Glowpoint Named to Everything Channel's CRN 'Need to Know' List

Glowpoint, Inc., a leading global provider of cloud-based, managed services for telepresence, video conferencing and collaboration, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel's CRN on its "Need To Know" list for the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and UC markets. The "Need to Know" list is designed to highlight the key players in growing market segments and notes Glowpoint as one of the key go-to companies.

"The 'Need to Know' list is a comprehensive directory of the major players in the UC and VOIP, making it easy for busy VARs to get in front of the right vendors and the right people in the IT security landscape," said Kelley Damore, Vice President, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. "This list will help VARs navigate through the myriad companies and technologies and ultimately find the right opportunities to help them grow their business. We recognized Glowpoint due to their demonstrated leadership, and unequalled capabilities with respect to merging video capabilities into the emerging UC sector."

"A key part of the growing UC market is to bring at the same time these various users so that they can share video, audio and content to enhance the quality of meetings both internally and B2B. Glowpoint is pleased to be recognized in this capacity and will continue to innovate and create applications and services that help companies around the world achieve their communications objectives," said Glowpoint's VP of Marketing, Jonathan Brust.

Glowpoint's recently announced cloud-based, Open Video™ innovation platform is exactly designed to bring at the same time users on various video technologies and protocols, with other video and audio users for collaborative sessions.

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