8x8 and Telarus Partner to Bring Enterprise-Grade Cloud Communications to Customers Worldwide
November 14 2016 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
Master agent partnership enables prominent
distributor to add 8x8’s market-leading UCaaS and CCaaS solutions
to portfolio
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), the leading provider of global
Enterprise Communications as a Service (ECaaS), and Telarus, Inc.,
a Master Agent and owner of VXSuite™ and national distributor of
voice, data and cloud infrastructure services, today announced a
partnership to bring enterprise-grade cloud communications to
businesses of all sizes. As a master agent, Telarus distributes
voice, data and cloud infrastructure services to customers
worldwide. With this partnership, Telarus will now be able to
distribute 8x8’s cloud unified communications and contact center
services and enable its sales partners to move from selling
product-centric, legacy communications systems to delivering modern
communications experiences via an agile industry-leading, cloud
communications solution.
“Telarus is now proactively participating in building a
comprehensive cloud communications portfolio, aimed at helping our
sales partners be successful and grow their business,” said Adam
Edwards, co-founder and CEO at Telarus. “Together with 8x8, we will
address the needs of those businesses who have relied on selling
on-premises communications systems by providing more secure,
reliable and cloud-based solutions. 8x8’s extensive influence and
reach in the Enterprise Communications as a Service market will go
a long way in helping our partners navigate their business to the
cloud.”
8x8's innovative ECaaS solution brings all real-time unified
communications and contact center services together into one
integrated cloud platform, delivering continuous communications
experiences from desktop to mobile. These solutions enable
companies of all sizes to solve critical business needs and
modernize their infrastructure with world-class business
communications, contact center solutions, conferencing,
collaboration and advanced analytics.
“Telarus is a renowned and reputable master agent, and by
utilizing its immense network, 8x8 will be able to assist companies
of all sizes in their migration to the cloud,” said Vik Verma, CEO
of 8x8. “Telarus recognized our ability to provide a more rapid,
flexible, cost-effective and comprehensive global communications
infrastructure, and we look forward to this partnership and to
continuing to solve our customers’ toughest communications
challenges.”
The 8x8 and Telarus partnership demonstrates a joint commitment
to equipping the channel with the technology, tools and training to
accelerate their business growth by taking full advantage of the
industry shift from product-based on-premises solutions to cloud
communications.
Read more about 8x8’s related global channel announcement today
here.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the trusted provider of secure and
reliable enterprise cloud communications solutions to more than
47,000 businesses operating in over 100 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, www.8x8.com/UK or connect with 8x8 on LinkedIn,
Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.
About Telarus, Inc.
Telarus is a technology services master agent who holds
contracts with over 80 data, voice, and cloud providers. To help
our partners See What Others Can’t, we have created a set of tools
to help them win more business. We are proud to offer our partners
performance monitoring of all circuits ordered, patented pricing
tools aide in carrier selection/optimization and cloud engineers to
aid partners in complex network design. Our project management team
ensures the services ordered are turned up properly. Account
management to allow partners to focus on selling while our team
manages the renewal process and upsells on their behalf. Telarus
was voted the best master agent by the members of the Telecom
Association for over five years in a row and is a top three channel
partner for nearly all providers it represents. For more
information on the Telarus partner program, please visit
www.telarus.com/partners or call 877-346-3232.
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801-892-0577abailey@telarus.com
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