For enterprise clients, Paetec offers cloud computing and data center solutions and a broad range of software and equipment products to help customers manage their communications networks.
It will enhance GE's data center solutions to help customers reduce energy consumption in the data center.
Today the company announced that it would acquire Plexxi, a specialist in software-defined data center solutions, aimed at optimising application performance for enterprises that are using hybrid cloud environments.
Dell tossed its hat into the cloud computing ring last night, or more precisely declared its having done so about 2 years ago with a group providing optimized storage, server, and data center solutions for its top 50 customers.
As businesses shift their data center solutions to the cloud, there is room for companies that don't just help them migrate or create hybrid solutions, but also for those that help them utilize their existing solutions and scale them as needed by using private and public clouds.
"Genesys is widely recognized as one of the world's leading providers of customer service software and contact center solutions, and we are excited by the long-term growth potential of this business," Brian Ruder, a partner at Permira, said in a statement.
Brocade, after its Foundry acquisition, is now a strong competitor to Cisco in end-to-end data center solutions.
Until now, Twilio positioned its various APIs as the building blocks for developing new contact center solutions.
With the launch of this product, Twilio could potentially be going up against some of its current customers who are selling contact center solutions to enterprises.
CallDesk is a software-as-a-service platform and relies on an API to route calls and integrate with existing call center solutions.
Twilio-powered apps could undercut today's call center solutions — an industry where enterprises spend billions a year on expensive hardware and voice calling.
