Our History

1989

DSP Technology Corp. sets Sales records with Confer Products

1990

Former DSP executives acquire Confer product line from DSP Technologies

1991

Forum founded and Richardson Headquarters established

1992

Confer II product line introduced in the US

1993

Forum signs first European Distributor

1994

US Federal Reserve Bank adopts Forum Conference Products

1995

Forum helps pioneer distance learning in Universities

TELECONNECT and Computer Telephony Editors Choice Awards

1996

Initial installations in Army and National Guard bases

1997

Forum Conference bridges are installed in over 24 countries

TELECONNECT Product of the Year Award

1998

NEC becomes Forum reseller partner

M.I.T. uses Confer Bridge for World Wide Web Consortium conferencing

1999

Forum acquires Consortium Conference System product line from Tellabs

2000

Forum Bridges on 5 Continents support Worldwide Distance Learning Efforts

2001

British PM gets a Forum Conference bridge at 10 Downing Street

2002

Forum celebrates shipping over 50,000 ports of conference bridges to over 45 countries

2003

Confer ECS Emergency Conference system wins Internet Telephony Product of the Year

2004

Forum introduces the Confer Alert Crash Response and Emergency Conference System

2005

Forum adds web collaboration capabilities to the Consortium conference system

2006

U.S. Postal Service in Washington DC uses Forum conferencing for emergency support

2007

Forum introduces a VOIP / SIP interface option for the Consortium II

2008

The Consortium II receives JITC Certification / APL listing for the DOD / DSN Network

2009

Forum Continues our Commitment to Excellence in Product Design and Support

2010

GPLIM peripheral launched

Consortium II 7.1 software release JITC certified

2012

Alert II Emergency Notification System launched

2013

Consortium III launched

Consortium II 9.1 software release JITC certified

2016

Alert III Emergency Notification System launched

2017

Consortium III 11.1 software release JITC certified

Runway Indication Module peripheral launched

Intelligent Line Module peripheral launched

2019

Intelligent S Module peripheral launched

2020

ConsortAlert Emergency Notification System launched

2021

Consortium III 11.2 software release JITC certified

2022

Initiator Soft Alert Button launched.

Intelligent Alert Edge peripheral launched.