Welcome to our round-up of the biggest news in the UC space over the past week.
8x8 Delivers Strong Performance
8x8 reported 15 percent revenue growth for its Q3, driven by the adoption of its Teams voice offering.
The vendor reported sales of $159.6m for the quarter ending 31 December 2021.
CEO Dave Sipes said: “[With] 8×8 Voice for Teams, we are seeing increased adoption as organizations seek to provide their distributed workforces with the ability to interact with colleagues.
“In September, we announced that we had surpassed 100,000 business users for our team’s integration, and we continue to see strong momentum.
“In the third quarter, we experienced business user growth of more than 30 percent quarter-over-quarter, as a growing number of new and existing customers adopt 8×8 Voice for Teams”
Is Microsoft Eyeing a Security Acquisition?
Reports emerged this week that Microsoft is considering a bid for incident response firm Mandiant.
Mandiant, which separated from FireEye last year, is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange and valued at more than $4bn.
Neither Microsoft nor Mandiant commented on the rumours, but Mandiant’s share price rose more than 20 percent when the rumours were reported.
Microsoft has made a handful of cybersecurity acquisitions over recent years, including CloudKnox, RiskIQ, CyberX and Refirm Labs.
Avaya Hit by Project Delays
Avaya reported a dip in sales for its Q3, largely due to delays in projects.
Sales dropped four percent and came in a way behind expectations – but the vendor also saw a rise in ARR for its OneCloud portfolio.
It also revealed a huge $400m contact centre win.
