pulvermedia unveiled its speaker line-up for the inaugural VON Enterprise Conference and Expo, scheduled to take place on December 4-6, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.

VON Enterprise will provide one-stop-shopping for companies looking to set strategic directions, evaluate the latest IP communications technologies, deploy solutions to their employees, and quantify the return-on-investment for IP voice and video.

"VON Enterprise is the Southeast's first and only IP communications event dedicated solely to the enterprise," said Bill Sell, vice president and general manager of VON events for pulvermedia. "We're looking forward to providing the VON community with an intimate event that provides unprecedented access to the information and best-practices needed to address Enterprise VoIP issues."

Numerous Industry Perspective sessions will be delivered by Atlanta's industry leaders including:

• Beach M. Clark, Jr., Vice President of Information Technology, Georgia Aquarium - Clark will discuss the ramifications of implementing VoIP at the Georgia Aquarium. He will focus on the lessons learned, and will also discuss the technology and system features that bolster business.
• Kevin Fleming, Senior Software Engineer, Digium and Co-Maintainer of Asterisk, Digium/Asterisk: will discuss how enterprises, non-profits and government agencies - which were once hesitant to use IP-based networks - are now embracing VoIP solutions around the globe.
• Sandy Malcolm, CNN's Executive Producer, CNN.com Video - Malcolm oversees all of CNN.com's video content. She developed and launched CNN Pipeline and CNN.com's premium on-demand broadband video news service. Malcom will discuss the issues shaping CNN's video on the Web content, as well as CNN's content provided to Comcast and Time Warner Cable for on-demand usage.
• Jeff Pulver, Founder & Chairman, pulvermedia - Jeff plans to discuss numerous advances that have brought Video-on-the-Net to the forefront of the communications industry. Jeff will share his vision for how this disruptive technology will effect, and enhance, the way we work and socialize in the months and years ahead.
• Christopher Rouland, Chief Technology Officer, Internet Security Systems: will discuss VoIP security threats, including the steps that organizations and individuals should take to protect themselves. Chris will address a variety of topics, including: encryption, VoIP phishing, VoIP caller ID spoofing, and access points for network intrusion.
• Lance Walton, VP - IT Operations, HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation. Walton manages infrastructure and operations for HomeBanc and is currently planning a significant VoIP rollout, which he'll discuss in this Industry Perspective.

Details on the conference schedule, featuring more than 50 speakers, can be found at: http://www.von.com/enterprise06/schedule.html.

In addition to the first-rate conference program, VON Enterprise also includes an exhibitor showcase featuring many of the leading equipment and service providers delivering enterprise IP Communication solutions.

A sample of the pre-registered community includes people from: Aetna Specialty Pharmacy, Alcatel, Alianza Sur, AntFarm, Inc., Atlanta Telecom Professionals/Sprint, Avaya, BellSouth, Broadcom Breakout Ventures Inc., Canvas Systems, Case Western Reserve University, CGI, Cisco Systems, City of Valdosta, Clayton State University, CNN, Coca-Cola, Comverse, Corpotel, Cox Business Services, CyCORE Systems, Digium/Asterisk, DrinkerBiddle, EMBARQ Logistics, Evergreen Telecom Services, Force Five, GGI, Global Crossing, Hewlett Packard, HomeBanc, Internet Security Systems, Legal Services for New York City, Life Laboratories, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, M5 Networks, MegaPath, Metro Atlanta Telecommuting Advisory Council, Microcorp Inc., NeuStar, Reuters, Sipera, Southern Company Services, Inc., SPIRIT DSP, Sprint Nextel, Stratus Technologies, Tactical Security Incorporated, Technology Consulting Corporation, Telesphere Networks, Texas A&M University, Turin Networks, Twin City Die Castings, Universal Fundraising Organization, VeriSign, Inc., Verso Technologies, Voifon LLC and Wainhouse Research. For a more expanded list of participants, please visit: http://vonenterprise.com/companies.html.

For additional details on VON Enterprise, please visit: http://www.von.com/enterprise06/index.html. Members of the media can obtain media credentials by visiting http://www.von.com/enterprise06/press.html, or by contacting ally.forbes@pulvermedia.com.