RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact center solutions, today announced the acquisition of the technology and engineering team at Kindite, a developer of leading cryptographic technologies that mitigate and reduce security and privacy risks to information and applications in the cloud. The new technology will be incorporated into RingCentral’s global communications platform, providing customers with enhanced security capabilities including…

Ytel, a leading provider of business communication solutions, announced the addition of Verified SMS and Verified Calls by Google to the Ytel platform Ytel, a leading provider of business communication solutions, announced the addition of Verified SMS and Verified Calls by Google to the Ytel platform. These features enable Ytel’s business clients to build trust and prevent scams. With Verified SMS and Verified Calls, brands can leverage sender authentication and branding features to deliver highly secure, trustworthy…

Gupshup announced the launch of a new IP-based messaging channel that will enhance the way businesses communicate with consumers. The Gupshup IP (GIP) messaging channel enables rich, interactive, conversational experiences on any device globally, without requiring an app download of any kind. This will accelerate the emerging trend of conversational messaging among businesses. Marketing Technology News: FMG Suite Announces Strategic Acquisition of Twenty Over Ten GIP offers advanced features including the ability to…

Code Together Conference 2020 brings together industry leaders and developers, features several new product innovations driven by RingCentral’s Open Platform RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions,  announced a new high-volume SMS service that enables businesses to send SMS messages and updates to their customers rapidly and reliably. Using this service, developers can build customized apps using RingCentral’s business communications…

Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader, today announced that online accounting software provider Crunch has implemented Vonage’s fully-integrated contact centre and unified communications solutions to better serve its growing customer-base by delivering exceptional experiences. Crunch Selects Vonage to Transform Business Communications With more than 10,500 clients, Crunch provides unlimited accountancy support for sole traders, freelancers, contractors, small businesses and startups. Following a market…

Alliance yields new email API and marketing platform, strengthens Vonage's fully integrated business communications offering via Nexmo APIs, and makes Vonage the sole SMS provider for Sendinblue Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader, has partnered with Sendinblue, a leading provider of cloud-based email marketing and marketing automation technology, to deliver a rich email communications offering to customers via Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform. With this partnership, Nexmo is also now the sole SMS provider…

Nextiva, a leading business communications company, announced the launch of Nextiva Business Suites, essential business communication and customer management tools for companies of all sizes. Nextiva Business Suites allow companies to manage all customer communication and engagement in one place, empowering businesses to deliver an integrated customer experience without the complexity of fragmented applications. With the launch of the Nextiva Business Suites, Nextiva introduces the Nextiva Business Communication Suite and…

With TalkIQ’s Acquisition by Dialpad, VoiceAI Could Better Deliver Real-Time Voice Insights to Transform Phone Call Transcribing Process for Marketing and Sales Teams Dialpad, a leading cloud business communications provider, announced that it has acquired TalkIQ. TalkIQ is a leader in real-time speech recognition and artificial intelligence. By combining TalkIQ’s real-time speech recognition and natural language processing technologies with Dialpad’s leading communications solutions, Dialpad will deliver VoiceAI to help…

Industry-disrupting NextOS to Provide Powerful Customer Experience Solutions Nextiva, a leading unified communications company, announced today the official launch of NextOS, an all-in-one communication software that harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for its three new products. Read More: $150 Million Deal… Gannett Acquires PPC Giant WordStream Built on Nextiva’s strength in voice technology, the new platform provides businesses with a complete view of their customers across all…

Versature, a leading provider of unified cloud communications solutions to businesses across Canada, announced that it has rebranded its business as net2phone Canada. The fast-growing Canadian subsidiary of net2phone will continue to provide Canadian firms with innovative cloud communications solutions and outstanding service. "Our new name aligns perfectly with our mission," said Jonathon Moody, President and COO of net2phone Canada. "We are focused exclusively on providing our Canadian clients with powerful…

RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced that Foundation Building Materials (FBM), a leading construction materials distributor for the commercial construction and residential building trade, has selected RingCentral Office® as its cloud communications solution, including team messaging, video meetings, and a cloud phone system, to enable more than 3,600 employees to work from anywhere. With operations spread out…

NextOS Brings All Communication and Collaboration Tools for Customers and Teams into One Dashboard, Streamlining Work Across the Enterprise Nextiva, an industry leader in business communications, introduces the latest release of the NextOS platform, completing its transformation to a true platform company. With the newest version of NextOS, Nextiva will deliver fully integrated communication applications with business software along with AI and workflow automations. Nextiva is the only unified communications company that…

Next-generation services will support better collaboration and communication for businesses of all sizes across multiple countries, including the UK, Germany, Spain, and Italy Vodafone Business and RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration and contact center solutions, announced a strategic partnership that seeks to transform business communications and collaboration. Together the companies will create a new co-branded, cloud-based service that will be the lead Unified…

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…

Avaya and RingCentral Inc. announced the expansion of Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral across Europe, with the solution now generally available in France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. In addition, the companies also announced that they have signed their first seven-figure deal with a large United Kingdom-based Government customer. This geographic expansion of Avaya Cloud Office follows the launch of the solution in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia in June and the United States in March. Since then, the solution…

Melrose Labs has partnered with Phronesis Technologies to reassure businesses that customers are who they say they are Following the launch of its voice and messaging services earlier this year, Melrose Labs’ new partnership will see the platform develop new identity verification services that will protect businesses and improve customer engagement. The new offerings will also enhance Melrose Labs’ existing Identity and Location, and One-Time Password (OTP) services. Marketing Technology News: Outbrain Launches Carousel,…

8x8, Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, announced that AVANT Communications ("AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making and the premier distributor for next generation technology, has been named as an 8x8 Open Channel Program Platinum Partner. This recognition highlights AVANT’s commitment and success in delivering the 8x8 Open Communications Platform™, which uniquely combines cloud voice, team chat, video meetings and contact center in a single solution, through its global network of Trusted…

Global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, TCS has won the 2020 Gartner Communications Award. Gartner recognized and honored TC for its excellent campaign Digital Transformation with Business 4.0™. TCS won the award in the category “Excellence in Building a Corporate Brand”. At the time of this announcement, TCS CMO, Rajashree R, said, “We are delighted to receive this recognition from the expert jury. To showcase how our Business 4.0 thought leadership framework helps enterprises draw up their…

Kandy acquisition adds industry-leading proprietary, multi-tenant cloud communications platform Combination creates a comprehensive suite of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) capabilities American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. and Ribbon Communications Inc.  announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for AVCtechnologies to acquire Kandy Communications, an industry-leading proprietary, multi-tenant, highly…

Mission to Present Powerful, Unified Vision as Veritone Accelerates Growth Into New Global Markets Veritone, Inc., a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and solutions, announced the appointment of Thor Valdmanis as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Locke Truong as Vice President of Marketing for Media & Entertainment and Monetization and Ryan Bazler as Vice President of Marketing for aiWARE. "Veritone’s world-class technology is ready to take the main stage and lead the AI…