Comments on: BroadSoft Going Up Against Ribbit with VoIP Platform for Web Apps http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:20:54 -0800 hourly 1 By: Jay Cuthrell http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2447789 Jay Cuthrell Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:53:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2447789 As of my inbox this morning at 8am, BroadSoft intends to aquire Genband's M6 product line a.k.a. last year known as Tekelec T6000 a.k.a. previously known as VocalData VOISS. http://broadsoft.com/Newsroom/Press2008/broadsoft-acquires-genband-m6-communication-applications-server.htm As of my inbox this morning at 8am, BroadSoft intends to aquire Genband’s M6 product line a.k.a. last year known as Tekelec T6000 a.k.a. previously known as VocalData VOISS.

http://broadsof...ions-server.htm

]]> By: Yusuf Motiwala [TringMe] http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044953 Yusuf Motiwala [TringMe] Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:16:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044953 @Mark, a correction... TringMe already offers a platform (http://tringswitch.com ) which was launched in Jan this year. It's called TringSwitch. API and documentation is currently private and available for select companies only (who will be launching their product based on TS), we will soon open it for all: Btw, Goebel mentioned it last month: http://www.goebel.net/technews/2008/01/tringme-does-ribbit.html . TringMe demonstrated the platform at HeadStart and has captured their experience at http://blog.tringme.com/tringme-at-headstart-2008/ which alludes to TringSwitch as well. @Mark, a correction…

TringMe already offers a platform (http://tringswitch.com ) which was launched in Jan this year. It’s called TringSwitch. API and documentation is currently private and available for select companies only (who will be launching their product based on TS), we will soon open it for all:

Btw, Goebel mentioned it last month:
http://www.goeb...oes-ribbit.html .
TringMe demonstrated the platform at HeadStart and has captured their experience at http://blog.tri...headstart-2008/ which alludes to TringSwitch as well.

]]> By: Mark Hendrickson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044574 Mark Hendrickson Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:34:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044574 @Erik - thanks for pointing that out, adding to post @Erik – thanks for pointing that out, adding to post

]]> By: Michael Lauricella http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044418 Michael Lauricella Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044418 Thanks for posting about our new offering. We launched our Xtended Marketplace today with an initial 12 applications (http://marketplace.broadsoft.com/). At BroadSoft, we see our role as enabling developers to build great applications on top of our market leading platform. Some developers will make the applications available for download, others will link to their own websites. Also, stay tuned for integration with Microsoft that will be on the Marketplace soon. It provides a complete unified communications experience on a proven telephony platform. Mike, BroadSoft Xtended Thanks for posting about our new offering. We launched our Xtended Marketplace today with an initial 12 applications (http://marketpl....broadsoft.com/).

At BroadSoft, we see our role as enabling developers to build great applications on top of our market leading platform. Some developers will make the applications available for download, others will link to their own websites.

Also, stay tuned for integration with Microsoft that will be on the Marketplace soon. It provides a complete unified communications experience on a proven telephony platform.

Mike, BroadSoft Xtended

]]> By: Arnold Leung http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044391 Arnold Leung Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:50:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044391 This is some more information about the Xtended initative. http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/03/18/business-software-gets-a-voice-makeover/?mod=homeblogmod_businesstechnology This is some more information about the Xtended initative.

http://blogs.ws...inesstechnology

]]> By: Erik http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044283 Erik Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:40:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044283 Mark, if you are going to mention Broadsoft and Ribbit you should likely include vendors that are providing web service-based Telephony, Call Control and VoIP APIs. Lypp comes to mind. http://lypp.com/api Mark, if you are going to mention Broadsoft and Ribbit you should likely include vendors that are providing web service-based Telephony, Call Control and VoIP APIs.

Lypp comes to mind.
http://lypp.com/api

]]> By: Andy Abramson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044230 Andy Abramson Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:51:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044230 Mark, Broadsoft is really making a significant move in the space so it is more of a real play in a shorter time frame than some of the fair haired Valley start ups can hope accomplish, since they can do it faster. Distribution remains the key to any companies success and Broadsoft already has an that with both an installed customer base and a sales force which can showcase the apps to those customers. The annual Broadsoft event which is for their customers also provides a springboard for the developers gives them two legs up over the start ups here in the Valley. Mark,

Broadsoft is really making a significant move in the space so it is more of a real play in a shorter time frame than some of the fair haired Valley start ups can hope accomplish, since they can do it faster.

