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[Doug on IP Comm] Broadsoft buys Packet Island”¦ who's next? « Doug on IP Comm: OK, so BroadSoft gets a set of products and services (services = recurring revenue good) to offer its universe of carriers, but this is a couple of steps out of the company’s traditional VoIP application server space. Of course, BroadSoft has bought up pretty much all the other VoIP application server players (Sylantro, GENBAND), so it has to do something to continue to grow.  It would be interesting to know the terms of the deal, since BroadSoft acquired Sylantro at a firesale price (stock swap, assumption of debt).  If BroadSoft paid out cash,  that would have been one indicator (i.e.  generating cash so they can go buy firms).

[The VoIP Weblog] The VoIP Weblog: BroadSoft to Acquire Packet Island: "The easier we can make it for BroadSoft’s customers to ramp up their installed base, reduce churn, reduce support costs, and therefore increase their acceleration in the market, it’s really good for everyone”¦ BroadSoft is a leader in this space, and I’m really looking forward to Packet Island adding to the success that BroadSoft has already built," says Packet Island founder and CEO Praveen Kumar.

[VON News] BroadSoft Acquires Packet Island: Datamonitor -- BroadSoft, a US-based provider of VoIP application software, has completed the acquisition of Packet Island, a provider of SaaS-based quality of service assessment and monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services.

[FierceVoIP] BroadSoft to acquire Packet Island to enhance its VoIP and Video ...: Also, these solutions allow for continuous monitoring of VoIP service quality and provides troubleshooting tools to pinpoint problems. The combination of Broadsoft's rapid IP communications deployment services with Packet Island's QoS and QoE monitoring tools will help the company offer service providers fast and cost-effective VoIP and video services deployments with extensively monitored service delivery.

[Nemertes Research - Independence, Integrity, Insight] Broadsoft's Packet Island Acquisition Spotlights Need for VOIP QoS ...: The announced acquisition of Packet Island by Broadsoft, Inc (both privately held) highlights the need for VOIP and video services to be supported by effective QoS and management. Broadsoft  makes software and servers that that enable carriers to offer VOIP-based call forwarding, voice mail, and conferencing.

[recursosvoip.com news] BroadSoft's VoIP App Store Includes DIY Options for Developers ...: in conjunction with its BroadSoft Connections conference, VoIP and messaging application provider BroadSoft introduced a new app store, …

[VoIP Monitor] BroadSoft Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Packet Island ...: BroadSoft's expanded solutions portfolio will now enable service providers to offer significantly enhanced QoS assessment and monitoring capabilities of their communication services. These solutions enable service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy VoIP and video services with guaranteed end-to-end "carrier-grade" service delivery.

[BriefingRoom on TelephonyOnline] BroadSoft Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Packet Island ...: BroadSoft’s family of carrier-class products, including its award-winning flagship BroadWorks® technology, empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that enable them to increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and increase customer satisfaction. BroadSoft products deliver the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world’s leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers.

[CommsXpress] BroadSoft Acquires Packet Island: has acquired Packet Island, Inc., a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based assessment and monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services. Both the companies are based in the US.

[Jon Arnold's Analyst 2.0 Blog] Jon Arnold's Analyst 2.0 Blog: BroadSoft Moving Into Hosted UC ...: QoS is another obstacle to deploy hosted services, especially for businesses relying on the public Internet - can you blame them? Well, when you have SIP Trunking and SIP aware gateways - and a QoS solution - you can pretty well be assured of carrier-grade, end-to-end IP service.

[The VoIP Weblog] The VoIP Weblog: BroadSoft and Acme Packet Enhance Joint SIP ...: The relationship between BroadSoft and Acme Packet, which dates back to 2001, has led to an offering that now supports products from more than 40 different IP PBX vendors. "It's really about taking whatever services you have today as an enterprise with your IP PBX or PBX and building on top of that through our joint solution, so you're never behind from a technology standpoint,"

[Global Crossing Blog Central] SIP Trunking Value Statement - The Foundation to Unified ...: The point above is very important to understand because SIP, as well as SIP Trunking provides the key foundational element to Unified Communications/Unified Collaboration (UC). In addition to cost savings and improved ROI as initial attractions, SIP Trunking’s ability to handle multiple communication strategies permits hybrid deployment models of solutions built for business communications, across both premised-based and hosted designs.

[BriefingRoom on TelephonyOnline] Infonetics Research: Strong quarter for IMS equipment; steep ...: quarterly service provider VoIP report tracks Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, AudioCodes, BroadSoft, Dialogic, Cisco, Comverse (NetCentrex), Ericsson, GENBAND, Huawei, Italtel, MERA, MetaSwitch, Movius, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, RadiSys, Sonus, Thomson Cirpack, UTStarcom, Veraz, Verso, Xener, and others. The VoIP report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, forecasts through 2013, and analysis for VoIP subscribers and media processing and call control carrier VoIP equipment, including high-, mid-, and low-density trunk media gateways, SBCs, media servers, softswitches, and voice application servers.

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