Vocalocity

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name = Vocalocity

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Vocalocity is a business Voice Over IP company, providing hosted PBX. The company specializes in micro enterprise companies of fewer than 20 employees.

Company Overview

[http://www.vocalocity.com Vocalocity] is a provider of small business Voice over IP ( or VoIP) phone services, primarily targeted to hosted PBX for the small business. VoIP is a fast growing field and is now an area of interest to many mid to small size businesses. [ Gerwig, Kate. [http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/29/cisco-verizon-nortel-ent-tech-cx_bm_0829bmightyvoip.html “ Is A 'Voice Over IP' Phone System Right For You?” ] ‘’Forbes’’, August 29, 2007 ] Vocalocity is one the top five virtual PBX providers in the market. [Vercillo, Kathryn. [http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/143392-2/virtual_pbx_puts_a_professional_spin_on_voip.htmlPC “Virtual PBX Puts a Professional Spin on VoIP”] ‘’ PC World’’ , March 16, 2008] [http://www.packet8.net/ Packet8] ( also known as 8x8 ) is currently the most popular provider in the market overall. [ Packet 8 Press Release [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-17-2007/0004590610&EDATE= “Packet8 Virtual Office Ranked Most Popular SMB Hosted VoIP Phone Service” ] '’PRNewswire’’ May 17 2007 ] Vocalocity specifically serves the micro enterprise market, targeting those companies with under twenty employees. [ Maurer, Allan. [http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=4095 “Hosted VoIP firm Vocalocity calls up $8M first round” ] ‘’Tech Journal South’’, October 18, 2007]

History

Vocalocity has existed in its present form since the company Vocalocity Inc., a creator of call routing and telecom integration software, was purchased by a company providing hosted telecom services for small businesses, ZivVa Holdings, LLC in 2006 [ Rubner, Justin. [http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/07/17/newscolumn2.html, “Nokia Buys Firm, Goes into Cell Tower Business”] ‘’Atlanta Business Chronicle’’ Friday, July 14, 2006] Zivva was founded by Boris Jerkunica and Phil Hill , who previously were the co-founders of NetZIP, a download technology. NetZip was purchase by Real Networks for around $300 million, making the sale the second largest Internet acquisition of 2000 [ U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . [http://www.secinfo.com/dr643.531.htm "Form 8-K"] , "SEO Info" site, filed January 26, 2000]

Technology

Vocalocity is a hosted virtual PBX. Vocalocity’s technology attempts to accelerate the relocation to open telephony platforms by minimizing the development and integration of VoiceXML, CCXML, SIP and other evolving standards [ Press Release, . [http://www.voip-news.com/press-releases/zivva-vocality-062606/, “ZivVa Announces Agreement to Acquire Vocalocity” ] ‘’VoIP News’’, July 23, 2006] A review by Entrepreneur Magazine says that Vocalocity (and business VoIP in general): “It isn't for everyone, but it isn't a bad interim solution until your company grows into something like an Avaya or Cisco LAN/PBX combo” [Hogan, Mike. [http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2008/april/191652.html “Found Your Calling? “] ‘’ Entrepreneur’’ April, 2008 ]

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