UCaaS

Resellers Offered No Cost Evaluation and are Rewarded For Purchase SkySwitch, the leading channel-exclusive white label Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider, and Grandstream have announced a "Try and Buy" promotion for all SkySwitch resellers. The program, which is available immediately, provides SkySwitch resellers with a Grandstream GRP2612w for a no-cost ninety-day evaluation period. Marketing Technology News: Comcast, Charter and ViacomCBS Announce Blockgraph Partnership "With the Try and Buy…

Today’s Daily MarTech Round-up covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience AI and ML announcements from YouTube (Video), JRNI (customer Experience), CallTower (Unified Communications), Floatthat (E-commerce), PitchHub (Sales Enablement), and Cognism (Email Marketing). YouTube Taps Caption Leader Rev.com as ‘Recommended Vendor’ YouTube and Rev.com have teamed up to make captions more readily available to YouTube creators. Rev — recently named a “recommended vendor” for human-generated…

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…

Former ECI CEO Darryl Edwards departs following the Ribbon and ECI Telecom merger Ribbon Communications Inc., a global provider of real time communications software and network solutions to service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure sectors, announced that the President and CEO of ECI Telecom Ltd. ("ECI"), Darryl Edwards, has departed Ribbon at the end of April as planned. Since the completion of the combination of Ribbon and ECI on March 3, 2020, Mr. Edwards has been an advisor to Bruce McClelland, CEO…

UCaaS Provider Enables Businesses to Access Advanced Calling Features Natively from the Teams App on Any Device Broadvoice, an award-winning provider of hosted voice, unified communications (UC) and SIP trunking services for businesses, announced today that the Broadvoice b-hive UCaaS platform now integrates with the Microsoft Teams collaboration hub in Office 365. Broadvoice for Microsoft Teams, available now from the Microsoft AppSource, empowers businesses to access b-hive's enterprise-class communications…

Agreement Sets a Fast Track for the Global Rollout of NEC UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT and NEC UNIVERGE BLUE® ENGAGE NEC Corporation, a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, and networking solutions, today announced a global strategic partnership with Intermedia, a leading provider of cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solutions. Together, NEC and Intermedia are launching NEC UNIVERGE BLUE® CONNECT, a fully integrated and born-in-the-cloud…

Whenever companies consider services to improve team collaboration, Unified Communications always enters the discussion. As technology is continuously developing, we have entered an era where work is no longer limited to a workstation, telephone, or computer screen. Professionals can share their skills and open new doors over the globe which is possible only with the correct gadgets, and a Cloud connection.  Now that a large portion of the world’s population is all set to work remotely by 2020, and many different…

Unified platform and comprehensive user interface provides advanced performance and support for optimized contact center interactions Fuze, the leading cloud-based communications provider for the modern global enterprise, today unveiled their fully integrated contact center as a service (CCaaS) solution, embedded within the Fuze unified communications as a service (UCaaS) platform. According to a Forrester Research report, “developing a solid contact center road map in the context of a broader customer experience (CX)…

LogMeIn, Inc. announced that its portfolio of Unified Communications & Collaboration products has been positioned as a Leader in Aragon Research’s 2020 Web and Video Conferencing Globe. LogMeIn products have been named a Leader in every Web and Video Conferencing report Aragon has released for the past seven years. The report, which examines the web and video conferencing solutions of 19 major providers, is a market evaluation tool that graphically depicts Aragon Research’s assessment of a specific market and its…

8x8 Cloud Voice, Chat, Video and Contact Center Solutions Now Available Allowing Leading Canadian Channel Partners to Accelerate Business Opportunities 8x8, Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, today announced that 8x8 X Series and 8x8 Contact Center are now generally available in Canada through direct sales and channel partners. Canadian businesses can now fully benefit from 8x8’s integrated voice, video, chat, contact center and enterprise APIs solutions that are built on an open, modern cloud…

New Program from Video-First Unified Communications Leader Includes Zoom Phone Referrals Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced it is expanding its Global Channel Partner Program with the launch of a new Referral Partner Program and partnerships with industry-leading Master Agents AVANT Communications, Intelisys, Pax8, and Telarus. The new partnerships with Master Agents expand Zoom’s Global Channel Partner Program, and the Referral Program marks the first time Zoom’s Channel Partners have an opportunity to take…

UCaaS Provider Launches New Website & Renews Promise to Make Every Connection Matter Broadvoice, an award-winning provider of hosted voice, unified communications (UC) and SIP trunking services for businesses, announced the launch of a new corporate brand identity, redesigned logo and website. These changes come at a time of growth and transformation for the company, which is integrating recent acquisitions, expanding its product portfolio, and renewing its commitment to providing the industry’s best service culture…

Additions Reinforce UCaaS Provider's Commitment to the Channel & Operational Excellence Broadvoice, an award-winning provider of hosted voice, unified communications (UC) and SIP Trunking services for businesses, is strengthening its commitment to channel sales with the addition of new strategic channel leadership roles. Mike Gottwalt, a 15-year veteran of the channel, is Broadvoice's first Vice President of Strategic Relationships, a new role created as a liaison between Broadvoice and strategic partners,…

Vonage Holdings Corp., a global business cloud communications leader, announced results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019. “In 2019, we took a number of decisive actions to enable long-term success,” said Alan Masarek, Chief Executive Officer. “We completed the move to our own technology across our core UCaaS, CCaaS and CPaaS products, and invested significantly in product innovation and platform enhancement. We also invested in and focused our go-to-market efforts to further drive revenue growth in…

Exabeam, the Smarter SIEM™ company, announced the appointment of Jeff Romano to chief customer success officer. In his role, Romano will lead all post-sale customer service functions for Exabeam – including renewals, customer success, global support, professional services, education and partner enablement. Romano’s mission is to provide a seamless experience from onboarding through renewal and to ensure the customer sees immediate and ongoing value from the industry-leading Exabeam Security Management Platform (SMP).…

Avaya ENGAGE 2020 will showcase this all-in-one cloud solution for voice, team messaging, meetings, video conferencing, collaboration and more Avaya Holdings Corp., a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, and RingCentral Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration and contact center solutions, introduced Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral. Together, Avaya and RingCentral are redefining business communications by offering a solution…

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…

RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, today announced that Anand Eswaran, former Corporate Vice President for Microsoft’s Global Enterprise Business, has joined the company as its President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting to CEO Vlad Shmunis. Eswaran will be responsible for leadership and execution across products, engineering, sales, marketing, services, customer care, operations, and human resources. “It is my pleasure to…

Customer behaviors and expectations evolve quickly. To differentiate themselves, companies have to continuously adapt their strategy. The need to provide outstanding customer service has never been greater than now - customers used more digital channels than ever before and expect seamless journeys through their transactions, even when switching between those channels. So, how do you stay ahead of the competition in 2020? What are the new expectations of customers? Here is our take on the essential trends to consider in…

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…