iOS 10 reviewed: There's no reason not to update
Ars Technica
Apple is providing developers with a Siri API in iOS 10. Third parties can use Siri in six different kinds of apps, though those applications encompass a wide range of common and popular App Store offerings: audio and video calling apps, messaging apps, payment apps, apps that allow searching through photo libraries, workout apps, and ride sharing apps. |
Vonage Update: CEO and VP Sit-Down
UC Strategies
Vonage management has pivoted, and through a series of acquisitions, has established a strong presence in the Enterprise Market for IP Telephony and Unified Communications. |
CEO Alan Masarek Weights in on Vonage's Master Plan
GetVOIP
Vonage has been seen making a number of recent moves in what can only be described as a total transformation. With the recent acquisition of Nexmo, a provider of APIs for SMS, voice, and phone functionalities, it's clear the company is looking to boost its current standing as a business VoIP provider of cloud communications for the SMB and enterprise. |
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The One Quality That Makes a Truly Great Leader
Fortune.com
The Leadership Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. The answer to the question: What quality does every great leader have in common? Is written by Sue Quackenbush, chief human resources officer at Vonage. |
Ready For the Communications Gold Rush
No Jitter
Whether we are interacting with our family and friends or our colleagues at work, connecting with each other has never been easier. Favorite methods for communicating, from old-fashioned telephone calls to email, text messaging, video chat, and messaging within apps, vary from one person to the next. But one thing is certain, and that's that being connected is now key and we have lots of options at our disposal to communicate easily. |
Why Scalable Technology Matters for Small Business
Small Business Daily
The Small Business Association estimates that there are 28 million small businesses in America and that this number is growing – fast. The SBA also reports that the rate of small business failures has declined, meaning this growing number of companies are thriving and finding success. But even the strongest business plan with the smartest leaders at the helm can stumble if one ingredient is missing: scalability. |
Vonage Completes Acquisition of Nexmo
NJBIZ
Vonage Holdings Corp., an Internet communications company, announced it has acquired San Francisco-based Nexmo Inc., a communications platform-as-a-service company. |
Vonage Bolsters Communications Portfolio with CPaaS
Channelnomics
Vonage has set in motion an acquisition of San Francisco-based Nexmo. The CPaaS market has been dominated by innovative start-ups, including Nexmo and its competitors, but the entry of heavyweights like Vonage is adding some heft to CPaaS and enabling the emerging technology to gain more traction. |
Vonage Recognized for High-Quality Voice, Video Service
Search Unified Communications
Vonage's SmartWAN, a cloud-based software-defined WAN service, is this month's Network Innovation Award winner. The product, rolled out earlier this year, aims to enhance quality of service and optimizes real-time network traffic, like voice and video. SmartWAN, anchored by VeloCloud's SD-WAN technology, maximizes bandwidth across multiple locations and works over a private or public network. To gain a deeper understanding of the innovation behind SmartWAN, Luke O'Neill, editor of SearchUnifiedCommunications, spoke with Sanjay Srinivasan, Vonage Business' chief technology architect. |
Vonage adds gUnify to Oracle Cloud for integration between voice and mission-critical apps
FierceEnterpriseCommunications
Enterprises using the Oracle Cloud have a new option for integrating elements of their voice and mission-critical applications. This morning, Vonage added its gUnify Connector to the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. The full name of the product is actually gUnify Connector for Oracle Sales Cloud, putting it in the realm of client interaction and management. The Vonage offering was designed to be flexible and easy to use across a variety of devices. The telecommunications company is targeting enterprises with a dispersed workforce, in particular, with a service that offers integration between Oracle applications and cloud-based telephony, videoconferencing and other unified communications features. |
Vonage Pivots into Enterprise Space to Disrupt Market
SiliconAngle
Vonage has entered the enterprise space, and it is starting to shout about it. Having quietly acquired a group of companies, it now has "rock solid" MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) networks and coverage in Canada and the European Union, with plans to expand further. |
Enterprise Connect Panel Discusses SD-WAN Best Practices
No Jitter
Historically, the communications and networking industries have only had a loose association with each other. However, as more communications functions move to the cloud, the network, particularly the WAN, plays a more important role in how these applications perform. This is one of the reasons why Vonage, one of the largest unified communications as a service (UCaaS) providers has introduced a software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) service. The service, called SmartWAN, is intended to deliver enhanced quality of service to UCaaS customers. |
Faster, stronger, smaller: How cloud is changing the role of the IT department
