8x8 Achieves New Technology Milestone With Awarding of 100th U.S. Patent
January 15 2015 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), a provider of cloud-based unified
communications and contact center solutions, today announced the
achievement of a new technology milestone with the awarding of its
99th and 100th U.S. patents.
8x8 Chief Technology Officer Bryan Martin
(Photo: Business Wire)
As one of the early VoIP technology pioneers and a three time
Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a
Service (UCaaS), 8x8’s innovation over the years has led to the
development of secure, reliable and highly scalable cloud-based
communications solutions being adopted today by businesses
worldwide. These include hosted PBX business phone service, instant
messaging, presence, chat, web, audio and video conferencing,
mobile apps, SMS, soft clients and a robust cloud contact center
solution equipped with workforce and quality management
capabilities.
“Most hosted communications providers have deployed third-party
platforms which require incremental investments in software
licenses as providers grow their installed base, thus limiting
their ability to gain economies of scale. Furthermore, providers
using third-party solutions are dependent on the vendors’
technology vision and roadmap, which impacts the providers’ ability
to quickly respond to evolving customer needs or differentiate from
the competition through unique features and capabilities,” said
Elka Popova, North American Program Director, Unified
Communications & Collaboration for Frost & Sullivan.
“Unlike many of its competitors, 8x8 leverages a patented
home-grown platform which has enabled it to rapidly and
economically innovate and deliver an extensive communications and
collaboration applications set that ranks among the most compelling
hosted communications offerings in the industry.”
Patents awarded to 8x8 cover achievements in areas such as
optimal call routing, signaling and processing algorithms, unified
and mobile communications, networked contact centers, emergency
services provided over Internet Protocol (IP) connections, call
quality, disaster recovery, security and global calling platforms.
The company’s more recent patent awards and applications relate
directly to solving today's most complex business challenges such
as managing communications across multiple devices, offices and
countries.
“Our portfolio of 100 patents is not only a market
differentiator and proof of technology innovation, but more
importantly a display of the dedication of our team to envision,
develop and deliver industry leading communications technologies
that enable businesses to grow and prosper,” said 8x8 Chief
Technology Officer Bryan Martin. “Intellectual property is the life
blood of technology companies today and we are honored that the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has bestowed us with these 100
patent awards.”
Interview with 8x8 CTO Bryan Martin
8x8’s 99th patent (U.S. Patent #8,917,855), entitled “Systems,
Methods, Devices and Arrangements for Unified
Messaging,” relates generally to a comprehensive system that
coordinates multiple communication formats and provides a single,
unified interface for use therewith. It can also facilitate
communications with social networks. 8x8’s 100th patent (U.S.
patent #8,918,867), entitled “Information Security Implementations
with Extended Capabilities,” relates generally to information
security and to systems, methods and devices for protecting secure
information.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the trusted provider of secure
and reliable cloud-based unified communications and virtual contact
center solutions to more than 40,000 businesses operating in over
40 countries across six continents. 8x8's out-of-the-box cloud
solutions replace traditional on-premises PBX hardware and
software-based systems with a flexible and scalable Software as a
Service (SaaS) alternative, encompassing cloud business phone
service, contact center solutions, and conferencing. For additional
information, visit www.8x8.com, or www.8x8.com/UK or
connect with 8x8 on Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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