May 3, 2008

IP Carrier

BroadSoft Targets Mobility, Web

BroadSoft's Xtended Web 2.0 initiative and its recent announcement about its compliance with the 3GPP Multimedia Telephony standard reflect the company's "belief that the next wave of growth will come from mobile applications and integration of core communications capabilities with all manner of Web and enterprise applications."

April 29, 2008

TMC.net

Aventure Selects TaquaWorks to Deliver Enhances Voice Services in Rural Areas

By relying on TaquaWorks, Iowa-based Aventure Communications Technology can ensure that it has the capability to deliver to customers whether they reside in rural or urban areas. In doing so, the provider will be much better positioned to drive additional revenue streams and deliver a higher quality of service. TaquaWorks is designed to be a tightly integrated communications solution that includes the Taqua 7000 Switching System and BroadSoft’s BroadWorks suite of advanced voice applications.

April 22

FierceVoIP

BroadSoft and JoeDeveloper.NET Mashup Facebook

"Click2Message is the latest high-visibility application announced out of BroadSoft's Xtended Developers Program, following announcements combining BroadWorks functionality with Salesforce.com, ACT! by Sage, simulScribe, and Polycom. Developers get access to APIs to integrated advanced voice features with their applications."

April 21

TMCnet

BroadSoft Targets Mobility, Web

Gary Kim writes that announcing Multimedia Telephony standard-compliance and launching the BroadSoft Xtended program reflect "BroadSoft's belief that the next wave of growth will come from mobile applications and integration of core communications capabilities with all manner of Web and enterprise applications."

April 16

Fierce VoIP

XO Hosting Mobile UC

XO Communications has launched XO Anywhere, a new service that adds mobility and unified communications feature to its existing IP services portfolio. BroadSoft is providing the software to bring everything together.

April 2008

Contact Professional magazine

Weaving Voice into Contact Management with Web 2.0

"Now, enterprises have access to VoIP mashups with Web 2.0 applications and VoIP integrations with server-based contact management solutions. BroadSoft…has extended its carrier-grade platform to CRM applications."

April 14

Telephony Magazine

XO Adds Anywhere Voice & Messaging

XO Communications uses BroadSoft’s BroadWorks VoIP platform to deliver mobility and productivity features to SMBs, including Remote Office, Simultaneous Ring, Unified Messaging and Outlook-integrated toolbar.

April 1

Cable360

Business Telephony Takes Off

Cox discusses the success of its new Business Services with BroadSoft-based applications and features, including SIP Trunking, Remote Office and Disaster Recovery.

March 20

eWeek

VON.x Wrapup

Andrew Garcia writes in his wrap-up of Spring VON.x in San Jose this week that BroadSoft had the "Most Lively Booth" and reports on BroadSoft Xtended, which was launched at the show.

March 20

Telephony

VON: BroadSoft Marketplace Brings Carriers Into Web 2.0 Equation

"The BroadSoft Xtended Marketplace initiative is different in that it puts incumbent service providers at the center of the mashup equation since its BroadWorks VoIP platform is used by more than 300 carriers worldwide – including seven of the top 10 carriers including Verizon, Sprint, Korea Telecom, KPN, SingTel and Telefonica de Espana."

March 20

Salesforce Times

Salesforce VOIP? C/o BroadSoft

"What does this mean for you and me? Well, your client lists? Direct-dial straight from it, add your notes on the fly, record the length of the call, probably a plethora of other features, I mean the whole shebang. Just one more thing automated to make that client management that much easier."

March 19

The Thomas Howe Company Blog

The VON Blurrrr

"...the innovator density is pretty high in the BroadSoft booth these days."

March 19

Telephony Magazine online

VON: Broadsoft marketplace brings carriers into Web 2.0 equation

"The BroadSoft Xtended…initiative is different in that it puts incumbent service providers at the center of the mashup equation..."

March 18

The Wall Street Journal

Business Software Gets a Voice Makeover

"Another example of how Web 2.0 is changing business computing: A telecom company called BroadSoft is about to let you 'mash up' your phone service with popular business software like Salesforce.com and Sage Software's ACT!."

March 18

Telecommunications Magazine

BroadSoft extends olive branch to Web 2.0 app developers

"The initiative has attracted technology companies like Salesforce.com and Simulscribe as well as developers of business and consumer applications like WebEx, Facebook and ACT!."

March 18

OutDash Development Partners with BroadSoft to Bring PC-based Busy Lamps to Hosted PBX End-users

OutDash Development joins BroadSoft Xtended program to create integrated applications for BroadWorks customers

OutDash Development, Inc. and BroadSoft, Inc. announced that OutDash has launched SoftLamps V 2.0, a lightweight busy lamps application for BroadSoft's BroadWorks® platform.

