Stack8, North America's leading provider of Unified Communications (UC) Solutions, announced that it will release version 7.0 of its renowned SMACS Unified Communications Management Platform (UCMP) in Q1 2021. The company’s highly regarded UCMP seamlessly integrates with UC platforms including Cisco and Microsoft with advanced integrations to 8x8, RingCentral and more on the near-term roadmap. The major 7.0 release of the SMACS UCMP will debut new features and functionality offering advanced built-in business intelligence…

Enreach, the fast-growing European unified communications group, has been named as one of the market leaders in a new Frost Radar focused on European hosted IP Telephony and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). Enreach scores high on both its innovation and growth dimensions. “With its comprehensive solutions portfolio and considerable growth in the past few years, Enreach has earned a spot among the growth and innovation leaders in the European hosted IP telephony and UCaaS market”, said Elka Popova, Vice President…

RingCentral ranked highest in all five use cases including mobility and remote working, integrated contact center, midsize enterprises, multinational organization and large enterprises RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced that it has received the highest scores in every use case among 14 total vendors in the November 2020 Critical Capabilities for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Worldwide report. Marketing…

8x8 Recognized as a Leader for the Ninth Year in a Row 8x8, Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, announced it has been named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide1. This is the ninth consecutive year 8x8 has been recognized as a Leader in this report. Marketing Technology News: SOPHOLA, Announces Partnership with DGtraffic “Global enterprises have become heavily reliant on their providers to deliver all the key communications and…

Star2Star, global leader in cloud-native communications, collaboration, and integration solutions for the enterprise, announced that they have been named in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide for the sixth straight year. The Gartner Magic Quadrant assesses UCaaS providers around the world to identify industry Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries, and Niche Players. Recommended: MarTech Primer: Advertising Technology and Demand-Side Platforms (DSPs) It was positioned by Gartner,…

RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced that Gartner has recognized RingCentral as a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide report. In the Magic Quadrant report, published on November 11, 2020, RingCentral was positioned furthest for completeness of vision in the Leaders quadrant. This is RingCentral’s sixth year in a row being named to the Leaders quadrant. Marketing Technology…

Celebrating Fifth Consecutive Year in the Leaders Quadrant for Meeting Solutions; Named a Leader during its First Year Included in the Magic Quadrant for UCaaS Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced that analyst firm Gartner has named Zoom a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions, as well as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service. This is the sixth time Zoom has appeared in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions and its fifth consecutive time as a Leader. It is…

Fuze recognized for its ability to execute and completeness of vision for the eleventh consecutive time in this Magic Quadrant report Fuze, the leading cloud-based communications provider for the modern global enterprise, announced that Gartner, Inc. recognized the company as the only Visionary in its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide. This is the eleventh time that Fuze* has been included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide report.…

IT and networking giant recognizes NWN for their solution-as-a-service portfolio, supporting rapidly-evolving customer needs At the 2020 Cisco Partner Summit Digital, Cisco recognized NWN with two regional Partner of the Year Awards. As a leading national provider of integrated cloud communications and infrastructure offerings, NWN earned the distinction of Technology Excellence Partner of the Year: Collaboration (South) and Transformation/Innovation Partner of the Year (East). NWN was honored for its innovation, leadership…

NICE, a leading provider of financial communication compliance solutions, announced that its NICE Trading Recording System (NTR) is first to market for compliance recording solutions to be certified under the Microsoft Teams certification program. NTR is the first solution to receive its certification under the program. The certification assures financial services organizations (FSOs) that NTR has been tested and verified to provide the quality, compatibility, and reliability they've come to expect from Teams. NTR provides…

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…

Movius, the leading global provider of mobile unified communication software, is now enabling enterprises to securely and compliantly communicate with clients on their preferred mobile messaging channel. The company announced the integration of WhatsApp support from within Movius MultiLine, their secure mobile communication service that can be deployed over any smartphone device on any global carrier. The integration will help unify and capture all business voice and messaging channels through a single integrated user…

Ribbon's Kandy Business Solutions will leverage the IBM Cloud for Financial Services to deliver secure, cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service capabilities Ribbon Communications Inc., a global provider of real time communications software and packet and optical transport solutions to service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure sectors, announced it has joined the IBM Cloud for Financial Services ecosystem and intends to onboard its Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) offering to the…

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced that Cardinal Health, Inc. a global, integrated healthcare services and products company will standardize on the company’s robust UCaaS platform to consolidate and optimize workflow. The initial rollout includes more than 17,000 Zoom users including video webinar, rooms, cloud room connectors and phone licenses. Replacing other services with a unified communications platform, Zoom was selected due to its strong quality of service, reliability, and user experience. Marketing…

Unified Communications Platform Contributes to Confidence on Multiple Campuses NWN, a leading technology-enabled service provider focused on transforming the customer experience, is helping Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) successfully transition both its NJ and Vancouver campuses to a new dynamic collaboration solution with the NWN Unified-Communications-as-a-Service offering. NWN has helped FDU not only move its telephony systems from copper to VoIP, but also set up an enhanced 911 solution as a part of the…

Westelcom, a leading provider of Advanced Communications Services throughout New York State, announced that they have acquired Teo Communications Services. Headquartered in Mukilteo WA., Teo Communications Services manufactures and supports an end-to-end unified communications solution sold nationally to mid-market enterprise customers through a business partner channel. "This transaction significantly enhances our ability to expand our vision of providing Mission Critical Unified Communications Solutions throughout …

Microsoft Teams Offering Recognized for Exceptional Innovation Momentum Telecom announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, has named Momentum's Microsoft Teams offering as a 2020 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner. Microsoft Teams on the Momentum network enables enterprise customers to create a fully unified communication and collaboration solution to best meet their business needs. In addition to Momentum's cloud…

Versa Secure SD-WAN Selected as Winner Due to its Unique Ability to Transform Networks by Converging SD-WAN, Security, Routing, and Network and Application Analytics Versa Networks, the leader in Secure SD-WAN, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, has named its Secure SD-WAN as a 2020 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner. Versa is the leader in Secure SD-WAN, uniquely combining full-featured SD-WAN,…

New solution-specific features combine with core platform functionality to drive uptime and performance for real-time communications solutions Optanix, the leader in intelligent business service assurance, today announced version 6.0 of the Optanix Platform. This release features new capabilities for contact center, unified communications and data networks. Among the new solution-specific features included in Optanix Platform version 6.0 are the following: Expanded support for the latest versions of Cisco Unified…

Aragon evaluates 15 major providers in the UCC market Aragon Research identifies fifteen major providers in its fourth edition of the Aragon Research Globe for Unified Communications and Collaboration, 2020, published today. The report states that unified communication and collaboration platforms are maturing as the modalities of voice, video, and messaging become mandatory. While there was already growing demand for a centralized communications platform, the current health crisis has given enterprises a renewed sense of…