8x8,
Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT), a provider of cloud communications and
collaboration services, today announced that Gartner Inc., the world's
leading information technology research and advisory firm, has placed
8x8 in the Leaders quadrant of its 2013 “Magic Quadrant for Unified
Communications as a Service (UCaaS) in North America” published on
November 5, 2013—for the second year in a row. 8x8’s comprehensive suite
of cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions includes both
UCaaS and complementary services, covering customer needs ranging from
enterprise-grade business phone service with built-in mobile apps,
web-conferencing with collaboration and Internet fax to video
conferencing, hosted contact center software and virtual desktop
infrastructure solutions.
"We believe Gartner's placement of 8x8 in the Leaders quadrant for
Unified Communications as a Service reinforces our position as a leading
supplier of unified communications and collaboration services in the
cloud for SMBs and mid-market and distributed enterprises,” said 8x8 CEO
Vik Verma. “We view this recognition by Gartner as further validation of
our unified software platform and comprehensive suite of services.”
According to Gartner 2013 “Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as
a Service (UCaaS)” Authors Daniel O'Connell and Bern Elliot, “Vendors in
the Leaders quadrant have been delivering complete UCaaS solutions for
more than a year, have clients with more than 1,000 subscribers and have
more than 100,000 total endpoints in service. These vendors offer
comprehensive and integrated UCaaS solutions that directly, or with
well-defined partnerships, address the full range of market needs,
including the ability to service large accounts. These vendors have
defined migration and evolution plans for their products in core UCaaS
areas and are using their solution sets to acquire new clients, as well
as to expand their footprints in their client bases to new functional
areas.”
“We are not surprised to learn that 8x8 has been recognized by Gartner
as a leader in cloud-based UC services," said 8x8 customer Yusuf
Abu-Hatoum, Chief Information Officer at CST Industries. “Today's
mid-market and larger businesses require unified communications and
collaboration services that are secure, reliable and scalable, both
within North America and beyond – that’s what 8x8 delivers for us.”
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) offers a comprehensive portfolio of unified
cloud-based communications and collaboration services that includes hosted
cloud telephony, office communications, hosted contact
center, video conferencing and virtual desktop software and
services. The company has been delivering business services to SMB,
mid-market and distributed enterprises since 2004 and has garnered a
reputation for technical excellence and outstanding reliability. In
2012, 8x8 was recognized as the No. 1 Provider of Hosted IP Telephony by Frost
& Sullivan and Synergy
Research Group. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com,
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About the Magic Quadrant
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