SP1 in the news

Looking for a summary of the news pickup surrounding our NGT & Cbeyond announcement?  Erica Harbison, from Waggener-Edstrom, handles our press inquiries and sent us this list that you might find helpful as well.  (I include a few snippets from some of them)

 Redmond Channel Partner - Partners, Pick up the Phone-Customers Are Standing By

TMCnet - Microsoft Hires NGT as Recommended Service Provider for Response Point

Wireless News - Cbeyond and New Global Telecom to Support Response Point

"Microsoft has bought that into the mainstream product cycle and inevitably will draw out others to respond. The problem we have had up to this point is that only the highly skilled could get an implementation working well if a problem occurred (for argument sake say a call transfer problem). With Microsoft pushing this as a viable technology, this will force others to respond accordingly hence my argument for mainstreaming of technology."

Fierce VoIP - Microsoft Announces VoIP Partners for Response Point

Network World - Nothing Going On In VoIP Means Somethings Happening

The problem we have had up to this point is that only the highly skilled could get an implementation working well if a problem occurred (for argument sake say a call transfer problem). With Microsoft pushing this as a viable technology, this will force others to respond accordingly hence my argument for mainstreaming of technology.

Phone+ - Microsoft Taps NGT, Cbeyond as SIP Providers for Response Point IP PBX

"For the Microsoft VARs the “interesting” part is developing an annuity revenue stream. “They get better services at a lower cost and Small Business Specialists can start to build an annuity revenue stream that allows them to grow their business year over year without having to expand the business or work harder to do that,” explained NGT CEO Mike Donnell. "

TMCnet - Microsoft Response Point Announces SIP Trunking Service Providers

VoIP-News - Response Point Partners with Cbeyond and NGT

David Greenfield (ZDNet) - What Microsoft’s Been Missing from its Small Business Telephony Play

I like that last one the best, because it gives me (instead of my boss, XD Huang) credit for inventing Response Point.  Heh heh.