Distribution remains the key to any companies success and Broadsoft already has an that with both an installed customer base and a sales force which can showcase the apps to those customers. The annual Broadsoft event which is for their customers also provides a springboard for the developers gives them two legs up over the start ups here in the Valley.

]]> By: Alex/Leonid http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2044128 Alex/Leonid Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:45:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2044128 One somewhat more nuanced point here is that there are different service definition, sales, and distribution/propagation models for the enterprise versus the residential space. Particularly in enterprise, we've found that Broadsoft is hard to catch up with in the space of hosted telephony application servers. The most obvious and immediate market for the "XTended" interface is in vertical enterprise applications that carriers will market directly to their existing and prospective subscriber base. One somewhat more nuanced point here is that there are different service definition, sales, and distribution/propagation models for the enterprise versus the residential space. Particularly in enterprise, we’ve found that Broadsoft is hard to catch up with in the space of hosted telephony application servers. The most obvious and immediate market for the “XTended” interface is in vertical enterprise applications that carriers will market directly to their existing and prospective subscriber base.

]]> By: Kaiyzen http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2043865 Kaiyzen Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:53:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2043865 Ribbit charges by the minute for land line calls (5 cents/min for one hop.., 8 cents for two hop). VOIP calls between two online users will be free. I was able to attend the Ribbit Spawn developer event this past Sunday.., very cool to see what they are doing. I can wait to see what broadsoft does in this space as well.., competition is always a good thing. Especially when its competition for developers and their skillz. Just peeped the broadsoft site.., no real info yet.., API/biz model, etc. I cant wait to see if their API is as easy to use as Ribbits. Posting on Ribbit Spawn here: http://kaiyzen.com/?p=95 Ribbit charges by the minute for land line calls (5 cents/min for one hop.., 8 cents for two hop). VOIP calls between two online users will be free.

I was able to attend the Ribbit Spawn developer event this past Sunday.., very cool to see what they are doing.

I can wait to see what broadsoft does in this space as well.., competition is always a good thing. Especially when its competition for developers and their skillz.

Just peeped the broadsoft site.., no real info yet.., API/biz model, etc. I cant wait to see if their API is as easy to use as Ribbits.

Posting on Ribbit Spawn here:

http://kaiyzen.com/?p=95

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2043755 Alex Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:25:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2043755 Both Broadsoft and Sylantro had their day in the sun. These companies have raised over $100M each. There is no way that the company can survive going head to head with Web 2.0 Telco Platforms. The ONLY large company similar to Broadsoft and Sylantro that has done pretty well is Cedar Point Communications and that is because they focused on selling to cable companies ONLY (right place right time, IPO in '08?). Aside from the gross amount of capital raised and burned the Broadsoft culture perhaps will act as the greatest barrier to overcome. I wish them well. Believe it or not Microsoft with their acquisition of TellMe has the best chance of becoming the defacto Telco2.0. (yes, they have beat GOOG to the punch) Both Broadsoft and Sylantro had their day in the sun. These companies have raised over $100M each. There is no way that the company can survive going head to head with Web 2.0 Telco Platforms. The ONLY large company similar to Broadsoft and Sylantro that has done pretty well is Cedar Point Communications and that is because they focused on selling to cable companies ONLY (right place right time, IPO in ‘08?).
Aside from the gross amount of capital raised and burned the Broadsoft culture perhaps will act as the greatest barrier to overcome. I wish them well.
Believe it or not Microsoft with their acquisition of TellMe has the best chance of becoming the defacto Telco2.0. (yes, they have beat GOOG to the punch)

]]> By: Everett http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-2043702 Everett Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:35:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/broadsoft-going-up-against-ribbit-with-voip-platform-for-web-apps/#comment-2043702 Still love my Skype ;) Still love my Skype ;)

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