Silicon Investor - audiocodes ltd. (AUDC)

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Products Now Available in the Netformx KnowledgeBase™ finance.yahoo.c...

JakeStraw — 4/2/2015 4:11:26 PM

AudioCodes Products Now Available in the Netformx KnowledgeBase™
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Netformx DesignXpert platform enables a simplified design and quotation process for channel partners, supporting AudioCodes' growing channel business

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Introduces Managed IP Phones Solution finance.yahoo.com Holistic app...

JakeStraw — 3/16/2015 9:16:35 AM

AudioCodes Introduces Managed IP Phones Solution
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Holistic approach delivers suite of business IP Phones coupled with complete lifecycle management and monitoring system for Microsoft Lync, Genesys contact center and BroadSoft hosted UC

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes and NACR Partner on Complete Communications Solutions finance.yahoo.c...

JakeStraw — 3/10/2015 9:46:26 AM

AudioCodes and NACR Partner on Complete Communications Solutions
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AudioCodes Achieves Preferred Partner Status From NACR and Aligns Sales and Marketing Strategies in Selling Microsoft Lync and Other Solutions

NACR is a leading global provider of best-in-class communications solutions and services, and a trusted advisor to more than 5,500 customers ranging from small businesses to Fortune® 100 and global enterprises. NACR works closely with AudioCodes and other technology innovators to integrate the latest hardware, software, and applications into end-to-end solutions for diverse markets.

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results finance.yahoo.com ...

JakeStraw — 1/27/2015 8:32:21 AM

AudioCodes Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results
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Full year 2014 revenues totaled $151.6 million, up 10.5% year over year
Operating margin continues to improve

"We are pleased to report strong financial results for the fourth quarter, our tenth consecutive quarter of improved financial performance, and solid growth for the full year 2014," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "AudioCodes' 2014 performance was underlined by the successful execution of our strategic realignment to focusing on the growing needs of enterprise and business customers, driven primarily by sales in the Microsoft Lync voice ecosystem and in the contact center and business services markets. We have achieved a better than anticipated increase in our service revenues in the fourth quarter and full year 2014. Investments made with our global partners in the unified communications market over the past few years continue to contribute to our sustained growth and leadership in the enterprise voice business. These investments, coupled with increased focus on software products, solutions and services, are expected to provide further strength and support to our success in coming years."

"We continue to focus on controlling costs and were able to achieve 7.4% operating margin in the fourth quarter representing the highest level since the beginning of 2012. We continue to generate cash and keep a strong balance sheet," said Ofer Segev, VP Finance & CFO of AudioCodes.

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Expands One Box 365™ Lync Appliance Family finance.yahoo.com Leverag...

JakeStraw — 1/20/2015 9:08:22 AM

AudioCodes Expands One Box 365™ Lync Appliance Family
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Leveraging Microsoft Office 365 market adoption by larger size businesses, One Box 365 appliance family can now support up to 5000 seat enterprises together with AudioCodes' Lync qualified IP phones

AudioCodes One Box 365 is a hybrid solution, providing all the critical hardware, software and services required for a successful Lync voice implementation. The appliance combines multiple Lync server roles including reverse proxy, gateway and SBC functionality in one single elegant unit. With dedicated elements, such as Active Directory and Office 365 Connectors and simplified user interface for configuration and management of the Lync deployment, AudioCodes One Box 365 simplifies and accelerates the installation, quickly enabling the enterprise voice features to Office 365 subscribers. When combined with the AudioCodes Lync qualified IP phones, customers can enjoy a true one stop shop solution.

[Sergio H] I think AUDC is a double or more from here. There are a lot of catalysts. seeki...

Sergio H — 12/23/2014 11:43:38 PM

I think AUDC is a double or more from here. There are a lot of catalysts.

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[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Announces Integrated High Quality WebRTC Connectivity Solution for En...

