pulvermedia Announces the 2005 'pulver 100'

    MELVILLE, New York, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- pulvermedia today
 announced the 2005 "pulver 100" -- which is the first and foremost listing of
 privately held growth companies that represent the future of IP
 communications.  Each company named to the pulver 100 will be honored at the
 upcoming Fall 2005 VON event, which takes place September 19-22 at the Boston
 Convention and Exhibition Center.
     Originally introduced in 2002, the pulver 100 features private companies
 in the communications sector that have substantial real-world deployments and
 enjoy significant growth rates.  The value chain characterized by the pulver
 100 differs from the vertically integrated telecom model of the last century,
 focusing more on a networking-industry model that espouses open interfaces,
 connectivity decoupled from services, and software decoupled from hardware.
     "The pulver 100 has become an indicator of the leading edge in IP
 communications, and the companies named to this year's list represent the
 future of our industry," said Jeff Pulver, Founder and Chairman of
 pulvermedia.  "I'm proud to announce this year's winners, and I look forward
 to honoring them at Fall VON."
 
     The companies named to the 2005 pulver 100 are:
     Abbeynet, AccessLine Communications, Acme Packet, Aculab, Allot
 Communications, Apparent Networks, Atreus Systems, BayPackets, BlueSlice
 Networks, BridgePort Networks, Brix Networks, BroadSoft, BroadVoice, Camfrog,
 Carbon Twelve, Centile, Cicero Networks, Citel Technologies, Commetrex,
 Convedia, CTI2, Dialexia Communications, DiamondWare, DigiLinea, Digium,
 Empirix, Ensim, eStara, Excel Switching, Eyeball Networks, Fonality, Go2Call,
 Grandstream Networks, Hotsip, I3Micro Technology, Inclarity, Ingate Systems,
 Interoute, Intertex Data AB, Intoto, IP Unity, IVR Technologies, Jungo
 Software Technologies, Kayote Networks, KoolSpan, Lignup, LocustWorld, M5
 Networks, MailVision, Mediatrix Telecom, Meru Networks, MetaSwitch, Natural
 Convergence, Netcentrex, Netrake, NewHeights Software, Nextone Communications,
 Nimcat Networks, OnRelay, Owera, Pactolus Communications Software, Paltalk,
 Paradial, Peoplecall, Persona Software, Personeta, Pingtel, Popular Telephony,
 Psytechnics, Quescom, Sansay, SIPquest, Skype, SkyWave, Sling Media, Snom
 Technology, SPIRIT DSP, Strix Systems, Surf Communications Solutions, Swyx,
 Sylantro Systems, SysMaster, TalkSwitch, TEKVision, Telchemy, Telepo, Telio,
 Tellme Networks, Trinity Convergence, VegaStream, Versatel Networks, VidiTel,
 Vocera Communications, VoicePulse, Vonage, Voxeo, Wavigo, WebMessenger,
 XConnect.
 
     Pulvermedia's Jon Arnold has authored an extended analysis of this year's
 pulver 100.  In terms of market focus, 60% of the winners sell to service
 providers, 30% sell primarily to enterprises, and 10% sell to consumers.
 There are 29 new companies on this year's list, and 71 different companies
 from the 2003 list.  "Looking at the pulver 100 winners from year-to-year
 illustrates how dynamic this market sector is," adds Arnold.  For additional
 analysis on the 2005 pulver 100, please visit
 http://blogs.pulver.com/jarnold .
 
     About pulvermedia
     Founded by Jeff Pulver, pulvermedia produces the highly successful VON
 conferences, and is engaged in many activities that promote the growth of
 communication technology.  For more information, please visit
 http://www.pulvermedia.com .
 
      Contact: Todd Keefe
               pulvermedia
               617-262-1968
               todd@pulver.com
 
 

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