FAQ
What is BroadSoft Connections?
BroadSoft Connections is a premiere executive users conference for customers using BroadSoft’s award-winning BroadWorks platform. Now in its sixth year, BroadSoft Connections brings together more than 700 senior-level executives from the world’s leading telecom service providers, equipment makers, web developers and access partners to share best practices, case studies and strategies on how to drive new revenues through VoIP services.
What are the key benefits of attending?
- Hear how others have deployed BroadWorks and complementary solution components
- Learn how to leverage the power of Web 2.0 applications through new service offerings
- Discover how to create opportunities to enhance core voice services with value-added solutions
- Discover market-tested go-to-market tools and techniques
- Listen to case study presentations on service provider deployments
- Learn about product updates and the BroadWorks roadmap
- Evaluate partner products and 3rd party applications in the Solutions Showcase
- Network with peers and vendors in a relaxed environment
Who attends?
Connections is an invitation-only event. Executives and decision makers from service providers and large enterprises, as well as sponsoring partners, wholesalers, industry analysts, BroadSoft executives and subject matter experts.
What are the dates of the conference?
Sunday, 5 October – Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Where will the conference be held?
Scottsdale, Arizona, at the world-class Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. Check www.kierlandresort.com for details.
What’s on the agenda?
Xplore, Xpand, Xtend is Connection’s motto for the two day rotating tracks. These sessions will focus on the best practices and challenges as attendees to explore new business models, expand services and extend into new revenue streams.
- Residential VoIP: These sessions will cover the go-to-market component of successful triple-play integration and deployment of enhanced services for residential VoIP through best practices and innovative business models.
- Business Connectivity: Hear directly from service providers the business case for moving from basic business connectivity to deploying enhanced capabilities and how providers are transforming their class 5 networks to full IP.
- Hosted Business: In these sessions, learn how to successfully market competitive and differentiated features for hosted business services and optimize deployments through operational best practices.
- Demystifying UC: Gain an in-depth perspective of how BroadWorks hosted voice services are an integral part of unified communication solution with integrated business processes, collaborative communities and data applications from leading partners.
- Rich Communication Services: Learn about implementing and the service possibilities of rich communications for the masses. Bringing together integrated applications to allow for unique customer driven communication solutions RCS is bringing standards-based capabilities to reality.
- Xtended Web 2.0 Solutions: Hear from developers and customers on the best practices for leveraging the power of the Xtended Marketplace and developing applications for the next generation.
What is the Solutions Showcase?
The Solutions Showcase is where our participating partners promote their product and solutions. Each partner will be assigned a table top space that will be open during breaks and networking sessions.
Can partners attend the conference without being sponsors?
We limit partner participation to Sponsors and Solutions Showcase organizations to maintain a balance between customers, prospects and partners.