JakeStraw — 12/15/2014 10:21:33 AM

AudioCodes Announces Integrated High Quality WebRTC Connectivity Solution for Enterprises
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Organizations Using Hosted or on Premise Unified Communications and Contact Center Services Can Now Seamlessly Interact With B2B or B2C Users Through Web-Based Communications

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results finance.yahoo.com Third quarter r...

JakeStraw — 10/30/2014 7:49:18 AM

AudioCodes Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results
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Third quarter revenues increase 11.2% year-over-year to $38.9 million

"We are pleased to report our ninth consecutive quarter of revenue growth. Strong demand across our networking business lines drove an increase of networking revenues by 14.7% over the year-ago quarter," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes.

"We continued to expand our business in the Microsoft Lync market segment, posting growth of above 10% over the previous quarter and more than 40% over the-year-ago quarter. Targeting 40% growth for 2014, we now expect this business to become close to 20% of our total Company sales for the year. The launch of AudioCodes One Box 365 has proved to be a success in the first few months of deployment and we believe that the One Box 365 product family will enable further expansion of our Microsoft Lync related business."

"Additionally, we have experienced record sales of our Session Border Controller product line which grew more than 100% over the year-ago quarter and more than 5% over the previous quarter. An Infonetics research report published in August 2014 recognized AudioCodes as the fastest growing vendor in the Enterprise SBC market in 2Q14, capturing the #2 ranking among ESBC vendors, with a 12.2% market share, up nearly double from 6.4% in the same period a year ago. Our SBC offering continues to lead the Lync space. In the recent quarter our products were selected by one of the leading global hotel chains, a 4000 employee pharma company, and a US government organization. We also enjoyed repeat business from our existing installed base, including from one of the world's largest semiconductors manufacturers," added Mr. Adlersberg.

"To advance growth initiatives, we increased our focus on the design and deployment of higher-value voice networking solutions and services to the enterprise market. Among our fast growing solutions are One Voice for Lync, One Voice Operation center including network management and voice quality performance monitoring servers, and the recently introduced One Box 365. We are confident that this increased focus on solutions and services will enable us to develop new cutting edge business communications solutions and services that will support further long-term revenue growth," concluded Mr. Adlersberg.

[JakeStraw] LINN Energy Selects AudioCodes for Microsoft Lync Survivability and Connectivity...

JakeStraw — 10/27/2014 9:30:19 AM

LINN Energy Selects AudioCodes for Microsoft Lync Survivability and Connectivity
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Houston, Texas Based Oil and Natural Gas Developer Leverages AudioCodes Branch Survivability Solutions as Part of Unified Communications Roll Out Throughout the Enterprise

"LINN Energy has a number of critical production sites that require highly reliable communications. Survivable Branch Appliances are an absolute must to ensure that our employees can get help, even in rare network outage situations," noted Mario Martinez, Network Engineering Manager for LINN Energy. "AudioCodes Mediant SBAs have proven to be extremely reliable and secure, maintaining important calling features during outages and facilitating a network security model that is required by LINN Energy."

[Taylor Mill] I'm hanging in there too.

Taylor Mill — 10/15/2014 3:10:22 PM

[JakeStraw] My WAG is that 1) Tech stocks in general have been weak and 2) AUDC has had some...

JakeStraw — 10/14/2014 12:50:54 PM

My WAG is that 1) Tech stocks in general have been weak and 2) AUDC has had some negative earnings revisions. On the positive side; Their ESBC market share has supposedly doubled in the past year & ESBC revenue has grown for three consecutive quarters. Personally, I'm hanging on to my shares until I feel there's reason to dump them. We're still in the early innings here & there's always the potential that AUDC could be acquired as well. Just my two cents...

[uu] Anyone has any idea why AUDC is setting 52 weeks low every day just 2 weeks befo...

uu — 10/11/2014 11:01:01 PM

Anyone has any idea why AUDC is setting 52 weeks low every day just 2 weeks before the Q3 report is made public?

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Recognized as Fastest Growing in Enterprise SBC Market finance.yahoo....

JakeStraw — 9/9/2014 9:23:24 AM

AudioCodes Recognized as Fastest Growing in Enterprise SBC Market
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According to Recent Infonetics Research Report, AudioCodes Nearly Doubles Enterprise Session Border Controller Market Share From 2Q13 to 2Q14 and Posts 35% Growth From 1Q14

"AudioCodes offers the market a wide portfolio of uniform ESBCs," commented Diane Myers, Principal Analyst, VoIP, UC, and IMS for Infonetics Research. "Their integration with leading software vendors such as Microsoft, Genesys and BroadSoft is driving demand for the products."

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Enhances MobilityPLUS to Support High Quality Handover Between WiFi a...

JakeStraw — 9/4/2014 9:57:54 AM

AudioCodes Enhances MobilityPLUS to Support High Quality Handover Between WiFi and Cellular Networks
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Adding and deploying WiFi infrastructure by MSOs is becoming increasingly popular

AudioCodes' solution allows MSOs to seamlessly service heterogeneous networks (WiFi-3G) by overcoming the call handover challenges in low 3G coverage areas

The new solution combines AudioCodes' MobilityPLUS Mobile VoIP and Mediant SBC solutions, leveraging unique SBC capabilities and leading mobile VoIP technology

AudioCodes will be presenting the solution and other mobile apps and products at the CTIA Super Mobility Week event in room #7400

"AudioCodes prides itself on being at the cutting edge of mobile VoIP trends and technology," stated Zeev Lerner, AudioCodes Vice President, Mobility. "Combining our SBC technology with the MobilityPLUS mobile VoIP solution enables us to provide a needed solution for MSOs and other service providers who seek to offer cost effective and high quality mobile VoIP services, leveraging the growing coverage of WiFi networks."

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results finance.yahoo.com Second Quarter...

JakeStraw — 7/29/2014 7:56:46 AM

AudioCodes Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results
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Second Quarter Revenues Increase 11.5% Year-Over-Year to $37.6 Million

"We are very pleased to report strong growth of our networking business for the second quarter of 2014. This business comprised 88% of our revenues in the quarter. Driven by solid progress across all market segments, our networking business revenues grew 15.3% over the year-ago quarter, and 8.1% over the previous quarter," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "We experienced record sales of our Session Border Controller line which grew more than 100% over the year-ago quarter and more than 30% over the previous quarter. Sales of the New Products group category comprising of SBC, Multi-service routers and IP Phones increased more than 30% compared to the previous quarter. In addition to these successes, we continued to grow in the Microsoft Lync segment in-line with our stated plan for 2014 to grow this segment by more than 40% over 2013."

"To advance growth initiatives, we continue to introduce new products and solutions. The launch of AudioCodes One Box 365, a new One Voice for Lync solution that provides our partners an intuitive and quick way to bring enterprise voice alongside Office 365 in both pure cloud and hybrid on-premise solutions, expands our market opportunity in the Microsoft Lync ecosystem."

"During the quarter, we launched and opened our new Cloud Delivery Network Architecture (CDNA) Research and Development Center that is supported by the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist. This new R&D center is expected to provide a highly efficient platform to develop new cutting edge cloud-based real-time communications technologies and services, and to support further growth in revenues beginning in 2015. These activities are expected to further strengthen our foundation for AudioCodes' growth in the years ahead," concluded Mr. Adlersberg.

[JakeStraw] Introducing AudioCodes One Box 365(TM) a Hybrid Cloud/On-Premise Solution financ...

JakeStraw — 7/10/2014 8:49:24 AM

Introducing AudioCodes One Box 365(TM) a Hybrid Cloud/On-Premise Solution
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AudioCodes One Box 365 Seamlessly Enables Microsoft(R) Office 365(R) User Productivity With Full Lync(R) Enterprise Voice Features, SIP Trunking and Voice Quality Service Level Monitoring

AudioCodes One Box 365 is a hybrid solution, providing a one-stop shop for all the critical hardware, software and services required for a successful Lync voice implementation. Combining multiple Lync server roles, gateway and SBC functionality in one single elegant appliance, it comes complete with Lync certified IP phones, an Active Directory Domain Controller and a dedicated user interface for easy migration provisioning and configuring for Lync users. Through this pre-integration of components, AudioCodes One Box 365 simplifies and accelerates the installation, enabling the rapid introduction of enterprise voice services utilizing Office 365 licensing.

"With the introduction of AudioCodes One Box 365, our One Voice for Lync offering of comprehensive products has been significantly improved," stated Nimrod Borovsky, VP Marketing at AudioCodes. "Now we can provide our partners with an intuitive and quick way to bring Lync enterprise voice alongside their Office 365 deployments in both pure cloud and hybrid on-premises solutions."

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Selected by toplink to Deliver SIP Trunk Connectivity for Microsoft L...

JakeStraw — 6/2/2014 8:18:12 AM

AudioCodes Selected by toplink to Deliver SIP Trunk Connectivity for Microsoft Lync Deployments
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AudioCodes Mediant Session Border Controllers Enable toplink to Achieve Microsoft Certification for Its SIP Trunking Service

AudioCodes, a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, announced today that its Session Border Controller (SBC) products have been selected by toplink GmbH, one of Germany's leading alternative telecommunication service providers. toplink incorporates AudioCodes' SBCs to enable seamless connectivity between the Lync deployments of enterprise customers and toplink's SIP trunking network.

Supported by their local system integration partner Xantaro, toplink has deployed AudioCodes' high capacity Mediant 4000 SBCs, a fully Lync-qualified SBC device capable of supporting up to 5,000 sessions per chassis, to act as a centralized demarcation device between its next-generation network core and the Lync-based unified communications systems of its enterprise customers. With the Mediant 4000 at the edge of its core, toplink was able to achieve qualification as a Lync-certified SIP trunk provider.

toplink's solution enables Lync customers to connect seamlessly to its SIP trunks without the need for an on-premises SBC. Through a specifically designed advanced configuration of toplink's next-generation network, in combination with the Mediant 4000, toplink is able to address the specific needs of its customers for both on-premises and highly scalable Microsoft Lync cloud-based deployments.

"We are very happy to partner with AudioCodes as part of our Lync product development strategy," explained Holger Alt, Head of Product Management at toplink GmbH. "Thanks to AudioCodes' Mediant SBCs, we are able to provide seamless and secure connectivity as part of our certified SIP trunking service to our Lync customers. Our customers can thus gain a rapid entry into SIP trunking services, enabling them to reap the full benefits of unified communications while maintaining control over the total cost of ownership."

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes' Session Border Controller (SBC) Certified by SAP Labs Finland to Wor...

JakeStraw — 5/27/2014 8:55:35 AM

AudioCodes' Session Border Controller (SBC) Certified by SAP Labs Finland to Work With SAP(R) Contact Center Software
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AudioCodes, a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, today announced that its Session Border Controller (SBC) has been certified by SAP Labs Finland to be compatible with SAP Contact Center software. AudioCodes' Mediant SBC connects SAP Contact Center to SIP trunk services and is designed for deployment in a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) model or as an on-premises solution.

AudioCodes' line of Mediant SBCs forms a vital part of AudioCodes' strategic alignment with leading contact center solution vendors to simplify secured connectivity of IP contact centers to SIP trunk providers. The Mediant SBC platform features optional TDM interfaces enabling IP contact center vendors to offer smooth migration from PSTN to SIP trunking. Building on AudioCodes' existing media gateway and IP phone certifications, the addition of certified SBCs positions AudioCodes as a complete voice partner for SAP, its systems integrators and its reseller partners.

