\nNov 18, 201<\/p>\n
Leading Global Technology Provider Honors 8X8 for Contribution to\u00a0Success of Cloud Services Division<\/p>\n
SAN JOSE, Calif. — 8X8, Inc.<\/a>(NASDAQ:EGHT), a provider of cloud communications and\u00a0collaboration solutions<\/a> to more than 35,000 businesses, today announced it has been selected as\u00a0the “2013 Cloud Partner of the Year” by <\/strong>Insight\u00a0Enterprises<\/a>, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSIT), a leading global technology\u00a0provider of hardware, software and service solutions. The award was\u00a0announced at Insight’s Partner Forum in Scottsdale, Ariz. on November\u00a07th.<\/p>\n An Insight partner since May 2013, 8×8 was recognized as the 2013 Cloud\u00a0Partner of the Year due to its contribution to the growth and success of the Insight Cloud solution set. Insight launched the\u00a0Insight Cloud\u00a0Solutions Center in early 2012 to provide businesses and public sector\u00a0clients a resource for cloud solutions. The Solutions Center simplifies\u00a0purchasing, provisioning and management of cloud-based messaging,\u00a0security, infrastructure and collaboration solutions from best-in-class partners. 8X8’s cloud-based unified communications and collaboration (UCC) suite of services includes business\u00a0VoIP<\/a> phone service, hosted call\u00a0center software<\/a>, virtual meeting web conferencing and virtual\u00a0desktop infrastructure solutions.<\/p>\n “I am pleased to recognize 8X8,Inc. as the Cloud Partner of the Year,” stated Brian Davis, Insight Senior Vice President, Product Marketing. “8X8 has been a strong partner for Insight and has enabled us to offer\u00a0innovative solutions, products and services to meet the complex needs of our clients. We extend our congratulations to 8×8 and all their teammates and look forward to an even more successful 2014.”<\/p>\n “8X8 is disrupting the traditional communications and collaboration industry, just like other leading cloud SaaS companies have done in their respective industries over the past decade. Our strength in\u00a0delivering cloud-based solutions has been recognized recently by our inclusion in the Leaders section of the Gartner 2013 Magic Quadrant for\u00a0Unified Communications as a Service,”\u00a0said\u00a0Vik Verma, Chief Executive\u00a0Officer of 8X8. “This further recognition by Insight as the 2013 Cloud\u00a0Partner of the Year is an acknowledgement of our commitment to providing\u00a0a comprehensive suite of secure, compliant, industry-leading solutions\u00a0built to meet the reliability and scalability needs of our SMB and\u00a0multi-national, mid-market customers.”<\/p>\n About\u00a08X8, Inc.<\/strong> About Insight<\/strong>
\n8X8, Inc.(NASDAQ:EGHT) is a provider of unified communications and\u00a0collaboration, or UCC, services in the cloud to small and medium\u00a0businesses, or SMBs, and mid-market and distributed enterprises. The\u00a0company delivers a broad suite of UCC services to in-office and mobile\u00a0devices spanning cloud telephony, virtual contact center, virtual\u00a0meeting and virtual desktop through our proprietary unified software as\u00a0a service, or SaaS, platform.<\/p>\n
\nInsight Enterprises, Inc.is a leading technology provider of hardware,\u00a0software and service solutions to business and government clients in\u00a0\u00a0North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africaand Asia-Pacific.\u00a0Insight\u00a0is focused on helping organizations move technology goals forward in the\u00a0areas of Office\u00a0Productivity<\/a>, Unified\u00a0Communications and Collaboration<\/a>, Mobility,\u00a0Network and Security<\/a>, Data\u00a0Center and Virtualization<\/a>, Data\u00a0Protection<\/a> and Cloud<\/a>. Insight has sold over seven million business and public sector client\u00a0cloud seats across the globe. With approximately 5,400 teammates worldwide, Insight is ranked No. 470 on the 2013 Fortune 500 and\u00a0generated sales of $5.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"