RingCentral, Inc. a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced it has been ranked highest for both the European Hosted IP Telephony and Unified Cloud Communications as a Service (UCaaS) Market in the new 2020 Frost & Sullivan UCaaS Radar Report. The Frost & Sullivan Radar Report provides results from an in-depth analysis built on a 360-degree research methodology evaluating more than 120 companies. The team of industry analysts identified 20…

New options enable secure, reliable, and high-quality connectivity with the Fuze network Fuze, the leading cloud-based communications provider for the modern global enterprise, announced an expanded portfolio of network connectivity options. These new offerings provide more flexibility for customers connecting to Fuze’s global architecture by leveraging customizable solutions based on their organizational requirements and existing network infrastructure. This flexibility also extends to voice carrier connectivity with…

Atos SE, a global leader in digital transformation, and RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced the expansion of their strategic partnership with the launch of a co-branded UCaaS solution called Unify Office (UO) by RingCentral. In addition to the system integrator relationship announced previously, the expanded partnership will now include Unify Office as the exclusive UCaaS offering for the 40 million users installed base of the…

Avaya Holdings Corp. and RingCentral Inc. announced the global expansion and general availability of Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral in Australia, Canada, and the UK along with the availability of several key new features and capabilities including tools to help migrate customers more efficiently and effectively. Avaya Cloud Office is experiencing rapid global customer adoption, enhancing the way organizations communicate with customers, partners and with colleagues through an all-in-one solution that delivers seamless…

The market is projected to witness double-digit growth rates with more countries and customer segments adopting mobile UCaaS, says Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Growth Opportunities in the European Hosted IP Telephony and UCaaS Market, Forecast to 2026, finds that the European hosted Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) market will experience slower-than-anticipated growth in terms of both users and revenue in 2020 and 2021 due to churn in the…

CallTower’s Extended Response Program empowers businesses with much needed risk-free access to UCaaS, Collaboration and an enhanced Cloud Contact Center solution, with fast-track implementation CallTower, a global leader in delivering cloud-based enterprise-class unified communications and collaboration solutions, announces an extension to its no-risk UCaaS and Collaboration Response Program, enhanced with Cloud Contact Center in an effort to confront potential economic downturn. Solutions include Microsoft® Teams Direct…

RingCentral Extends Large Enterprise Reach by Joining Atos’ Digital Workplace Solutions Portfolio Atos SE, a global leader in digital transformation, and RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced that Atos will add RingCentral as the preferred provider of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solutions. Atos and RingCentral will enter into a System Integrator (SI) relationship and will introduce a co-branded UCaaS…

Comcast announced it has completed the acquisition of Blueface® – a Dublin, Ireland-based global technology provider and leader in unified communications solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “Whether connecting within a company or directly to customers, Blueface technology, powered by Comcast Business, will provide businesses a seamless communications experience. We look forward to delivering innovative solutions that enable businesses to help power employee productivity and extraordinary customer…

SYNNEX to accelerate and simplify the delivery of Avaya cloud-based unified communications Avaya Holdings Corp., a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, today announced that SYNNEX Corporation, a leading business process services company, now offers the new Avaya Cloud Office UCaaS solution through its extensive partner network as part of the Avaya Master Agent program. Avaya continues to work to address the evolving needs of its large customer base with new UC and CC…

Vonage's pioneering technology services attain higher levels of scale and flexibility Frost & Sullivan has named Vonage as a top industry innovator, recognized for its strong track record as a technology pioneer and for reinventing itself under the One Vonage platform strategy to deliver fully programmable solutions across voice, video, SMS, chat and social messaging. The North American hosted Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) market is experiencing steady growth as the…

Global Expansion and Customer Adoption Fast-Track GlobalMeet in 2019 Since entering the unified communications as a service (UCaaS) market in March 2019, PGi, a business communications provider, has accelerated momentum of its GlobalMeet® platform by acquiring new customers and demonstrating that companies are embracing cloud voice and collaboration solutions. GlobalMeet has helped nearly 100 million people connect this year-to-date and is experiencing rapid adoption within the UCaaS market adding customers in the…

RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced it has ranked the highest for growth and innovation in the new 2019 Frost & Sullivan UCaaS Radar Report. Frost & Sullivan’s first North American hosted IP telephony and UCaaS Radar report delivers analysis of 30 providers across growth strategy, execution, and performance, as well as their ability to develop solutions that are globally applicable and aligned with mega trends and…

RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced it has ranked first in IHS Markit 2019 Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) North American Scorecard for the third consecutive year. The IHS Markit annual report evaluates the top 10 North American UCaaS providers, based on market share, financial stability, market momentum, service development, and support options. “Digital transformation continues to shape the modern workforce, and…

SherWeb Teams with Convey to Expand into the US Telecom/Cloud Channel Convey Services and SherWeb, a leading provider of cloud services based in Canada, announced a joint initiative to introduce SherWeb’s advanced cloud solutions into the US telecom, cloud and IT channel market. Together they are unveiling the SherWeb UCaaS Connector, a hosted voice solution tightly integrated with Microsoft Office 365. SherWeb is rolling it out to small-to-medium sized business (SMB) through channel sales partners, VARs and MSPs. SherWeb…

Industry Veteran and Former Vonage Business Executive to Help Accelerate Platform Innovation and Service Provider Success Alianza Inc., the cloud voice platform company, announced that Clark Peterson has joined its board of directors. The company will benefit from his deep unified communications experience, industry knowledge, strategic thinking and track record of building and scaling unified communications platforms. Peterson brings more than 30 years of leadership experience with market-leading telecommunications…

Windstream Enterprise (WE), a managed communications services provider, announced organizational changes to its channel partner program. Brad Smith, currently vice president – Indirect Sales at Windstream Enterprise, has been promoted to head of Strategic Channels. "Brad has led award-winning national sales teams for large communications companies. His promotion to Channel Chief ensures the significant momentum, gained through our Channel Integration initiative, will continue to grow and foster collaboration with WE…

Kakapo Systems, a developer of UCaaS and Call Center user applications for the Cisco BroadSoft platform, announced the release of SMS Queues for the Unity Contact Center. Unity Contact Center allows BroadSoft-based service providers to add email, web chat, Twitter, and call back queues to their voice-centric BroadSoft platform. The addition of SMS extends this multi-channel sales and service capability to the device that everyone has in their pocket. Marketing Technology News: Dun & Bradstreet Enters Into Agreement…

Vyopta is now the first Unified Communications (UC) monitoring and analytics provider to support Google Meet. This integration enables organizations that use Google Workspace (formerly GSuite) to efficiently manage their Google Meet collaboration experience. Vyopta's purpose-built UC monitoring platform enables organizations to efficiently support the surge in remote collaboration by empowering both UC experts and front-line support teams to investigate and resolve issues. Enterprises and educational institutions across…

Bandwidth, a leading enterprise cloud communications company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Voxbone, an international enterprise cloud communications leader, for an enterprise value of €446 million EUR, representing a multiple of approximately six times anticipated Voxbone 2020 revenue. Voxbone has been majority-owned by Vitruvian Partners, a leading growth- and technology-focused investment firm headquartered in London, UK, since 2015. Voxbone is a leading European-based communications platform…

Dedicated voice specialist, Red Box, today announced a new integration partnership with RingCentral, a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions. The integration will deliver access to RingCentral Voice and Video recorded conversations via Conversa by Red Box, the newly launched open microservices-based enterprise voice platform. "As dispersed workforces are now the norm, the adoption of UCaaS solutions has undoubtedly been accelerated within regulated…