ISPCON Spring 2005 Helps Providers Grow with Open Source Solutions

    Business Editors
    ISPCON Spring 2005

    GOLDEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2005--ISPCON Spring 2005, the leading event for wired and wireless ISPs, is setting the stage to address new opportunities presented by emerging open source solutions on May 24-26, 2005 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Thousands of ISPs, web hosts, WISPs, rural telcos, CLECs and municipal broadband players are planning to meet for the biannual global convention centered on businesses delivering a broad array of Internet services to businesses and consumers worldwide.
    A number of new speakers and intensive educational sessions were announced today which delve deeply into leveraging Open Source solutions for voice over IP (VoIP), IP-PBX systems such as Asterisk, SOHO and SME systems and services, security and routing tools, anti-Spam and email concerns, web hosting virtualization infrastructure and more.
    Participants and speakers include several providers who are experienced with deploying and managing profitable open source systems and services such as: Scott Mendenhall, CEO, OpenHosting; Grisha Trubetskoy, CTO, OpenHosting; Gregory Boehnlein, Vice President, N2Net; Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff, tummy.com, ltd.; Ivan Kohler, Owner and Head Geek, Freeside ISP Billing; Brian Capouch, Chair - Department of Computer Science, Saint Joseph's College; Doug Hass, Chief Operations Officer, ImageStream; and John Todd, CTO, VoIP Inc. More than 100 other conference faculty members are scheduled to present on related topics during the three-day event spanning six concurrent conference tracks.
    ISPCON has seen an intense resurgence of growth and interest in recent years as the upcoming Spring 2005 event will be the largest in three years. Most notably, technologies and services, which enable providers to deliver stable, high-quality solutions with reasonable margins, are top of mind at the events. Many times, open source solutions are the well-suited choice for providers to select when razor-thin margins are met with requirements for high reliability. "Increasing our coverage of open source solutions makes perfect sense," stated Jon Price, Managing Director of ISPCON. "It's our job to find experts who can demonstrate how to run and operate better service businesses while providing forums for users to gather and share expertise with our Open Source Communications Exchange forums. We're delighted to have such an excellent gathering of specialized expertise in one place at one time," added Price.
    Attendees will also have access to 50+ conference sessions and the largest exhibit hall of its kind focused on the business, policy and technology of Internet services during the three day conference.
    Exhibit space and conference passes are near sell-out status and capacity is limited for those who are interested in attending or exhibiting. Parties who would like to participate in the event may visit www.ispcon.com for additional exhibit and sponsorship details or call Nancy Moss at 408-850-9551. Attendees for the exhibits and conference will be able to register online at www.ispcon.com until May 23, 2005. Press inquiries may be submitted with credentials online at the site or by sending email to press@thegoldengroup.net.

    About ISPCON

    ISPCON (www.ispcon.com) is co-produced by The Golden Group and Jupitermedia Corp. (Nasdaq:JUPM). Media sponsors for the event include ISP-Planet.com (www.isp-planet.com), The List: ISP (www.thelist.com), ISP-Lists (www.isp-lists.com) and internet.com (www.internet.com).
    ISPCON Press Registration: www.ispcon.com/spring2005/attend-press.asp. Members of the press and industry bloggers are invited to attend the entire conference including the keynotes and plenaries. For registration, visit: www.ispcon.com.

    About The Golden Group

    Founded in 2002, The Golden Group (www.thegoldengroup.net) is a trade conference and event management business with headquarters in Golden, Colorado and offices in northern California. The business was built on the notion that conferences should be profound and intuitive gatherings for market communities to exchange ideas, build relationships and gain knowledge with a significant return on investment. ISPCON, the definitive event for wired and wireless ISPs, is a cornerstone event driven by these highly regarded qualities that has served the ever-evolving global ISP community for over a decade. The company also owns and operates INBOX -- The Email Event (www.inboxevent.com), which is scheduled for its third biannual event June 1-2, in San Jose, Calif.

    About Jupitermedia Corporation

    Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq:JUPM) (www.jupitermedia.com), headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original information, images, research and events for information technology, business and creative professionals. Jupitermedia includes JupiterImages, one of the leading images companies in the world with over 7.0 million images online serving creative professionals with brands like Comstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest, Liquid Library, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Photos.com, HemeraImages.com, Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net, Clipart.com and Animations.com; and JupiterWeb, the online media division of Jupitermedia which operates five distinct online networks: internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals; DevX.com for developers; ClickZ.com for interactive marketers; and Graphics.com, for creative professionals. JupiterWeb properties include more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mail newsletters that are viewed by over 20 million users and generate over 300 million page views monthly. Jupitermedia also includes: JupiterResearch, a leading international research advisory organization specializing in business and technology market research in 18 business areas and 14 vertical markets; and JupiterEvents, which produces offline conferences and trade shows focused on IT and business-specific topics, including Search Engine Strategies and WiFi/VoWiFi Planet.

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CONTACT: The Golden Group Jon Price, 720-221-7225 jprice@thegoldengroup.net

KEYWORD: COLORADO MARYLAND TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNET E-COMMERCE TRADESHOW SOURCE: The Golden Group

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