Aculab is pleased to welcome the following partners as sponsors of ACE 2008:

Event sponsor

NEI (NASDAQ: NENG) provides the engineering, manufacturing, logistics and technical services required to deliver software applications as network appliances. The company develops appliances that ease deployment and enhance the manageability and security of mission- critical software applications for OEM customers. NEI is the leading pure-play provider of hardware-driven appliance solutions for software companies, as well as “Best-in-Class” communications solutions for enterprises, developers and telecom equipment manufacturers. The company offers a full suite of hardware, software and services that minimize the customer’s total cost of ownership and enables their long-term success. NEI offers a range of hardware reference platforms, system software and value-added utilities that provide a superior delivery vehicle for critical and distributed applications.

As an engineering and operations partner to its customers, NEI brings comprehensive technology expertise and proven, best-practice methodologies for managing the complete lifecycle of appliances and communications platforms.

Showcase sponsors

ApplianX is a range of deployment-ready products designed for infrastructure roles in converged telecommunications networks of enterprises, data centres and service providers. Utilising enabling technology from Aculab, ApplianX provides robust and reliable systems for fast execution of Internet-based communication strategies, with rapid deployment and integration into existing infrastructure. www.applianx.com

With over 30 years experience in cutting-edge R&D, Loquendo is a global leader in speech technology providing all the technology required to create the ultimate speech-interaction solutions for server, desktop, PDA and embedded applications.

Loquendo's best-in-breed technology - Loquendo TTS, Loquendo ASR, Loquendo Speaker Verification and Loquendo VoxNauta Platform - enables integrators to rapidly and easily create solutions in 18 languages. Currently available languages include U.S. and U.K. English, Castilian, Catalan, Mexican, Chilean, Argentinian, American Spanish, Italian, German, French, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese, Swedish and Polish - in both male and female voices.

Many more are under development to give customers expanded reach in today's global marketplace. www.loquendo.com

LumenVox provides powerful, full-featured, and affordable speech technology together with a committed focus on excellent customer service. Our innovative speech recognition technology empowers channel integrators, developers, and solution providers to design and develop dynamic speech solutions. LumenVox has gained industry recognition by winning over 20 awards for innovation, technical excellence, and user’s choice for our Speech Engine, Speech Platform, and Speech Tuner. LumenVox can be reached at toll free 877-977-0707, +1-858-707-7700, at info1@lumenvox.com or at www.lumenvox.com.

Accelerate your Prosody development ROI with the Whirlwind toolkit - Whirlwind provides unlimited flexibility to build your own services quickly and easily or ask us to build them for you. Eliminate long development time and start your telephony business generating revenue sooner. The owners have over 20 years experience in telephony development with solutions deployed in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia and New Zealand. Turnkey solutions include click-dial, pre-paid, VoIP gateways, conference/chat, wake-up-call, never-busy-fax, fax broadcast, emergency alerts, premium rate, mobile number portability, least cost call routing, reverse charge, virtual office, remote agent with browser-push screen pops etc. www.skunkworks.net.au

Touchstone Technologies specializes in delivering state-of-the-art software-based solutions that enable our customers to bring their products and services to market with confidence. Leveraging our diverse customer base, our products assure interoperability with a wide array of industry-leading voice and video applications and equipment. Our powerful, scalable, and affordable solutions are the ideal set of tools for developers, engineers, integrators, quality assurance specialists, and network administrators. As one of IP communications test and measurements earliest pioneers, Touchstone has been proudly serving the industry since 1989. www.touchstone-inc.com