Largest graduate school of education in the U.S. to replace legacy
on-premise system with RingCentral cloud communications solution for
1,700 users
RingCentral,
Inc. (NYSE:RNG), a leading provider of cloud communication
solutions, today announced that Teachers
College, Columbia University has selected RingCentral over legacy
on-premise competitors as their unified cloud provider for the
institution’s communication and collaboration. Teachers College was
looking to employ a world-class solution designed for their 1,700
faculty, staff and resident students to communicate easily across mobile
devices, tablets, desktop computers, and even desk phones. They wanted
these multiple devices to enable modern, multi-channel communications,
conferencing and team collaboration, and support for built-in
integrations with cloud business application like Google for Work. By
selecting RingCentral, Columbia can ensure faculty, staff, and students
have access to the most advanced enterprise communications to increase
their efficiency and productivity.
“We selected RingCentral because it offers a modern, cloud-based, light
weight approach to communication and collaboration,” said Naveed Husain,
CIO, Teachers College, Columbia University. “As we assessed different
options, it was clear that moving to RingCentral would allow us to
leapfrog traditional VoIP systems and change how we communicate and
collaborate with its rich and innovative features, easy administration,
and integrations with apps we use everyday like Gmail. The addition of
Glip to RingCentral’s portfolio is also really impressive. We’ve been
quickly adopting Glip throughout our organization, communicating,
sharing documents, and collaborating on projects.”
As part of the deployment, RingCentral is customizing its offering to
suit the needs of Teachers College giving their students a product that
provides easy extension dialing and quick dialing to key student
resources, such as on-campus security. Deployment of RingCentral is
currently underway and will be supported by RingCentral’s implementation
team who will assist Teachers College IT personnel in a smooth and
seamless rollout.
“Cloud adoption and mobile ubiquity is fueling the demand to untether
people from antiquated on-premise phone systems, and replace them with
smart cloud-based solutions that deliver voice, text, audio
conferencing, video meetings, and a host of other innovative
capabilities,” said Vlad Shmunis, CEO, founder and chairman of
RingCentral. “We’re thrilled to be chosen by Teachers College, Columbia
University to provide next generation enterprise communications.”
The selection of RingCentral by Columbia happened through RingCentral’s
indirect channel, which is validation of the importance and growing
impact of this channel for RingCentral. This deal is also representative
of RingCentral’s continued expansion upmarket, and its ability to
provide a robust, enterprise ready system.
About RingCentral
RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of cloud-based
business communications and collaboration solutions. RingCentral’s cloud
solution is easier to manage, and more flexible and cost-efficient than
legacy on-premises communications systems. It meets the needs of modern
distributed and mobile workforces spanning SMB to Enterprises globally.
RingCentral, Business Communications Made Simple. RingCentral is
headquartered in Belmont, Calif. RingCentral and the RingCentral logo
are trademarks of RingCentral, Inc.
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