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BroadSoft Unveils RESTful APIs for Carrier-Grade Voice Application Mashups(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) GAITHERSBURG, MD, June 24 / MARKET WIRE/ -- BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced the availability of its Xtended Services Interface (Xsi), new RESTful application programming interfaces (APIs) that will allow Web developers to integrate BroadSoft's carrier-grade voice applications with unified communications solutions and Web-based business and consumer applications, such as Salesforce.com and Facebook. The Xsi is the latest component to be announced as part of the BroadSoft? Xtended Program, BroadSoft's initiative for the creation of mashups that integrate BroadSoft's BroadWorks? VoIP platform with other applications that are already being used by millions. The RESTful-based Xsi allows subscriber and call resources to be accessed and used via HTTP and simple XML. This approach requires less client-side software to be written than other approaches and is becoming the overwhelming choice for developers to create Web applications. "With the Xsi, it is easier than ever for developers to add BroadWorks calling features to their favorite applications," said Scott Hoffpauir, CTO for BroadSoft. "By making the Xsi available, we're speaking the language of most software developers. We expect the introduction of the Xsi to boost innovation and development of new apps exponentially." Other interfaces supported under the BroadSoft Xtended Developers Program (http://developer.broadsoft.com) include Open Client Interface-Provisioning (OCI-P), Client Application Protocol (CAP), VoiceXML and ccXML. Access to the Xtended Developers Program and the Xsi and the Xtended Marketplace is free. New voice mashups are available to BroadSoft's nearly 300 service providers in 59 countries and their millions of enterprise, residential and mobile end-users through the BroadSoft Xtended Marketplace (http://marketplace.broadsoft.com). The first of its kind for the telecom industry, the Xtended Marketplace features applications for download and purchase, including mashups for voicemail-to-text service GotVoice, Web conferencing service WebEx, customer management solution ACT! by Sage and BlackBerry smartphones. Placing these applications on BroadSoft's Xtended Marketplace provides immediate revenue opportunities for developers. Major telecommunications companies, including Sprint, Telefonica de Espana, Verizon and Cox Communications, use BroadWorks to deliver advanced voice and video-calling services to enterprises and consumers. BroadSoft Xtended enables service providers to extend their voice services into the social networking and business applications that are used daily by their customers. About the BroadWorks Platform BroadSoft's IMS-compliant BroadWorks? platform provides a comprehensive range of VoIP applications, including Hosted Unified Communications, Mobile PBX, Business Trunking and residential broadband services fully integrated into a single VoIP application platform. BroadWorks is capable of providing these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service. About BroadSoft BroadSoft? provides VoIP application software that enables the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its award-winning flagship BroadWorks technology empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that enable them to increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft provides VoIP applications to seven of the top 10 and 13 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide, as measured by recent annual revenue, including Korea Telecom, KPN, SingTel, Sprint, Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, T-Systems, and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.BroadSoft.com. BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective owners. Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine For further information contact: BroadSoft Francis Hopkins +1 (240) [email protected] Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire |