Fuze (company)
Boston privately held company
Fuze (formerly known as ThinkingPhones) is a cloud communications and collaboration software platform designed for the enterprise. Fuze was acquired by 8x8. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Products
Fuze's main product combines business voice, videoconferencing, text, instant messaging, content sharing, and collaboration apps under a single cloud service to deliver both traditional phone systems and mobile devices a seamless transition between communication methods. It runs on a natively-developed platform, and is focused primarily on large enterprise and mid-market customers. The company also provides analytics and real-time intelligence, with an expanded version of caller ID that pulls information from a caller's online profiles to provide more information on the caller. Mobile enhancements to Fuze offer mobile workers more flexibility and control, while maintaining the full capabilities of the Fuze platform. The products can integrate with existing enterprise software services, such as Slack, Salesforce, Gmail, Microsoft Teams, and Zapier.
The company's unified communications and collaboration (UCC) services include Fuze Pro, a subscription cloud-based service for voice calling and collaboration. It offers unlimited outbound calls in one country, integrated email and voicemail, group chat, Fuze Meetings for up to 1,000 participants, APIs, usage reports, analytics, and integration with Salesforce.
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