Digium to Host Asterisk Training Courses at ITEXPO in Los Angeles

Additional Open Source Content Bolsters the Developer Focus for Attendees
Attending ITEXPO, the World`s Leading IP Communications Conference

NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)--
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company,
today announced that they have once again teamed up to host a series of training
courses at TMC`s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2009 (ITEXPO). This
year`s event is scheduled to take place September 1-3, 2009 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.

The training courses offered by Digium at ITEXPO are as follows:

Tuesday, September 1, 2009: Asterisk 123:

The Asterisk 123 course is a gentle introduction to the Asterisk Open Source
PBX. It introduces the student to the many roles that Asterisk can play and
walks them through setting up Asterisk for the first time. At the end of the
course, the student should be able to:

* Identify the purpose and primary functionality of Asterisk as a PBX and as an
application development platform
* Describe the telephony connections which Asterisk supports and identify the
Digium hardware needed to effect this connectivity
* Identify the basic characteristics of analog and digital PSTN connections and
how VoIP compares and contrasts with these
* Configure Asterisk to deliver basic PBX functionality including basic call
routing, voicemail and directory services
* Learn the basics of becoming an Asterisk administrator

Wednesday, September 2, 2009: Switchvox Training:

This course serves as a one-day introduction to the Switchvox system. The goals
and objectives of this class are to:

* Explain the role of a Switchvox system within a corporate IT/telephony
infrastructure
* Familiarize the student with the initial setup and configuration of their
Switchvox system
* Describe the telephony connections which Switchvox supports and identify the
hardware needed to effect this connectivity
* Identify the basic characteristics of analog and digital PSTN connections and
how VoIP compares and contrasts with these
* Configure Switchvox to deliver basic PBX functionality including basic call
routing, voicemail and directory services
* Connect Switchvox to a Voice-over-IP service provider
* Show how to use the Switchboard application to give users a rich interface
with which to interact with the telephone system

"We are pleased to once again partner with TMC to bring Asterisk and Switchvox
training to ITEXPO," said Jared Smith, Training Manager at Digium. "One of the
primary reasons that people choose to attend trade shows is to stay current in
the latest technologies, and we feel our one-day classes are a great opportunity
for attendees to learn about Asterisk and Switchvox."

In each class, participants will receive kits that include: a Digium TDM411B
Analog card (1 FXO port + 1 FXS port); a Polycom SoundPoint IP 330 SIP Phone; an
Asterisk Tote Bag; an Asterisk T-shirt; an Asterisk SWAG Kit; and other items
including a Calculator, pen, and mouse pad.

Registration for the training courses is now open at www.itexpo.com. For
additional information regarding exhibit and sponsorship opportunities at
ITEXPO, please contact Dave Rodriguez at (203) 852-6800, ext. 146 or via e-mail
at drodriguez@tmcnet.com.

Press inquiries should be directed to Todd Keefe, For Immediate Release PR:
Todd@firpr.com.

About TMC®

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes Customer Interaction Solutions,
INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGNmagazines.TMCnet, TMC's Web
site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and
technology industries. Ranked in the top 3,500 most visited Web sites in the
world by Quantcast, an independent Web traffic ranking site, TMCnet serves an
average of two million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first
publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In
addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO), and 4GWE
Conference (in conjunction with Crossfire Media). For more information about
TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

TMC has also recently launched new industry-specific Web sites: 4GWE.TMCnet.com,
InfoTech.tmcnet.com, Cable.tmcnet.com, Robotics.tmcnet.com,
Satellite.tmcnet.com, Green.tmcnet.com. For more information about TMC, visit
www.tmcnet.com.

About Digium:

Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, created, owns and is the innovative force
behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its
founding in 1999, Digium has become the open source alternative to proprietary
communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less.
Digium makes Asterisk software available to the open source community and
delivers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a
broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company's
product line includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers
to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own voice over IP (VoIP)
systems. More information is available at www.digium.com.

TMC Contact:
For Immediate Release PR
Todd Keefe, 617-262-1968 x 101
todd@firpr.com
or
Digium Contact:
Digium
Julie Webb, 256-428-6203
jwebb@digium.com

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