Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC^®), a leading global media company, today announced a partnership with Light and Electric for joint participation in a series of Webinars, screencasts and in-show sessions covering the benefits of cloud communications. The initial workshops and sessions are scheduled to be collocated with TMC's ITEXPO East 2010 in Miami Beach, FL this coming January.

Combining TMC's powerhouse media with the award winning and practical experience of Light and Electric will deliver a truly rich and valuable experience for all attendees and participants.

The series of Webinars, screencasts and live sessions will address a growing need of businesses to integrate and leverage cloud based communications applications, process enhancement techniques, and network based communications interfaces and architectures.

Business professionals will learn the fundamentals of cloud based communications business models, market trends and current large efforts and deployments. Sales teams can benefit by learning real life cloud communications success stories and interacting with other ecosystem members. This series of educational sessions online and at ITEXPO will explore how communications as a service drastically lowers capital expenditures, reduces project risks and increases service agility and value.

Thomas Howe, CEO, Light and Electric, will be moderating the sessions both online and at the training session at ITEXPO.

“Thomas is a foremost expert on cloud communications and there is no one better suited to deliver the content than he,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President. “As with the rest of the technology landscape, there is a definite need to have more cost-effective and powerful deployments of communications technology in the cloud. We are excited to offer educational opportunities that help businesses become increasingly efficient through the use of emerging technologies like cloud communications.”

“Partnering with TMC was a strategic decision based on their massive outreach across multiple platforms. TMC is perhaps the most respected media outlet covering communications and technology, and provides the best outlet to reach the professionals who will benefit the most from this exciting and fast growing area,” said Howe.

The Cloud Communications Show will take place January 20-22, 2010 collocated with the ITEXPO East at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Registration for the Cloud Communications Training sessions will be available on the ITEXPO Web site.

More details on the Webinar events and the screencasts will be forthcoming.

For more information, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by as many as three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,000 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation’s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO, 4GWE Conference (in conjunction with Crossfire Media), Digium|Asterisk World and AstriCon (in conjunction with Digium), and Communications Developer Conference.