Key Developments: 8x8 Inc (EGHT.O)
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Latest Key Developments (Source: Significant Developments)
8x8 Inc Secures New Communications Technologies Patent
8x8 Inc announced that it has been awarded a new patent related to its communications technologies. On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 8,422,986 entitled Systems, Methods, Devices and Arrangements for Emergency Call Services Using Non-traditional Endpoint Devices. Full Article
8x8 Inc Secures New Communications Patent
8x8 Inc announced that it has been awarded a new patent related to communications technologies. On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 8,401,003 entitled Method and System for Updating Physical Location Information. Full Article
8x8 Inc's Zerigo Technology to Power CoSentry`s Data Center Services
8x8 Inc announced that it has entered into a software licensing arrangement with Compliant infrastructure services and cloud computing provider CoSentry for its subscription-based Zerigo cloud software. The agreement enables CoSentry to offer a full suite of virtualized cloud services to their mid-sized and enterprise clients using Vblock products from VCE and the 8x8 Zerigo provisioning, management and billing platform. CoSentry will offer VCE Vblock services to clients located in their primary markets of Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri as well as other markets across the United States. The agreement provides 8x8 with installation fees as well as an ongoing monthly subscription fee to use the software over an initial 12-month contract in all CoSentry data centers. Full Article
8x8 Inc Sells Family Of United States Legacy Patents
8x8 Inc announced that it has assigned a family of its United States legacy patents to a third party for an undisclosed payment. Full Article
8x8 Inc Receives Two New Patents By U.S. Patent And Trademark Office
8x8 Inc announced that it has been awarded two new patents related to its videoconferencing and contact/call center technologies. On June 19, 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 8,204,206, entitled Systems and Methods for Selection of a Communication Path. On May 8, 2012, 8x8 was issued United States Patent number 8,174,556, entitled Videoconferencing Arrangement Having Multi-Purpose Digital Still Camera. Full Article
8x8 Inc Secures Contract From TMW Systems, Inc.
8x8 Inc announced that it has been chosen by TMW Systems, Inc., supplier of technology solutions covering the transportation services sector, to provide cloud-based hosted PBX and unified communications services to its 500+ employees in seven U.S. and Canadian locations. Full Article
8x8 Inc Announces Promotion Of Kim Niederman To President
8x8 Inc announced that Kim Niederman, 8x8's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, has been promoted to President, overseeing the Company's sales, customer service and network operations teams. Full Article
8x8 Inc Completes Acquisition Of Contactual, Inc.
8x8 Inc announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Contactual, Inc., a provider of cloud-based call center and customer interaction management solutions. 8x8 agreed to acquire Contactual for 6,700,000 shares of unregistered 8x8 common stock, but this share amount was reduced at closing by 215,100 shares in exchange for 8x8's agreement to pay statutory tax withholding on behalf of five former executives of Contactual, Inc. 8x8 originally announced its intent to buy Contactual on September 12, 2011. The transaction closed on September 15, 2011. Full Article
8x8 Inc Announces Acquisition Of Contactual, Inc.
8x8 Inc announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Contactual, Inc., a provider of cloud-based call center and customer interaction management solutions, in an all stock transaction that will not exceed 6.7 million shares of common stock of 8x8. 8x8 expects the transaction to close prior to September 30, 2011. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to 8x8's full fiscal year net income after the exclusion of any one-time costs associated with the acquisition and amortization expenses. Full Article
City Of Garden Grove Selects 8x8 Inc To Provide Cloud Based Disaster Recovery Services
8x8 Inc announced that it has been selected by the City of Garden Grove, California to provide cloud based disaster recovery services for its VMware vSphere virtualization platform. Full Article
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