BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
RingCentral,
Inc. (NYSE:RNG), a leading provider of enterprise cloud
communication and collaboration solutions, today announced it has been
issued its 100th U.S. patent.
This achievement marks a significant milestone in RingCentral’s history
and reflects its continued commitment to technological innovation and
development. These patents strengthen the company’s cloud communications
portfolio in the areas of unified communications and collaboration,
cloud PBX, fixed-mobile convergence, video and audio conferencing, call
and message handling, account management and provisioning, contact
center, presence, disaster recovery and fail-over, interactive voice
response (IVR) systems, and security.
As enterprises increasingly search for ways to better connect and engage
their workforces, RingCentral continues to invest in innovations that
differentiate its solutions in the marketplace and deliver a truly
unified communications experience to businesses around the world.
“We are proud to achieve our 100th U.S. patent milestone for
RingCentral, reinforcing our strong commitment to technology development
and intellectual property protection,” said Vlad Shmunis, chairman,
founder and CEO of RingCentral. “These patents continue to give us a
competitive advantage as we aim to empower enterprises with the leading
cloud communications and collaboration solution for their mobile and
distributed workforces. Our investment in research and development is
unprecedented in the industry, and we look forward to bringing to market
more cutting-edge technologies that ultimately help our enterprise
customers drive workplace productivity and overall business success.”
RingCentral has a robust employee patent Innovation Incentives program
with the participation of its engineers across the globe who are
directly involved in the research and development of patented
technology. The distribution of these patents across RingCentral’s
various engineering, product development, platform, and mobile groups
validates the relentless effort and focus on innovation that has always
been a core part of RingCentral’s corporate culture. RingCentral has
received recognition of its ability to execute and completeness of
vision as a leader in Gartner’s 2016 Magic Quadrant for Unified
Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Worldwide.*
About RingCentral
RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a global provider of cloud unified
communications and collaboration solutions. More flexible and
cost-effective than legacy on-premise systems, RingCentral empowers
today’s mobile and distributed workforces to be connected anywhere and
on any device through voice, video, team messaging, collaboration, SMS,
conferencing, online meetings, contact center, and fax. RingCentral
provides an open platform that integrates with today’s leading business
apps while giving customers the flexibility to customize their own
workflows. RingCentral is a leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant
for Unified Communications as a Service Worldwide for the second
consecutive year. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, Calif.
RingCentral and the RingCentral logo are trademarks of RingCentral, Inc.
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*Source: Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as
a Service, Worldwide, Daniel O’Connell, Bern Elliot, August 23, 2016.
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RingCentral
Jennifer Caukin, 650-561-6348
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Source: RingCentral, Inc.