InsightCloud Defines 8x8 as Integral Component of Solution-Set
Required to Meet Evolving Productivity Needs Within Today's Mobile
Workforce
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of innovative cloud
communications and computing solutions, today announced its
participation in the InsightCloud Mobile Collaboration Roadshow to be
held in various major cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles,
Chicago and Boston.
As tablets and smartphones continue to infiltrate the workplace, it is
becoming more and more difficult for businesses to manage security
risks, share data effectively and collaborate in the cloud, while
simultaneously keeping corporate risk factors at bay. Roadshow attendees
will see firsthand how vital a mobile collaboration strategy is to
maintaining security and productivity within a tablet and smartphone
infiltrated work environment.
Along with several prominent InsightCloud partners including Apple, Box,
Trend Micro and Fiberlink, 8x8 will offer roadshow attendees hands-on
demonstrations and interactive discussions about the latest cloud
communications technology needed to achieve a comprehensive and secure
mobile strategy. Participants will see first-hand how cloud-solutions
can maximize corporate collaboration while minimizing corporate risk.
"With the exponential expansion of BYOD and mobility in the workplace,
many of our clients are faced with pain points regarding security and
collaboration solutions," said Carlos Roman, cloud director, Insight.
"The InsightCloud Roadshow will demonstrate a suggested set of solutions
that include advanced market leaders like 8x8. Our goal is to provide a
suggested roadmap for our client's future cloud, collaboration and
mobility decisions."
Recently named a market "leader" in Gartner's
Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) in North
America and recognized as the No. 1 Provider of Hosted IP Telephony by Frost
& Sullivan and Synergy
Research Group, 8x8's innovative solutions meet the evolving
productivity needs of today's mobile workforce.
"In this day and age, mobile collaboration is more than a
suggestion—it's a requirement," said 8x8 Chairman and CTO Bryan Martin.
"Our widely adopted cloud-based unified communications solutions provide
more than 33,000 businesses with the reliable and robust tools they need
to stay ahead of the competition. The InsightCloud Mobile Collaboration
Roadshow is a great opportunity for 8x8 to demonstrate how companies of
any shape and size can maximize corporate collaboration while minimizing
security and other risks."
The Insight Mobile Collaboration Roadshow will be held in the following
cities:
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Newport Beach, CA — Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, September 12,
2013
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Chicago, IL - Chicago Marriott Schaumberg, September 30, 2013
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Boston, MA - Boston Marriott Copley Place, October 16, 2013
For more information about 8x8, visit www.8x8.com.
To register for the InsightCloud Mobile Collaboration Roadshow, visit
the Insight
website or contact Insight Events Coordinator Kelsey Snyder at kelsey.snyder@insight.com.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) empowers business conversations for more than
33,000 businesses with cloud communications services that include hosted
PBX telephony, unified communications, call
center software and video conferencing solutions. The company has
been delivering business communications services since 2004 and has
garnered a reputation for technical excellence and outstanding
reliability. In 2012, 8x8 was named a market "leader" in Gartner's
Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) in
North America and was recognized as the No. 1 Provider of Hosted IP
Telephony by Frost
& Sullivan and Synergy
Research Group. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com,
or connect with 8x8 on Google+,
Facebook,
LinkedIn
and Twitter.
About Insight
Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a leading technology provider of hardware,
software and service solutions to business and government clients in
North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Insight
is focused on helping organizations move technology goals forward in the
areas of Office
Productivity, Unified
Communications and Collaboration, Mobility,
Network and Security, Data
Center and Virtualization, Data
Protection and Cloud.
Insight has sold over three million business and public sector client
cloud seats across the globe. With approximately 5,400 teammates
worldwide, Insight is ranked No. 470 on the 2013 Fortune 500 and
generated sales of $5.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2012.
For more information, please call 1.800.INSIGHT (1.800.467.4448) in the
United States or visit www.insight.com.
8x8, Inc.
Joan Citelli, 408-654-0970
Joan.citelli@8x8.com
Source: 8x8
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