NextWest, Inc. to Present Conference Session at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Fall 2004

Richard De Soto Will be Participating in the IP Contact Center Shootout at Leading VoIP Event in Los Angeles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- TUCSON, AZ - NextWest, Inc. today announced that Richard De Soto has accepted an invitation to present a session titled, IP Contact Center Shootout at TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Fall 2004 at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The conference runs October 4-7, 2004, De Soto's session takes place on Thursday, October 7th at 8:15 Ð 9:00 a.m.

The INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO is a targeted and innovative four-day tradeshow featuring the most respected, objective education available for learning to select and deploy VoIP solutions. In addition to De Soto's session, the show features four days of conferences, many networking opportunities, and an Exhibit Hall featuring all of the latest IP telephony solutions.

"NextWest is pleased to be included in the IP Contact Center Shootout to highlight how our affordable contact center software can improve the business of small-to-midsize enterprises," said Chief Marketing Officer, Richard De Soto.

"We are very pleased that Richard De Soto will be participating in this year's show. NextWest is widely recognized and respected as a VoIP industry leader, and I am confident that our attendees will appreciate and value the opportunity to hear his/her perspective on the latest contact center solutions," said TMC president and conference co-chair, Rich Tehrani.

"Over the past twelve months, widespread adoption of IP Telephony by global service providers, businesses and governments has reinforced its position and perception as a viable, cost-effective communications solution. As a result, we are seeing a significant number of senior-level executives attending the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO as a means of learning about the technology so they too can take advantage of its benefits."

More About NextWest

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About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes two magazines: Customer Inter@ction Solutions, and Internet Telephony, and the online publications, TMCnet.com, Planet PDA Magazine, Alternative Power and BiometriTech. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC also produces The VoIP Developer Conference and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com