8x8 Receives 'Best of Show' at ITEXPO

8x8 (News - Alert), Inc., provider of Packet8 business, mobile and residential communications services, is announcing that the Packet8/Microsoft Response Point small business phone solution received the ITEXPO (News - Alert) “Best of Show” award for Best SMB Solution.

 

The solution, introduced this week at Technology Marketing Corporation’s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West 2008, offers businesses with 5-50 employees an innovative, easy to use, on-premise digital voice service that can quickly and inexpensively be deployed using an existing high-speed Internet connection.

 

“The presence of outstanding companies like 8x8, Inc. with their award-winning solutions help to validate ITEXPO’s status as the leading forum for the VoIP and IP communications industry,” TMC (News - Alert) President and Conference Chairman Rich Tehrani said. “Service providers, enterprise buyers, developers, and resellers come to ITEXPO, because they know they’ll find solutions, from innovative companies like 8x8 that can help their businesses today.”

 

With this solution, any small business can experience the benefit of advanced IP-PBX (News - Alert) speech recognition technology along with reduced recurring monthly phone charges. Packet8’s full-featured, standards-based, E911 compliant phone services operates over any high-speed public Internet connection, enabling businesses that occupy one or more locations to easily and affordably deploy the solution.

 

The Packet8 solutions leverage existing broadband Internet connections and cellular networks to deliver advanced features and digital quality phone service at a fraction of the cost of legacy, copper wire alternatives. Businesses of any size, configuration or location can benefit from the cost, performance and operational advantages of VoIP technology by selecting the Packet8 solution that best fits their needs.

 

All Packet8 communications solutions carry little or no upfront investment, no maintenance or upgrade fees and no change in user behavior. For additional company information, visit 8x8’s web site at http://www.8x8.com.

 

TMC is a global media company that helps its clients build communities in print, in-person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications (News - Alert), and IMS Magazine.

 

The INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Best of Show Award recognizes innovative products and solutions that were featured in the Exhibit Hall during the event. This designation serves to highlight the technological achievement and creative product features that set these winners apart from the crowd. The magazine editorial staff evaluated the pre-show nominations, and met with vendors to inspect and review the displayed products on the first day of the Expo.

 

A full list of the winners is posted on TMC’s Web site at http://www.tmcnet.com. The next INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO will take place February 2-4, 2009, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, in Miami, Florida. For information, visit http://www.itexpo.com or call (203) 852-6800 ext. 146.