Digium the Asterisk company, has more than doubled its presence at Spring VON, through the addition of new exhibiting partners, and the creation of the Digium Theatre on the VON show floor. As a result, the Asterisk Pavilion now occupies 5,000 sq. feet of exhibit space, representing the largest single entity in the VON Expo.

More than a dozen Asterisk partners are showcasing their wares in the Asterisk Pavilion, including: Aspect Software; Intel Corporation; LumenVox; Switchvox; TransNexus; VoicePulse; Polycom; Simple Signal; and others.

On Wednesday, March 21, at 9:30 AM, Digium President Mark Spencer will open the second day of the Expo by delivering his Industry Perspective session, entitled, "Calling Across the Chasm." Newly appointed company executives will be initiated into the Digium experience at VON, including, Steve Harvey, Bill Miller, and many others, who will discuss the company's next steps in the newly-created Digium Theatre -- which is set up adjacent to the Asterisk Pavilion. This theatre also provides a forum to provide training to third- party developers, and any other VON attendee interested in learning more about Asterisk-based, IP telephony solutions.

"This developing partnership is significant to the VON community because we will continue to reflect the global nature of Digium's technology in all of our VON programs around the globe," said Bill Sell, vice president and general manager of VON Events. "We're looking forward to a tremendous show in San Jose, and the largest Digium pavilion ever will certainly be a centerpiece of the VON Expo."

The VON Expo (http://www.von.com/exhibitors.html) will provide attendees with the opportunity to compare and evaluate solutions from more than 300 exhibitors. VON conference sessions run each day from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM across multiple tracks covering VoIP, IMS, Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), and IPTV. For a complete listing of sessions, please visit: http://www.von.com/schedule.html.