Ingate Systems Announces Speakers, Schedule for SIP Trunk Seminars at ITEXPO West 2009

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwire - August 12, 2009) - Educating end users, resellers, distributors and systems integrators about SIP trunking is on the agenda as Ingate® Systems partners with TMC, leading IP-PBX vendors, SIP trunking service providers and industry thought-leaders to offer "SIP Trunking: Everything You Need to Know" seminars at the ITEXPO West 2009.

Free to all ITEXPO attendees, these seminars will provide a comprehensive overview of SIP trunking, and include general information panels and technical insight sessions from both the service provider and enterprise perspectives. Speakers from VOIPSA and the SIP Forum will also participate.

The seminars will be held September 1-3, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in room 502A.

Confirmed Speakers include: Bandwidth.com, Cbeyond, Dialogic, Digium, Intertex Data AB, Mitel NetSolutions and ShoreTel. Thought leaders from The SIP Forum and VoIP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) will also participate.

Featured this Season:

Legacy PBX/PSTN and SIP Trunking seminar will delve into the issues, and solutions, for SIP trunking with a legacy PBX/PSTN.

Security Seminar with VOIPSA; "How-To" Sessions on Deployments

SIP Trunking Boot Camp for "Basic Training" on SIP trunk installations with Ingate

Live demonstrations in which participants will set up a SIP trunk in 20 minutes on-site

SIP Forum SIPconnect Compliance Workshop

This educational workshop will provide an overview of the SIP Forum, the SIPconnect value proposition, a "deep dive" into the most recent version of the SIPconnect technical recommendation, a step-by-step review of the SIPconnect Compliant Program application process and lessons learned from actual SIPconnect deployments.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Sept. 1 - SIP Trunking Professional Development Program -- 9:00am: Introduction to SIP Trunking ** Live Demo: Setting Up a Secure SIP Trunk -- 11:00am: The Enterprise Infrastructure -- 1:00pm: The Service Provider Perspective with Case Study -- 3:00pm: Beyond POTS Replacement -- Attend all four seminars to earn a SIP Trunking Professional Certificate -- Wednesday, Sept. 2 - SIP Trunk Deployments, Issues, Solutions -- 8:30am: Legacy PBX/PSTN and SIP Trunking -- Business Strategy: How to Sell SIP Trunking to Legacy PSTN/PBX Customers -- Technical Strategy: Secure SIP Trunking in Legacy PSTN/PBX Environments -- 11:00am: SIP Trunking and Security -- 1:00pm: SIP Forum SIPconnect Compliance Workshop Thursday, Sept. 3 - SIP Trunk Boot Camp -- 8:30am: SIP Trunk "Basic Training" with Ingate

For more information visit www.ingate.com/SIP_Trunking_seminar.php

Free VIP passes can be obtained here: https://www.tmcnet.com/scripts/itexpo/ca09/itfall09reg.aspx?theplan=D&

About Ingate® Systems

Ingate® Systems develops firewall technology and products that enable, manage and secure Unified Communications. With a history rooted in security, Ingate offers enterprises, carriers and IP-PBXs elegant solutions that make trusted SIP communications possible. Ingate's full suite of solutions helps customers leverage the full potential of SIP-based applications. They include award-winning Ingate Firewalls® and Ingate SIParators®; SIP trunk products that simplify and secure these deployments; and remote connectivity solutions that extend the benefits of Unified Communications to workers outside the LAN. Ingate products currently protect the networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

A leading educator on SIP trunking, Ingate hosts the SIP Trunk Seminar Series at the ITEXPO and the Ingate SIP Trunking Network at www.siptrunk.org. Both bring together industry visionaries to generate awareness for the benefits of SIP, SIP trunks and Unified Communications.

Ingate Systems AB is headquartered in Sweden with offices in Stockholm and Linköping. Its U.S. headquarters are located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.