Pop quiz for providers of communications interconnect and IT services: what do IP convergence and channel convergence have in common? Hint: Gartner (News - Alert) predicts the hosted VoIP market will reach 6 million lines by 2009 (up from 300,000 in 2005).

Stumped? Then mark your calendar for a free Webinar, IP Convergence (News - Alert) Means Channel Convergence, scheduled for March 27, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. PT (2:00 p.m. ET). The Webinar will be presented by Tom Scearce, vice president of market development at Speakeasy (News - Alert) and Erik Linask, group managing editor at TMCnet.

 

Today’s small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are an increasingly important market for companies that sell interconnect and IT services. Serving this, and other, segments of the customer base is becoming increasingly challenging for providers. That’s because two parallel convergence trends are going on: the convergence of data and voice networks, and the convergence of telecom and IT service channels.

 

These related collisions of previously separated areas present challenges, but also opportunities. Both will be discussed by Scearce and Linask during the Webinar. The event is designed specifically for interconnect firms, IT consultants, IT service providers, value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators.

 

 For more information about the Webinar, and to register, please click here.