VOSS, a leader in unified communications (UC) service delivery software, has been named by global analyst organization Gartner, as a Cool Vendor in UC for 2009. VOSS develops solutions for businesses with complex UC and IP telephony delivery requirements; ensuring customers are able to fully benefit from next generation UC.

According to the Gartner report “The UC market is emerging and evolving rapidly. Enterprises struggle to bring new, useful UC solutions to their diverse user bases, while containing costs and leveraging existing infrastructure and application investments. The vendors in this research offer new and innovative solutions relevant to many different areas of a UC portfolio.”

VOSS CEO Mike Frayne commented; “We are absolutely delighted that Gartner has recognized VOSS as a ‘Cool Vendor’ in UC. We are in a unique position, offering the only true UC service delivery platform on the market. As service providers and large enterprises strive to maintain a competitive edge by rapidly rolling out advanced UC services to their end users, VOSS is perfectly placed to provide a fully automated, centralized management platform to keep operating costs low and reduce the dependence upon highly skilled engineers.”

VOSS is revolutionizing the way that organizations communicate and collaborate around the world, offering rapid and significant productivity improvements, unprecedented operational efficiencies and great flexibility. VOSS reduces complexity, speeds implementation, cuts costs for the fulfilment of UC and provides a platform from which new or additional UC services can be rapidly rolled out.

No matter how disparate the technology, how diverse the operating entities, or what legacy software is in place, VOSS solves the problem of delivering UC services within any network architecture. Whether the requirement is to create a brand new UC architecture, or improve on the existing environment, VOSS optimizes and future-proofs the network. VOSS delivers an unparalleled service delivery platform that maps and manages all applications, to ensure that any additions or changes to the network are delivered seamlessly and without disruption.

Gartner’s listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose. Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn’t do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner’s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months. Gartner clients may visit www.gartner.com to find out more about the Cool Vendor report.

About VOSS
VOSS, a leader in service delivery software, helps organizations meet their complex and rapidly changing IP telephony requirements. Uniquely, VOSS delivers Unified Communications (UC) services and systems integration, over large networks that use disparate technologies, vendors and operating systems, in multiple locations and countries.

The company’s real-time, automated and centralized service delivery platform cuts costs while speeding and simplifying the deployment of Unified Communications services. VOSS gives users and providers unprecedented operational efficiency, letting them reap savings, performance gains and the confidence that their Unified Communications environment is agile and flexible enough to change as business demands.

Based in Berkshire, UK and Herndon, VA, VOSS is funded by UK early-stage venture capital firm Eden Ventures, XAnge Private Equity and Pyrford International, with select strategic investments. Founded as VisionOSS, the company is now called VOSS. Its solutions have been deployed by prominent service providers, large enterprises and partners such as Cisco Systems across Europe and North America. For more information, visit www.VOSS-solutions.com.