8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of innovative cloud-based
communications and computing solutions, announced today that TMC,
a global, integrated media company, named 8x8 Virtual Office Desktop a 2013
Unified Communications TMC Labs Innovation Award winner presented by INTERNET
TELEPHONY magazine.
8x8
Virtual Office Desktop is a standalone Windows and Mac application
that enables 8x8 Virtual Office users to readily access 8x8’s hosted
PBX and unified communications services. Virtual Office Desktop
combines a business
softphone with video calling, visual voicemail, web conferencing,
enterprise instant messaging/presence, fax, and social media feeds in
one simple app. Virtual Office Desktop also incorporates echo
cancellation and advanced speech codecs to improve audio quality, even
with low bandwidth connections.
“We’re proud that TMC Labs has recognized 8x8 Virtual Office Desktop as
one of this year’s groundbreaking new unified communications products,”
said 8x8 Senior Product Manager Phillip Liu. “We developed Virtual
Office Desktop in response to requests from power users of our older
web-based unified communications portal. Since 8x8 develops and hosts
our own client and PBX server software, we were able to quickly respond
to customer needs and build a new product that offers more functionality
yet is easier to use.”
“8x8 has displayed its commitment to quality and innovation in the
development of the unified communications industry,” said Tom
Keating, CTO and TMC Labs Executive Editorial Director at TMC. “I
look forward to more innovation from 8x8 and continued effort toward
improving the future of the UC industry.”
“TMC Labs has honored those companies that upheld the highest standards
in advancing unified communications solutions. Trend-setting companies
that launched a new product or made an outstanding improvement to an
existing application were singled out,' said Rich
Tehrani, TMC CEO. 'The TMC Labs engineers have extensive knowledge
of the UC market and selected only those companies that demonstrated
their out-of-box thinking to transform the industry. Congratulations to
all the winners.”
The TMC Labs Innovation Award honors products that have demonstrated
innovation, unique features, and noteworthy developments toward
improving communications technology. The TMC Labs Innovation Award is
not granted to the best-selling products, but instead to those
representing a significant contribution to the industry.
2013 TMC Labs Innovation Award winners are featured in the July 2013
issue of INTERNET
TELEPHONY magazine.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) empowers business conversations for more than
30,000 small and medium-sized businesses with cloud communications
services that include hosted
PBX telephony, unified communications, call
center software and video conferencing solutions. The company has
been delivering business communications services since 2004 and has
garnered a reputation for technical excellence and outstanding
reliability. In 2012, 8x8 was named
a market “leader” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Unified
Communications as a Service (UCaaS) in North America and was recognized
as the No.
1 Provider of Hosted IP Telephony by Frost & Sullivan. For
additional information, visit www.8x8.com,
or connect with 8x8 on Facebook,
LinkedIn
and Twitter.
About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that supports clients' goals
by building communities in print, online, and face to face. TMC
publishes multiple magazines including Cloud
Computing, M2M
Evolution, Customer
and Internet
Telephony. TMCnet is the leading source of news and articles for
the communications and technology industries, and is read by as many as
1.5 million unique visitors monthly. TMC produces a variety of trade
events, including ITEXPO,
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Trunking-Unified Communications Seminars, Wearable Tech Conference &
Expo, WebRTC Conference & Expo, and more. Visit TMC
Events for additional information.
