I like Michael Quinn but he is a lawyer and merger specialist. White Label players: CoreDial (Asterisk and BSFT) Saddleback Communications / ReInvent Telecom (Meta) Bluip (BSFT) Mitel has a white-label Momentum (BSFT) Skyswitch (netsapiens) Calltower (unsure) Alianza (home-brew) Evolve has private label: https://www.evolveip.net/partners/private-label AT&T Collab is BSFT and can be purchaed through APEX Regards, Peter Radizeski RAD-INFO INC 813.963.5884 http://rad-info.net On 11/3/2017 10:43 AM, Colton Conor wrote:
Bill,
I do not think people should move away from Broadsoft. I actually like many aspects of Broadsoft, and overall think the platform is great if deployed properly. However, the acquisition may leave small shops based on Broadsoft maybe at risk to price hikes. The analysts are saying this. There was also another post of the forums from Matthew Crocker who runs a Broadsoft switch just as you do, and is already looking for alternatives like Netsapines. He says he doesn't like Cisco.
This is a great read of the subject: http://www.telecomramblings.com/2017/10/cisco-broadsoft-game-changer-ucaas-l...
"One factor to keep an eye on is how Cisco?s UCaaS entrance will ultimately impact the pricing environment in the market.? Some have speculated that over time, Cisco could look to leverage its market position to raise prices on the BroadSoft solutions.? In this environment, smaller independent proprietary UCaaS platforms could emerge as potential winners by offering lower-cost solutions that are more responsive in maintaining leading-edge feature functionality, and by becoming more niche or vertical focused. Companies with the potential to benefit in this scenario could include *Centile, DialPad, EvolveIP, Netsapiens, OnSip, Star2Star and Swyx*. Our assessment is that current BroadSoft resellers will seek to acquire their own proprietary platform as a way of ?de-risking? their reliance on BroadSoft-Cisco."
I have never even heard of Centile or Swyx. Does anyone use them? Dialpad doesn't have a white label or reseller program right? Love their platform, but not if we can't make money by selling it. OnSIP only has a commission/referral program. Star2Star is about to launch their cloud based product, and its very similar to 2600hz technology. Kamillio/Freeswitch under the hood with custom everything. EvolveIP is a Broadsoft shop right? So not sure how that makes sense to list them. I am shocked to see Metaswitch was not in that list.
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Bill Heinz <billh at pbx-change.com <mailto:billh at pbx-change.com>> wrote:
Colton,
Out of curiosity, why do you think people should move off Broadosft? What about this acquisition would cause this sentiment? I was talking to a consultant yesterday, and there is some confusion as to WHY C bought BSFT. Some think it is to acquire the Broadcloud solution, others think it is simply to shore up their own hardware sales, and to take business away from Yealink, Polycom, etc.
For transparency, we are a Broadsoft shop, and have been for 15 years.
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