Silicon Angle
Cloud continues to subsume previously bulky and expensive hard technology into itself, and communications continue to make their way in. Technological disruption in businesses and life is being matched by the disruption of IT itself thanks to the cloud — and it constitutes "a seismic shift" for the industry, according to Alan Masarek, CEO of Vonage. Masarek, a former Googler, told John Furrier, host of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, that although IT professionals need not fear for their livelihoods, they do need to evolve into the new paradigm. |
Vonage's big push at Enterprise Connect 2016
Silicon Angle
Vonage, a sponsor for @theCUBE at Enterprise Connect, is putting in a big push for the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). The very latest in cloud-based communication services for Enterprise will be showcased at the Enterprise Connect show next week in Orlando. "Adoption of UCaaS solutions among large enterprises is expected to grow by 35 percent over the next several years and we are seeing more and more interest among enterprise businesses for our unique cloud-based offerings," said Clark Peterson, President of Enterprise for Vonage. |
5 Vonage Business Features You Need to Start Using
PC Magazine
"Can you hear me now?" is not a question you want to ask during important business calls. Thankfully, the best business Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services offer better call quality than most smartphones or landlines. If you're looking for a solid phone for your home office, check out Ooma Telo or Skype. However, if you need a VoIP service with business-class features, Vonage Business is probably right for you. |
Vonage Revenue Up 132 Percent After Pivot to Business Customers
Small Business Trends
Vonage, probably the best-known name in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) for home and business, has reported revenue growth after a pivot to business customers for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015. Revenue at Vonage business was $71 million in the fourth quarter up from $28 million from this time last year, representing a 149 percent year-over-year increase on a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) basis. For the full year 2015, business revenues were $219 Million up from $94 million in the prior year, representing a 132 percent increase. |
See why Vonage Decided to Stay in Holmdel
Asbury Park Press
Vonage, the Internet telecommunications company, has renewed a lease for its corporate headquarters on Main Street. Vonage Holding Corp.'s lease with Mack-Cali Realty Corp. for the 350,000-square-foot facility, which was set to expire in 2017, will now run to 2023, according to Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm. |
Hands On With the Free Android Tablets at LinkNYC's Sidewalk Kiosks
PC Magazine
With LinkNYC's blazing-fast Wi-Fi already operational, the public-private consortium today activated the other innovative feature that its sleek boxes provide: a built-in Android tablet...Phone calls use VOIP and are powered by Vonage in an interface that looks very similar to the Vonage Android app, minus your personal address book and Vonage credit for international calling. In addition to using the screen, you can type numbers on the keypad built into the kiosk. |
LinkNYC WiFi Hotspots Kick Off
Information Week
This week saw the official launch of LinkNYC, New York City's bold plan to add thousands of free public WiFi hotspots around the city. The first access points were installed in December, but Tuesday, Jan. 19, was the first day the network could be used to connect to the Internet. The project, a collaboration between the de Blasio Administration, Qualcomm, Intersection, and CIVIQ Smartscapes, aims to connect New Yorkers with gigabit fiber by transforming old pay phones into powerful wireless hubs. |
Vonage gUnify Clio Connector Helps to Track Calls for Mobile Lawyers
Legal Tech News
Mobile technology has never been more important for lawyers than today. One new example comes from Vonage, which now offers users integration with Clio via the gUnify middleware product. The new offering allows for streamlined business practices and improves efficiency and productivity for the legal sector, Vonage said. |
Vonage: UCaaS Market a Huge Opportunity
Channel Partners
Vonage, which got its start in residential VoIP, is making a major play for business cloud and unified communications customers. Channel Partners' Craig Galbraith stopped by the company's office in Scottsdale, Arizona (formerly home to Vonage-acquired Telesphere), to learn more about its growth, the UCaaS market and what it takes to compete in a rapidly growing cloud industry. |
Resolution 2016: Listen up: Voice mail is done
NJBiz
As smartphones have become a round-the-clock appendage, voice mail, which was once considered a technology of convenience, may be headed for extinction...But Clark Peterson, president of the Business Solutions Group of Holmdel-based VoIP provider, Vonage, isn't so sure voice-mail is on the way to its grave. "I was asked if voice-mail was going away back in 1991," Peterson said. "That is when everyone started getting cell phones. Since cell phones enabled you to reach anyone, anywhere, people wondered why voice-mail would be necessary. Here we are 25 years later and voice-mail is still around. While technology evolves, we don't always replace things as quickly as we might think." PDF of full article |
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