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<tt>The Windy City, Chi-Town, the Second City, the City of Big
Shoulders, and the City That Works are just some of Chicago’s many
nicknames...<br>
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<b>On August 4th, 2014 it will be the the "OpenSIPS" city!</b></font></tt>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">If you've ever wondered how OpenSIPS
can help you with your Freeswitch deployments, now's your chance.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">For all of you attending ClueCon,
we'll be holding an OpenSIPS summit on Aug 4 running most of the
day before ClueCon officially kicks off. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>All ClueCon attendees receive a 25%
discount by using the code "</b><b><tt>cluecon2014".</tt></b> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Last year's summit was a tremendous
success. Everyone that attended enjoyed interesting topics and
discussions. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Along with this announcement, we would
like to announce next the two speakers for this years summit:<br>
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<tt><b>Steve Lorusso - Grasshopper - </b><i>"OpenSIPS in Production</i></tt><tt><i>"</i><br>
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</tt><tt>Engineers at Grasshopper recently deployed OpenSIPS as a
production SBC for peering with multiple carriers. This session
will cover what was done to setup, network, monitor, and operate
OpenSIPS in an virtual HA configuration.</tt><tt><br>
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Steve is VP of Engineering and Operations at Grasshopper, and
oversees the technical direction, architecture, and implementation
of software and services. He's got a track record of developing
products from a 'startup' environment and guiding them to a mature
business while building expert teams and processes.<br>
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Before joining Grasshopper, Steve held technical management
positions in Systems Engineering and Software Development. He was
a day-1 core team member at Unisphere Networks, built SIP-based
communications products for the Carrier marketplace, and then
guided development through an acquisition (Siemens/Juniper) and
subsequent global expansion into many countries. Steve is a
seasoned engineering veteran with tier-1 Carrier and large
Enterprise experience. He combines technical, business, and
management experience with a passion for building innovative
products.<br>
<br>
Steve has a number of patent applications relating to IP
communications and redundant systems design. He holds a BSEE from
Northeastern University and an MSEE degree from Boston University.<br>
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<tt> <b>James Pearson - ViciDial - "</b><i>Creating a routing and
billing platform: How hard could it be?"</i><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Design and implementation of OpenSIPS into a billing and
routing platform for a multi-tenanted high-capacity hosted call
center. Topics include looking at what was required, design
challenges and compromises, what wasn't known to be unknown, and
other random craziness found along the way.<br>
<br>
James Pearson is a founder of The ViciDial Group in 2008 as well
as the Director of Hosting for ViciHost.com. Currently maintains
the OpenSIPS package on the OpenSuSE Build Service as well as
contributing to other OBS projects. Experience with VoIP began in
2005 with Asterisk v.1.2 implementing customized PBXs for small
business' as well as general network environment monitoring and
design. Other areas of interest include networking, system
automation, and new challenges</tt>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">You can get more information about the
summit at:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a
href="http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-2014Chicago">http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-2014Chicago</a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Registration: </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a
href="http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-Registration">http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-Registration</a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Last year's summit highlights:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-2013Chicago">http://www.opensips.org/Community/Summit-2013Chicago</a><br>
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We look forward to seeing you!<br>
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The OpenSIPS Team!<br>
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