"We are pleased to announce that our SBC line of products has been selected by SAP Labs Finland and is compatible with SAP Contact Center software," said Yehuda Herscovici, VP Product at AudioCodes. "This important milestone demonstrates our vision to provide secured connectivity for on-premises and cloud-based contact centers. By adding our line of SBC platforms to SAP Labs Finland's list of certified AudioCodes devices, we now offer all the necessary voice network elements required to design and build a SIP-based contact center based on the SAP Contact Center software."

[JakeStraw] Israel's AudioCodes expects boost from new R&D center finance.yahoo.com "I thin...

JakeStraw — 5/21/2014 8:10:37 AM

Israel's AudioCodes expects boost from new R&D center
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"I think that we will already see the payoff in 2015. This means more advanced solutions, and of course we believe we will increase our market share," he said.

In the shorter term, sales this year are expected to jump to $150 million from $137 million in 2013.

In 2013 AudioCodes sold $20 million in products and services that supplement Microsoft's Lync communications platform and Adlersberg said this should grow 40 percent in 2014.

He also expects revenue from session border controllers to reach $20 million, and with a boost from the R&D centre, he sees the company moving up in the market.

Mobile devices bring new opportunities, Adlersberg said. Starting in 2015 he expects revenue from products now in development for mobility and voice recognition. AudioCodes acquired the assets of MailVision, a developer of mobile voice applications, last year to boost its operations in the field.

"The company is investing and believes mobility will become a substantial growth engine starting in 2015," he said.

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes IP Phone Achieves Recommended Status for Use With Interactive Intelli...

JakeStraw — 5/16/2014 12:09:32 PM

AudioCodes IP Phone Achieves Recommended Status for Use With Interactive Intelligence IP Communications Software Suite
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Validated for Interoperability and Integrated Provisioning, the 420HD IP Phone Gives Interactive Intelligence Customers a Reliable, High-Definition VoIP Endpoint

[JakeStraw] "We started 2014 in a strong position, with double-digit first quarter revenue g...

JakeStraw — 4/30/2014 8:18:32 AM

"We started 2014 in a strong position, with double-digit first quarter revenue growth, as well as improved non-GAAP net income, compared to the same quarter last year. This growth was driven by the continued strength of our unified communications and wide-area voice networking business and services," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "We experienced good results from our marketing and sales activities in our key business lines, including the Microsoft Lync UC solution, session border controllers and our One Voice for Broadsoft initiative. We introduced new cutting-edge products and solutions including the Mediant 9000 high capacity SBC, and launched the One Voice for Lync Operations Center solution which substantially improves the ability of an enterprise to deploy and operate high performance, high quality voice network solutions. We also expanded our cloud-enabled solutions with the roll-out of One Voice for Enterprise Mobility, as well as our new VocaNOM cloud-based voice dialing software. These offerings strengthen our ability to provide comprehensive solutions for the fast growing segments of unified communications, business services and contact centers."
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[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ:AUDC) is now covered by analysts at William Blair. They ...

JakeStraw — 4/29/2014 11:34:07 AM

AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ:AUDC) is now covered by analysts at William Blair. They set an "outperform" rating on the stock.

[JakeStraw] NEC Selected AudioCodes' Mediant Session Border Controller and Media Gateway for...

JakeStraw — 4/29/2014 11:04:34 AM

NEC Selected AudioCodes' Mediant Session Border Controller and Media Gateway for SIP@Net
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Stable and Secure TDM and VoIP Networks Interconnectivity Certified

AudioCodes' Mediant 1000 is designed to provide small-to-medium sized enterprises with complete and secure connectivity to service providers' VoIP networks. The re-certification of NEC's SIP@Net and AudioCodes' Mediant 1000 includes the following items:

Legacy connectivity (Gateway)
Stand-alone Survivability (SAS)
Session Border Controller (SBC)

"This re-certification is a logical part of the close cooperation between NEC and AudioCodes," says Hans van Os, Product Manager at NEC Enterprise Solutions. "Many of our customers rely on AudioCodes for VoIP connectivity, so it is important to ensure that our solutions interwork seamlessly. This certification means our customers can be fully confident that the interconnectivity provided by NEC SIP@Net and AudioCodes Mediant is reliable, stable and secure," he adds.

