RingCentral 2009 Webware 100 Award Winner

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Great news for all RingCentral users!

RingCentral announced that it has received a 2009 Webware 100 award for Communication by Webware, a CNET site. The Web 2.0 user community cast more than 630,000 votes in an online voting poll which ultimately selected the winners. Finalists for the 2009 Webware 100 Awards were selected by the editors of Webware.

“We thank the readership community and editors at CNET for naming RingCentral a winner; we are delighted to have won in the Communication category,” said Vlad Shmunis, CEO of RingCentral. “This award underscores our commitment to leveling the playing field for our small business customers by providing them all the power of an expensive business phone system – without the hassle and expense.”

According to the Website, the 2009 Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Webware editors received and reviewed thousands of entries. A complete list of the winners can be found at.

RingCentral offers a complete “PBX in the Cloud” business phone and Internet fax system with no contracts and zero setup costs and the service is instantly provisioned and activated within minutes.

Its Internet fax feature is a complete fax service that lets you send and receive faxes using e-mail or RingCentral’s online interface. Send faxes directly from Word, Excel, Outlook and other desktop programs.

RingCentral’s Internet Fax includes a toll-free or local number and best of all is that you’ll never have to wait for a fax to arrive or send, and your callers will never get a busy signal! The service also includes free Internet fax software to electronically sign and edit faxes, and to create custom cover pages.

As for the annual listing of the Webware 100 Awards, according to Rafe Needleman, editor at Webware and CNET “has become an essential resource for people who want to learn more about Web 2.0 and the many ways it can help them stay connected. The Web 2.0 community and our editors ultimately selected the very best sites, services and applications that have made a lasting impression.”

RingCentral offers, in addition to Internet faxing, a hosted business phone service that combines a toll-free or local number with an auto-receptionist, advanced call management, multiple extensions, multiple voicemail boxes and Internet fax. The service enables customers to automatically screen calls, use call forwarding, place calls, listen to voicemail and send and receive faxes.

About RingCentral

Found some information about the company, whose services I use. Maybe some of you will be interested in it.SAN MATEO, Calif.-ric Godfrey is the owner and founder of Starz Entertainment, one of Arizona’s largest and most reputable DJ Services for over 1,000 events a year.
To efficiently manage phone communications with demanding clients and distributed and mobile staff, Godfrey found the perfect mix of innovative technology and high-touch customer service in RingCentral’s “cloud” -based business phone service. Godfrey implemented RingCentral to enable more effective communication between his employees and customers.
Godfrey needed a business phone service that ensured his staff was always available to his customers, whether working at an event or creating a great mix of music. He found RingCentral’s service online, self customized the service for his business and starting using it in less than an hour.
RingCentral provides more services than legacy office phone systems, at a fraction of the cost. Delivering the power of a sophisticated multi-extension phone system without expensive hardware to buy or maintain, RingCentral offers a complete, business phone and Internet fax service with no long-term contracts and zero setup costs. The service is instantly provisioned and activated within minutes.
Key features of RingCentral include:
- An auto-receptionist that professionally answers, greets and directs callers to the right person. – Multiple extensions and answering rules that are configured to automatically route calls to the right person at their home office or mobile phones, based on time of day, date and the continuously changing availability of each team member.
- Multiple mailboxes voicemail ensure that everyone has secure access to all their voicemail via email, phone or computer.
- Call logs that register all inbound calls, enabling the firm to track the time spent with each client. Internet fax capabilitiesthat convert incoming faxes to PDFs, and make them immediately available to distributed team members to view, forward and file them electronically.
RingCentral provides cloud computing based phone systems for small business. With top industry honors, including PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award and Small Business Computing’s Excellence in Technology, RingCentral offers full-access to core small business phone services and helps improve productivity for tens of thousands of customers worldwide. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, RingCentral is privately held with backing from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and DAG Ventures.