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There’s been lots of buzz around the Broadband Stimulus Package’s impact and how billions might be spent on telecommunications.

 

Yet, few specific industries are especially poised to benefit from investment. Could your organization serve one of these hot markets?

 

Wednesday’s ITEXPO West 2009 session “The Stimulus and Vertical Markets,” at 10:30 a.m., will provide a new perspective on what these billions of dollars of federal spending mean to key verticals – like government, healthcare and education. 

 

Bob Preston, vice president of industry solutions and chief collaboration officer at Pleasanton, California-based Polycom (News - Alert), a provider of telepresence, voice and video conferencing technologies, will talk about how the government’s funding will spur investment in new and exciting technologies.

 

“These funds will continue to flow and be made available for technology improvement in our schools and hospitals at the state and local level over the next two years,” Preston told TMC CEO Rich Tehrani, conference chairman, in an interview.

 

Preston’s session will also address common questions like ‘What will be the net effect on enterprise employees, consumers, and operators as stimulus money starts to flow?’

 

“I’ll be addressing these markets from a communications technology opportunity standpoint,” Preston said, “and how these markets stand to benefit from using ARRA funds to improve technology infrastructure.”