March 18

WebMessenger Unveils Unified Mobile IM/Telephony Solution

One-Click Escalation of Enterprise IM Chats to Voice Calls and Conferences on Mobile Phones Delivers Complete Unified Communications Solution

WebMessenger announced a powerful new solution for mobile professionals that unifies mobile IM with mobile telephony and enterprise VoIP platforms, enabling instant escalation of chat sessions to phone calls or conferences on handheld devices.

March 18

LiteScape Announces BroadSoft Xtended Partnership

OnCast one-touch WebEx conferencing to be showcased in new Xtended Marketplace

LiteScape Technologies, Inc. announced that they are joining the Web 2.0 crowd on BroadSoft Xtended, which is an initiative from VoIP application provider BroadSoft Inc. to drive innovative, Web 2.0 applications to end-users of BroadSoft's BroadWorks® platform.

March 17

TechCrunch

BroadSoft Going Up Against Ribbit with VoIP Platform for Web Apps

Mark Hendrickson compares BroadSoft’s Xtended initiative with other offerings.

March 6

Comms Business Magazine

BroadSoft Delivers Multimedia Telephony

BroadSoft CTO Scott Hoffpauir says Multimedia Telephony (MMTel) will establish global standards for fixed, mobile and cable operators on the migration path to an all-IP network and the delivery of Rich Communications Services.

March 5

Inquirer

MMTel Offers Stop-gap for Mobile Carriers

MMTel is a stop gap solution between all the legacy gear which the established mobile network operators possess and the holy grail of a completely IP-based network, which IP Multimedia Subsystem promises.

February 2008

Comms Business Roundtable on the State of VoIP

In a roundtable discussion hosted by Comms Business Magazine, service providers emphasize that resellers are crucial to the increased penetration of Hosted Unified Communications and SIP Trunking solutions among the coveted small and medium business market across Europe.

February 26

iLocus

The mash-up recipe from BroadSoft

BroadSoft will make the application mash-ups available through service providers as well as direct to end-users, thus providing an additional channel to market.

February 13

VON Magazine

BroadSoft and C3IP Roll Out ACT! VoIP Mashup

BroadSoft and partner C3IP introduce new mashup of VoIP calling features with the ACT! by Sage contact and customer management application. BroadWorks service providers can offer the mashup to their customers by going to http://www.voipaddon.com/.

February Issue

Mobile Europe Magazine

Mobile World Congress Prognosticators Discuss the Show, Year in Mobile

Q. What should be the hot topic at the event? A. (from BroadSoft’s Mike Wilkinson) How mobile carriers can integrate acquired fixed-line telcos and create new enterprise service offerings.

February 7

TMCnet

Demonstration is 'Proof of Concept' of BroadWorks Scalability

The Montpellier demonstration was held for multiple Tier 1 telecommunications customers as a proof of concept to demonstrate the scalability and reliability service providers can expect when selecting the BroadWorks platform on IBM BladeCenter.

February 1

Total Telecom

SaaS: Centre stage

Salesforce.com supports application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable integration with other technologies, such as its partnership with Broadsoft that integrates voice services with its dedicated SaaS CRM application.

January 31

CRM Buyer Magazine

Adding Web 2.0 to Sales

Integrating BroadWorks VoIP features with ACT! by Sage and salesforce.com contact and CRM software applications gives users can click-to-dial, screen pop and call logging capabilities within the sales tool.

January 25

IP Business News, Scott Wharton's blog

Is Video Calling Ready for Prime Time?

"Progress has come in the last year, so I believe the time is ripening for video calling to (finally) go mainstream."

January 24

IP Carrier Blog

BroadSoft for ACT!

"The VoIP AddOn developed by C3IP seamlessly integrates ACT! with BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform. Basically, BroadWorks users now can access those features directly from ACT!"

January 22

Internet Telephony

End Users Are Embracing VoIP

Q. What do you think the communications market might look like in five years? A. Winning service providers will have expanded their offerings beyond the dial tone to integrated services that make the service provider a constant part of the end-users work and home life.

January 22

VoiceCon Enews

Will OCS Drive IP-Centrex?

One area where SIP standardization seems to be advancing the fastest is in SIP trunking. The SIP Forum has come up with a technical recommendation called SIPconnect, a standards-based recommendation that provides guidelines for direct IP peering and interoperability between IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks. BroadSoft is one of seven companies that are now SIPconnect-compliant.

January 7

iLocus

Interview with Sean Brady, CEO, VoIP Solutions

VoIP Solutions uses the BroadWorks platform to offer turnkey Hosted/IP Centrex and wholesale residential voice over broadband services to ISPs across Europe.

January 7

TMCnet

SIP Forum Elects New Chairman and Appoints Managing Director

"BroadSoft made an early commitment to the SIP Forum and the organization's goal of establishing SIPconnect as the industry standard for interoperability between leading service providers and IP PBXs," stated Mark Enstrom.

January 7

Converge!

New Directors Named to SIP Forum

The Forum announced the election of Mark Enstrom, Product Manager of BroadSoft and Richard Shockey, Director of Technical Staff of NeuStar, Inc. to the SIP Forum Board of Directors.