From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 8x8
8x8
8x8 Inc. The founders were both formerly of Weitek.[2] They
began IIT as a fabless vendor of semiconductor products
for the math coprocessor and graphics chipset mar-
kets.[3] The company produced x87 floating point co-
processor and graphics accelerator chips for the personal
Type Public computer market during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Industry Communication Equipment The floating coprocessors were produced for the 286, 386
and 486 generations of microprocessors.
Founded 1987
In 1992 the company began shipping a lossless data
Headquarters Sunnyvale, CA, USA compression product called Xtradrive.
In the early 1990s IIT began producing chips, software
Key people CEO: Bryan R. Martin
and other technologies for the videoconferencing mar-
Products Business VoIP phone service ket. Frustrated by the high prices and low volumes of
Unified Communications these videoconferencing systems, the company changed
Employees 244[1] its name to 8x8 and began marketing its own set-top
videoconferencing systems for consumers under the Vi-
Website www.8x8.com aTV brand. 8x8 went public on the NASDAQ market in
1997, trading under the ticker symbol EGHT.[4]
8x8 Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) is a United States communica- Soon after this, 8x8 launched a family of Voice over IP
tions technology company, one of the largest VoIP ser- (VoIP) chips and software that were sold to IP phone, IP/
vice providers in the country. 8x8, Inc. offers integrated PSTN gateway and other manufacturers of VoIP equip-
voice, video and mobile unified communications solu- ment. The Company acquired two companies (Odisei[5]
tions for small to medium-sized business and distributed and U|Force[6]), to acquire network/server VoIP tech-
enterprise customers. nologies, and began selling an end-to-end VoIP services
technology solution to service providers in 1999.
Products In 2002, the company relaunched itself as a VoIP ser-
vice provider under the Packet8 brand. In 2003, the Com-
• Business VoIP phone service that comes with
pany launched its first consumer videophone services on
voicemail, auto attendant, conference bridge,
the Packet8 network. In 2004, the company became the
Outlook integration.
first VoIP service provider to offer replacement, E-911
• Unified communications bundle that includes
services to its subscribers.[7] It also launched a suite of
business VoIP phone service, Internet faxing, call
business services called Packet8 Virtual Office.
recording, and web conferencing
In 2008, 8x8 was the second largest standalone U.S.
• Business VoIP phone service for companies with
VoIP service provider (behind Vonage) with more than
over 1,000 extensions
100,000 residential customers, and more than 10,000
• Extends Virtual Office phone service to the iPhone
businesses and enterprises who use the company’s Virtu-
and iPad
al Office services for their business telecommunications
• Web conferencing with video, call recording, and
needs. Since 2008 however, competition has caused a dra-
content sharing
matic drop in 8x8’s residential customer base. In 2009
• Low cost international VoIP calling compatible with
and so far in 2010 8x8 has seen their residential customer
over 450 smartphone models
base continue to erode, with the company currently hav-
• Hosted call center
ing less than 60,000 residential customers.[citation needed]
• Managed dedicated servers and private cloud
The company continues to develop most of the soft-
insfrastucture services
ware and technology used in its VoIP service offerings.
8x8 has been awarded more than 76 [8] U.S. patents relat-
History ed to communications technologies. In March, 2010 8x8
reported that their customer subscriber base had sur-
8x8 was founded in 1987 Dr. Chi-Shin Wang and Dr. Y.W.
passed 20,000 business customers.[9] May 1, 2010, 8x8 ac-
Inc., IIT.
Sing as Integrated Information Technology, Inc. or IIT
quired Central Host, a California-based managed host-
The name was changed in the early 1990s.
ing company and began offering cloud-based hosting ser-
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of Zerigo, a Colorado-based cloud services company and ai_54716330. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
began offering cloud servers and managed DNS ser- [6] "NETERGY NETWORKS TO ACQUIRE UFORCE".
vices.[11] Securities Exchange Commission. 23 May 2000.
http://www.secinfo.com/dr6nd.52ut.c.htm.
External links Retrieved 21 January 2009.
[7] "8x8 Signs Agreement With TCS to Provide E911
• Coprocessor.info : IIT historical and x87 coprocessor Capabilities for All Packet8 Subscribers" (Press
development information release). PR Newswire. 11 October 2005.
• 8x8 website http://www.ip97.com/
8x8_signs_agreement_with_tcs_to_provide_e911_capabilities_for
References Retrieved 21 January 2008.
[8] http://investors.8x8.com/
[1] "Company Profile for 8x8 Inc (EGHT)". releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=454333
http://www.zenobank.com/ [9] "8x8 Business Subscriber Base Surpasses 20,000
index.php?symbol=EGHT&page=quotesearch. Customers" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. 10
Retrieved 20 October 2008. March 2010. http://investors.8x8.com/
[2] Daisy Chan, CNN Money, "Best New Gadgets", 1 releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=450754. Retrieved 23
December 2004 April 2010.
[3] McClean, Bill. Profiles 1997: A Worldwide Survey of IC [10] "8x8 Announces Acquisition of Central Host, Inc."
Manufacturers and Suppliers [1], retrieved 30 July (Press release). GlobeNewswire. 6 May 2010.
2008 http://investors.8x8.com/
[4] "FORM 10-K". UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=467505. Retrieved 7
EXCHANGE COMMISSION. 2007. June 2010.
http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/ [11] "8x8 Acquires Zerigo to Broaden Portfolio of Cloud
edgar_conv_html%2f2007%2f06%2f29%2f0001023731-07-000014.html#FIS_BUSINESS. release). GlobeNewswire.
Hosting Services" (Press
Retrieved 21 January 2009. 20 June 2011. http://investors.8x8.com/
[5] "8x8 Completes Acquisition of IP Telephony releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=585970. Retrieved 20
Software Developer". Business Wire. 25 May 1999. June 2011.
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