[September 20, 2009] BroadSoft Names Winners in XCv2 Developers Challenge Tweet Sep 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- BroadSoft, a VoIP applications company, announced the winners of its second annual XCv2 developer challenge. Co-sponsored by Polycom, XCv2 invited application developers, software development teams and independent software vendors (ISVs) to create new application mashups using BroadSoft's Xtended Web Services and other open application program interfaces (APIs). BroadSoft said that interest in XCv2 was overwhelming, drawing developers from around the world and 10x the response in registrations compared to last year's contest. XCv2 culminates a five-month submission process and judging by a panel of industry experts. Winners were selected in three categories based on a number of criteria, including innovation, user experience, business value and usage of suggested tools and APIs, the company said. XCv2 award categories and winners are as follows: XBusiness -- Applications that enhance the productivity of business users. Two applications tied for first place in this category. Developer: Excendia (Montreal, Canada)/App: Excendia Virtual Assistant Description: a speech-enabled application that enables mobile users to use voice commands to listen and reply to e-mails, send new e-mails, review and schedule calendar appointments, control their phone status and call forwarding. Developer: MobileMax (Herzelia, Israel)/App: MobileMax Enterprise Edition Description: a Unified Communications (UC) client for mobile phones enabling users to integrate BroadWorks features to their cellular phones. Business users can seamlessly route mobile calls via their IP Centrex using their cell phone's native dialer, contact list or call log. The Enterprise Edition provides access to their IP Centrex call-control features such as Remote Office, Do Not Disturb, Call Retrieve, Call FWD, etc., from the mobile handset. XConsumer -- Applications that make the day-to-day lives of consumers easier to manage. Developer: WorldxChange Communications/Sulaco Technology (Auckland, New Zealand)/App: MyZazu Description: an online portal in which individuals can broadcast events and notices via text to speech, e-mail, SMS and twitter, to their contacts. MyZazu integrates telephony, social networking and Google to empower users to take advantage of the many communication methods and customize them to suit their particular needs. With the move to cloud computing and communications, MyZazu is a one-stop shop UC communications portal. XCool -- Applications that embody the spirit of Xtended, mashing up multiple APIs to create new user experiences. Developer: Joseph Farrar/JoeDeveloper.net (Las Vegas, U.S.)/App: Visual Voice Mail for Polycom's VVX1500 Description: a video desktop phone application that transcribes voicemails for business users and enables click-to-call directly from the transcription. "Our developer community continues to help us realize the vision of BroadSoft's Xtended program -- to enable mainstream developers to easily integrate voice into everyday Web and mobile experiences," said Leslie Ferry, vice president of marketing at BroadSoft. "We're pleased that XCv2 attracted a strong response from a broad range of developers, who showed incredible creativity and innovation in the use of BroadSoft's open APIs to develop a variety of high-value communication applications that service providers can take to market today. Through XCv2, BroadSoft has created new opportunities to generate revenue for both service providers and developers, as well as new services and value for end users." More Information: www.BroadSoft.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]