Among the myriad of product demonstrations, one area stands out in this year’s Solutions Showcase, primarily for the creative way it was brought to life at our User Forum. The Converged World was a simulated replica of the Comverse vision of Total Communication for a Converged World, in which users’ lifestyles are enhanced by our converged solutions. Within the backdrop of the Converged World’s home, work or on-the-go settings, Comverse employees took a new role as actors demonstrating several converged solutions. For example, Converged Messaging was ‘performed’ at the service of a user to maintain consistent, constant and convenient communication. Audiences came away with a better understanding of concepts of multiple identities, presence-enablers, receiving calls with avatars, a shared network address book – all over IMS technology. Also demonstrated was a seamless handover from a WiFi to GSM network.