VPIM Interoperability Event at the Open Group Conference in July.
"Werbelow, Wayne L (Wayne)" <[email protected]> Thu, 23 May 2002 14:07:11 -0600
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20295.6CD72C3E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, The Open Group (www.opengroup.org) has offered to host a VPIM = Interoperability Event at their Conference in Boston the week of July 22 = - 26. Glenn Parsons asked me if Avaya would be willing to lead the = event and we have agreed to do so. However, we need to get a quick = "show of hands" for how many vendors would like to participate in the = event before we commit to spending lots of time and effort into = producing it. The Open Group would provide the rooms, network hook-ups, telephony = connections, marketing, etc. for the event. Each vendor would need to = provide their voice mail system (or at least access to it beyond their = firewall), any necessary laptops, monitors, keyboards, and technical = expertise on VPIM and their own system. Also, each vendor would need to = pay an event registration fee of $1000 (if you are already a member of = the Open Group) or $3500 if you are not a member. =20 The event would be similar to previous VPIM events (Bake-offs) and would = allow many vendors to interop test with all of the other vendors. This = would also give some vendors a chance to regression test some products = that may have been updated since the last interop event. The Avaya Interchange product (a voice mail networking protocol = converter) now supports VPIM (as well as several other existing = protocols) and is Generally Available as of January this year. It could = be used to connect all of the vendors' systems together into one large = VPIM network. Obviously, individual connections would still be needed = for point-to-point testing. =20 If you are interested in participating in this event please contact me = as soon as possible so we can continue with the planning. Once I know = your level of interest I will work with you to provide more information = about the event and to get more information about your system and what = you will need to connect to it. If you know of someone who might be = interested and they are not on this VPIM e-mail list, please forward = this message to them. Thanks, Wayne Werbelow Interoperability Test Coordinator Avaya Interchange Project Avaya, Inc. 1300 W. 120th Ave. Westminster, CO 80234 303-538-0455 [email protected] ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20295.6CD72C3E Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 6.0.5762.3"> <TITLE>VPIM Interoperability Event at the Open Group Conference in = July.</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi,</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The Open Group (www.opengroup.org) has = offered to host a VPIM Interoperability Event at their Conference in = Boston the week of July 22 - 26. Glenn Parsons asked me if Avaya = would be willing to lead the event and we have agreed to do so. = However, we need to get a quick "show of hands" for how many = vendors would like to participate in the event before we commit to = spending lots of time and effort into producing it.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The Open Group would provide the rooms, = network hook-ups, telephony connections, marketing, etc. for the = event. Each vendor would need to provide their voice mail system = (or at least access to it beyond their firewall), any necessary laptops, = monitors, keyboards, and technical expertise on VPIM and their own = system. Also, each vendor would need to pay an event registration = fee of $1000 (if you are already a member of the Open Group) or $3500 if = you are not a member. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The event would be similar to previous = VPIM events (Bake-offs) and would allow many vendors to interop test = with all of the other vendors. This would also give some vendors a = chance to regression test some products that may have been updated since = the last interop event.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The Avaya Interchange product (a voice = mail networking protocol converter) now supports VPIM (as well as = several other existing protocols) and is Generally Available as of = January this year. It could be used to connect all of the vendors' = systems together into one large VPIM network. Obviously, = individual connections would still be needed for point-to-point = testing. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">If you are interested in participating = in this event please contact me as soon as possible so we can continue = with the planning. Once I know your level of interest I will work = with you to provide more information about the event and to get more = information about your system and what you will need to connect to = it. If you know of someone who might be interested and they are = not on this VPIM e-mail list, please forward this message to = them.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT> </P> <P><I><FONT SIZE=3D6 FACE=3D"Script">Wayne Werbelow</FONT></I> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Interoperability Test = Coordinator</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Avaya Interchange Project</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Avaya, Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">1300 W. 120th Ave.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Westminster, CO 80234</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">303-538-0455</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">[email protected]</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20295.6CD72C3E-- ---------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you, since you are subscribed to [email protected]. You can manage your subscription at http://www.neystadt.org/cgi-bin/majordomo