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes and Avaya Selected by Leading Asian Service Provider for Its Next Gen...

JakeStraw — 3/17/2014 8:52:33 AM

AudioCodes and Avaya Selected by Leading Asian Service Provider for Its Next Generation SIP Contact Center
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AudioCodes Helps Simplify the Migration to an All-IP Avaya Aura Solution

"We are very pleased to have been selected by Avaya APAC to collaborate on such a prestigious project," said AudioCodes' Yehuda Herscovici, Vice President Product. "AudioCodes has been collaborating with Avaya for many years now, providing a variety of voice infrastructure elements designed to maximize efficiency while driving costs down. As a long-time, trusted and successful Avaya partner, AudioCodes' products have been successfully deployed, together with Avaya, by numerous large contact centers, helping these customers realize the benefits of trunk consolidation, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and a simplified and low-risk migration path to SIP."

[JakeStraw] PortaOne, AudioCodes Technology Compatibility Turns Smartphones Into IP-PBX Exte...

JakeStraw — 3/13/2014 8:23:54 AM

PortaOne, AudioCodes Technology Compatibility Turns Smartphones Into IP-PBX Extensions
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Interoperability of PortaSwitch with MobilityPLUS Creates Exciting Opportunities for Service Providers and Their Customers

[JakeStraw] Deutsche Telekom Selects AudioCodes Multi-Service Business Router for Hosted Mic...

JakeStraw — 3/10/2014 9:08:31 AM

Deutsche Telekom Selects AudioCodes Multi-Service Business Router for Hosted Microsoft Lync Unified Communications
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AudioCodes Mediant Multi-Service Business Routers Enable Seamless Voice Connectivity for Customers of Germany's Leading Telecommunications Operator

Deutsche Telekom will be offering AudioCodes Mediant 500, 800 and 1000 MSBR platforms to customers requiring seamless and reliable integration of its hosted Lync service with their existing telecoms equipment and PSTN connections. In addition to being Lync-qualified, AudioCodes' MSBR family supports a variety of integrated digital (BRI and PRI) and analog telephony interfaces, combined with comprehensive SIP interoperability, enabling customers to achieve a smooth migration to IP telephony and unified communications.

"Our hosted UC services deliver the benefits of Lync's advanced functionality to our customers without the need to invest in costly hardware and licenses," explained Dr. Felix Wunderer, VP Business Communication Products at Deutsche Telekom. "With a range of models to suit varying customer requirements in terms of scalability and telephony interfaces, AudioCodes MSBR platforms are an excellent solution for customers who are looking at a gradual migration towards hosted unified communications or who wish to retain their legacy telephony equipment."

[JakeStraw] Hotspot 2.0 Puts AudioCodes In Pole Position seekingalpha.com Hotspot 2.0 will ...

JakeStraw — 2/25/2014 2:41:31 PM

Hotspot 2.0 Puts AudioCodes In Pole Position
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Hotspot 2.0 will allow you to join WiFi hotspots without entering a password and will pass you on from one to another seamlessly. It will create a network out of random WiFi hotspots and new updated protocols will allow you secure automated access. It is mirroring what happens with cell phone calls as you're passed from cell tower to cell tower securely, without any disruption to your call.

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Announces Cloud-Enabled One Voice for Enterprise Mobility finance.yah...

