CAMPBELL, Calif., Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Barracuda
Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA) today announced a joint effort
with RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) to offer Barracuda Phone System
resellers an expanded portfolio of cloud services and an easy path
to transition their existing customers to a cloud-based telephony
communications solution.
In July, Barracuda announced the end of life for Barracuda Phone
System as part of the company's efforts to focus resources on its
core products and markets. With RingCentral offerings,
resellers can expand their communications capabilities with voice,
video, messaging, conferencing, fax, collaboration and integrations
with other enterprise cloud solutions.
"The cloud is dramatically changing the way we do business, and
cloud-based communications offer partners an excellent opportunity
to help their customers implement a solution that can efficiently
scale along with them as their business grows," said Ken Grohe, senior vice president and general
manager, Emerging Products, at Barracuda. "Customer satisfaction is
central to everything we do at Barracuda, and that philosophy is
aligned at RingCentral. RingCentral is a market leader in
enterprise cloud phone solutions, and offers an alternative for
Barracuda Phone System customers."
"RingCentral's global cloud communications solution helps
companies work smarter and scale rapidly as their workforce grows,"
said Zane Long, vice president of
channel sales at RingCentral. "We're excited to welcome Barracuda
Phone System resellers into the RingCentral Partner Program, and
provide them with access to a robust platform that enables today's
modern and mobile workforce to work flexibly on any device
worldwide."
About RingCentral, Inc.
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-premise communications systems.
It meets the needs of modern, distributed and mobile workforces
spanning SMB to enterprises globally. RingCentral is headquartered
in Belmont, California.
RingCentral and the RingCentral logo are trademarks of RingCentral,
Inc.
About Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda (NYSE: CUDA) simplifies IT with cloud-enabled
solutions that empower customers to protect their networks,
applications, and data, regardless of where they reside. These
powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions are trusted by more
than 150,000 organizations worldwide and are delivered in
appliance, virtual appliance, cloud and hybrid deployments.
Barracuda's customer-centric business model focuses on delivering
high-value, subscription-based IT solutions that provide end-to-end
network and data security. For additional information, please
visit barracuda.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements,
including statements regarding the potential benefits and
functionality available to resellers and customers of the Barracuda
Phone System. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases,
beyond the Company's control and that could cause the Company's
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Factors that could materially
affect the Company's business and financial results include, but
are not limited to customer response to the Company's products, as
well as those factors set forth in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly
disclaims any intent or obligation to update the forward-looking
information to reflect events that occur or circumstances that
exist after the date of this press release.
Contacts
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Jonelle
Elam
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Jesse
Kimbrel
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Barracuda Networks,
Inc.
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Barracuda Networks,
Inc.
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408-342-6415
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408-342-5683
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jelam@barracuda.com
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jkimbrel@barracuda.com
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