UBM TechWeb's VoiceCon Changes Its Name to Enterprise Connect

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today UBM TechWeb announced that VoiceCon, the leading event in enterprise communications, will be re-named Enterprise Connect®, with the tagline "Communications Transforming Business." The name change officially goes into effect at the close of this week's VoiceCon Orlando 2010, and will affect the entire portfolio of VoiceCon branded events including VoiceCon eNews and the VoiceCon Webinar Series.

Going forward, Enterprise Connect will build on the legacy VoiceCon has built over two decades, and will continue to spotlight the technologies and market forces integral to the future of the industry: Unified Communications, IP Telephony and Converged Networks. The new name, in addition to describing the technology's ability to connect users with each other and with business applications, reflects the purpose of a live event – the chance to connect face-to-face with the industry's most influential corporate IT decision makers, vendors, analysts and consultants. To learn more please visit www.voicecon.com/is-enterpriseconnect.

"Even as we change our name to Enterprise Connect, we remain dedicated to the market that we've always served – enterprise communications. As the role of communications evolves and as new products and services come into the market, Enterprise Connect will provide complete coverage of the technology, management and organizational issues, and provide roadmaps that enterprises can pursue to migrate to next-generation communications platforms and architectures," said Fred Knight, Enterprise Connect General Manager and Co-Chair.

"The VoiceCon brand has earned tremendous equity, and our major responsibility in re-naming the event has been to ensure that this equity is transferred to the new brand," said Eric Krapf, Enterprise Connect Co-Chair and Editor of No Jitter. "And with our new name as Enterprise Connect, the show will continue to evolve to serve the enterprise communications industry. We're honored by your confidence in us, and we will work as hard as ever to continue to merit that confidence."

About Enterprise Connect®

Enterprise Connect® is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications in North America. Enterprise Connect® brings corporate IT decision makers together with the industry's vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. Enterprise Connect® owns and produces No Jitter, (http://www.nojitter.com/), providing daily blogging and analysis of enterprise communications, and it also serves the community with a weekly email newsletter, a Webinar Series and Virtual Events. For more information, visit www.voicecon.com/is-enterpriseconnect.

Enterprise Connect 2011 will take place in Orlando February 28-March 3, 2011 at the Gaylord Palms Resort, with information about future Enterprise Connect events to be released in the coming months.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading magazines. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

SOURCE UBM TechWeb