JakeStraw — 2/20/2014 8:35:31 AM

AudioCodes Announces Cloud-Enabled One Voice for Enterprise Mobility
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Delivered as a Service (SaaS), AudioCodes Launches First Enterprise Mobility Solution Suite Enabling Employee Mobility, Roaming, and Speech Enabled Directory Search and Dialing

"The communications industry is going through a transition driven by innovative applications that redefine the use of mobile services for business employees," said Diane Myers, Principal Analyst, VoIP and IMS at Infonetics. "While service providers face revenue pressure and increased use of OTT services, cloud-based communications solutions, like Enterprise Mobility of AudioCodes, offer service providers a solution that embraces the adoption of mobile VoIP OTT services under their own brand."

"One Voice for Enterprise Mobility allows enterprises to enhance their existing telephony systems with a mobility solution that increases employee accessibility and productivity, while benefitting from outstanding management and provisioning tools," commented Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "Furthermore, the cloud service implementation allows hosters to quickly roll out new services to the market. As demand for these services increases, they can choose to either expand the service in the cloud or migrate it to their own data center."

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JakeStraw — 2/11/2014 9:39:29 AM

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Introduces One Voice Operations Center(TM) for Microsoft Lync and Hos...

JakeStraw — 2/11/2014 9:36:59 AM

AudioCodes Introduces One Voice Operations Center(TM) for Microsoft Lync and Hosted Services
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Leveraging AudioCodes Session Experience Manager With Newly Introduced Connectivity With Lync Server, and AudioCodes Element Management System, the Management Suite Empowers Effective Management of Large Scale Unified Communications Deployments

[JakeStraw] Mobility - I've been pounding the table on AudioCodes' mobile Over the Top (or "...

JakeStraw — 2/10/2014 3:37:59 PM

Mobility - I've been pounding the table on AudioCodes' mobile Over the Top (or "OTT") platform that should be coming out in a cloud based version as early as the Mobile World Congress. In fact, AudioCodes and BroadSoft have together worked on mobile for some time and comments today from Dean Bubley, Founder and Director of Disruptive Analysis that their collaboration could see then delivering new mobility services such as "an OTT model themselves" may bring my thesis into serious consideration and be very explosive to AudioCodes in the quarters to come if BroadSoft and AudioCodes push an OTT solution out to the hundreds of service providers that BroadSoft works with today. This is the special sauce to AudioCodes and could mean big EPS leverage in 2014.

· Hosting companies are exploding with next generation VoIP services and AudioCodes' strategy is right on the sweet spot in exploiting that growth and solving keys issues to the enterprises going to market with the services.

· According to Infotrack, nearly 60% of enterprises with over 500 seats are deploying or planning to deploy Lync.

· AudioCodes' Alan Percy, head of NA sales, recently announced that Cargill with 142,000 employees in 67 countries and Amgen (AMGN) with 20,000 employees around the globe have implemented Lync and are utilizing AudioCodes' suite of products. He also stated that "I expect to see many more enterprise wins with Lync going forward".

· The Cargill and Amgen contracts that AudioCodes landed are just a start and an indication of how big this opportunity is for the company in the next 3-4 years.

· Mobile World Congress and Microsoft Lync Conference - hedge funds and institutions will be all over these events and it'll become very obvious that my post takeover model will be evaluated and shares will go much higher as big demand will build post these events.

Chart:

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Today's announcement could be the catalyst that breaks AudioCodes out above $8.00. As you can see on the chart, $8 is resistance but with momentum building, it should see a quick run to $10 - $11. The longer term target is $15.

Conclusion:

It's very simple from here on out. I've been bullish on AudioCodes since it was $1.45 and I recently defended it when Oppenheimer downgraded it based on price target achieved (nothing changed with its business model). Today, the best analyst on AudioCodes, BroadSoft's CEO, Michael Tessler just told you to buy, with its adoption of AudioCodes' One Voice and what looks like the displacement of Oracle (Acme Packet). This speaks volumes to what AudioCodes possesses which is no surprise to the 1500 Seeking Alpha followers of AudioCodes. This company is going "One Way" - Up.
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[JakeStraw] BroadSoft and AudioCodes CEOs to Introduce One Voice for Hosted Services in Fran...

