2008 Internet Telephony Best of Show Awards

By: Richard “Zippy” Grigonis

At the recent Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Miami Beach, Florida, the editorial team of TMC, representing TMCnet, Internet Telephony magazine, Unified Communications magazine, Customer Interaction Solutions, and IMS magazine, as well as TMC Labs, took to the floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center and wound their way through the Exhibit Hall, seeking out the best and the brightest of this year’s event.

The Exhibit Hall provided ample opportunity to see some new products as well as some new companies to the space. And the task of the editorial team covering the event was not made any easier by the sheer volume of interesting and innovative solutions on display. Every angle of our industry was represented, from VoIP equipment providers to contact center to unified communications, from wholesale VoIP providers, to wireless to open source.

Speaking of Open Source telephony, it should be noted that the sheer volume of vendors exhibiting at ITEXPO who play in that space was larger than it ever was before. And the solutions on display were impressive enough to convince the editors to create a new category honoring the developers of today’s cutting edge, open source telephony solutions — The Best of Open Source.

As usual, it was a difficult decision making process just to whittle the list down, much less select the final winners. But, after much discussion and not without some debate, the editorial team selected the best of Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO East 2008. Without further adieu, we present the list of deserving companies, whose products were showcased at the event in Miami Beach, we wish them continued success, and we look forward to exploring the Exhibit Hall floor at our next ITEXPO, taking place in Los Angeles, at the LA Convention Center September 16–18, 2008. IT

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