XO Communications Launches Cloud-Based Communications Service

(Enterprise Connect) Businesses can nevertheless transition to IP communications and achieve better cost savings across their enterprise with a new cloud communications solution available from XO Communications.

Launched today at Enterprise Connect, XO Enterprise Cloud Communications is a highly scalable, enterprise-grade, IP communications service that allows businesses to accelerate the deployment of IP and unified communications, simplify the management of their IP communications needs, and dramatically reduce the capital investments and operating costs of their enterprise-wide communications.

Wide range of IP telephony features

XO Enterprise Cloud Communications integrates a wide range of IP telephony features, local and long distance calling, enterprise-wide HD voice and video, network services, and IP phone sets in a communications as a service, per-user pricing model to allow IT administrators to easily deliver and manage voice, video and communications across their enterprise. By integrating and delivering these complex services in the cloud, XO Communications brings end-to-end communications to businesses and organizations of all sizes at a lower total cost of ownership than traditional telephony systems.

Companies that are managing enterprise-wide communications with tighter capital budgets will be able to easily transition into converged communications with XO Enterprise Cloud Communications and utilize IP telephony, conferencing and collaboration applications across their enterprise. Since all of the applications reside in the cloud, this solution allows businesses to take advantage of the benefits of IP communications without having the extensive upfront capital costs of installing equipment. This reduces a significant burden on IT organizations of having to manage and maintain their communications infrastructure at each location.

"XO Enterprise Cloud Communications represents the at once evolution of our award-winning IP communications portfolio which today supports 30,000 business clients and more than one million end users," said Mike Toplisek, chief marketing officer for XO Business Services at XO Communications. "This solution is ideal for mid-market businesses and larger enterprises with distributed operations by helping them solve important business issues of controlling costs, improving employee productivity and increasing their competitiveness in the market."

"Today, businesses with multiple locations of varying sizes typically have a wide range of different telephony infrastructures that not only inhibit efficient and seamless communications however also the integration of telephony infrastructures with applications which enable unified communications," said Tom Hobika, vice president of solutions engineering at XO Communications. "Our innovative, cloud-based enterprise IP communications platform will help businesses contain and reduce capital expenditures at a time when budgets are tight, during giving them the ability to introduce new productivity enhancing communications capabilities that future-proof their networks and corresponding investments."

Wide range of cost

XO Enterprise Cloud Communications offers businesses a wide range of cost, operational and performance benefits, including:

"Cloud-based communications are rapidly gaining traction as businesses look to adopt IP telephony and unified communications in a flexible and cost-effective way," said Elka Popova, program director, Unified Communications & Collaboration, Frost & Sullivan. "With a long track record of delivering business VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services, XO Communications is but expanding its portfolio to include a feature-rich, hosted IP PBX solution that enables clients to fully outsource their communications infrastructure from a trusted partner. XO Enterprise Cloud Communications solution can help distributed organizations save costs through a common architecture and enhance employee productivity through advanced communications and collaboration applications delivered across geographically dispersed locations."

IP Communications, Security and IT Services Delivered via the CloudXO Enterprise Cloud Communications represents the then evolution in the company's cloud-based services delivery strategy in which converged communications, security and IT infrastructure solutions are delivered over the XO nationwide network. XO Communications is building the core elements of this service delivery approach and has established partnerships with leading innovation providers to enable enterprises to operate more efficiently by easily deploying the applications, services and infrastructure they need, when they need them.

XO sales representative

For more information about XO Enterprise Cloud Communications or to contact an XO sales representative, visit www.xo.com.

About XO CommunicationsXO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc., is a leading nationwide provider of advanced broadband communications services and solutions for businesses, enterprises, government, carriers and service providers. Its clients include more than half of the Fortune 500, just in case to leading cable companies, carriers, content providers and mobile network operators. Utilizing its unequalled combination of high-capacity nationwide and metro networks and broadband wireless capabilities, XO Communications offers clients a broad range of managed voice, data and IP services with proven performance, scalability and value in more than 75 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit www.xo.com.

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