehrani added.

"The almost 25 early stage companies that applied to pitch their story confirms that the movement in telephony is alive and well," said Larry Lisser, Leader of EMBRASE's Telephony Practice. Lisser adds, "Thanks to sponsors like Twilio, TMC and the many industry people who have rallied to make this event happen, we're looking forward to an exciting evening for all." Registration for StartupCamp Telephony at ITEXPO is now open.

Additional sponsorship opportunities remain for companies to showcase their offerings to attendees. Interested parties should contact TMC's Joe Fabiano for more details.

About ITEXPO ITEXPO is the leading communications and technology conference with an educational program that teaches enterprises, SMBs, and Government Agencies how to select IP-based voice, video, fax, and unified communications to purchase or resell. It's also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out services their subscribers are clamoring for. ITEXPO is where buyers, sellers, resellers, and manufacturers meet to forge relationships and close deals.

About TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications (News - Alert), and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by as many as three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,000 in Quantcast's (News - Alert) Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation's top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO, 4GWE Conference (in conjunction with Crossfire Media), Digium|Asterisk (News - Alert) World and AstriCon (in conjunction with Digium), and Communications Developer Conference.

About EMBRASE With extensive expertise and knowledge in emerging communication and telephony markets, EMBRASE is a consulting firm that provides positioning, corporate development and go-to-market services to early-stage technology-based ventures facing challenging time-to-market issues, lengthy customer adoption cycles and demanding investor requirements. Through recognized methodologies, Embrase identifies target market segments, optimizes resource alignment and accelerates revenue growth to increase its clients' business value and attractiveness to both end-user customers and investors. With its proven international track record, technical expertise and extensive network of contacts, EMBRASE successfully partners with clients from strategy creation to execution.

(source: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/12/4568869.htm)

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