JakeStraw — 2/10/2014 8:18:12 AM

BroadSoft and AudioCodes CEOs to Introduce One Voice for Hosted Services in Frankfurt on 19 February 2014
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Program Simplifies Services Deployment and Reduces Enterprise Total Cost of Ownership While Accelerating Service Provider Revenue

One Voice for Hosted Services combines the power of BroadSoft's unified communications services with AudioCodes' innovative IP phones, SMB routers, SBCs, ATAs and Gateways to provide an integrated, zero touch provisioning, low total cost of ownership (TCO) option for enterprise customers. This single platform addresses the needs of all business types.

BroadSoft's Chief Executive Officer, Michael Tessler, and AudioCodes Chief Executive Officer, Shabtai Adlersberg, together will introduce the benefits of One Voice for Hosted Services at the Skyloft Sheraton Airport hotel in Frankfurt, Germany on 19 February 2014. During the event, they will share their views on the competitive enterprise communication landscape and how this new program can provide greater value and accelerate the growth of a service provider's hosted unified communications offers.

"We are committed to continuing to innovate on behalf of our service provider customers to ensure the rapid adoption of their hosted unified communications services," said Michael Tessler, chief executive officer, BroadSoft. "We are excited to extend our collaboration with AudioCodes to offer a comprehensive, cost effective solution that will enable our customers to meet the needs of their enterprise customers, while speeding their time to revenue."

"After many years of successful cooperation with BroadSoft, we are very pleased to take our relationship to the next level with the One Voice for Hosted Services program," said Shabtai Adlersberg, CEO of AudioCodes. "AudioCodes prides itself in having the most interoperable platforms on the market and a complete suite of connectivity solutions - from IP Phones and Gateways, to SMB routers and Session Border Controllers. This allows us to package a 'One Voice' offering that removes the complexity of multiple vendors and reduces TCO, making it highly attractive for BroadSoft's customers."

"In today's increasingly competitive environment and facing challenges from so-called Over-the-Top (OTT) applications impacting their businesses, service providers need to respond by bringing their own disruptive solutions to the market," said Dean Bubley, Founder and Director of Disruptive Analysis, who will be presenting a keynote address at the joint kickoff event in Frankfurt. "Service providers need to find and exploit new revenue sources, despite the emerging profile of Internet players. Approaches such as the collaboration between BroadSoft and AudioCodes push towards removing complexity, reducing TCO and enabling service providers to bring new services into the market faster and easier -- or even in an OTT model themselves."

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results finance.yahoo.com ...

JakeStraw — 1/29/2014 10:53:44 AM

AudioCodes Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results
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"We are pleased to report our sixth consecutive quarter of improved financial performance and solid growth for the full year 2013," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "AudioCodes fourth quarter 2013 performance was underlined by strong sequential growth of sales in the Microsoft Lync voice segment and growth in sales of session border controller products. We also achieved better than anticipated increase in our services revenues in 2013. This business momentum drove better fourth quarter operating margin and cash flow contribution from operations. Investments made with our global partners over the past few years continue to contribute to our sustained growth and leadership in the voice networking business. These investments, coupled with increased focus on software products, solutions and services, are expected to provide further strength and support to our expected success in coming years."

"As we look ahead to 2014, AudioCodes stands well positioned to extend its leadership in wide-area voice networking solutions and services for the fast growing segments of unified communications, business services and contact centers. AudioCodes end-to-end One Voice connectivity and networking solutions for Microsoft Lync, hosted PBX services and emerging cloud-based voice solutions have proved to provide high value to our enterprise and service provider customer base globally. Our deep knowledge and rich voice technologies portfolio for connectivity, security, quality of service, routing and mobility, among other features, is key to our success in recent years and is expected to enable our success in next coming years. We believe that these capabilities are a clear competitive advantage within one of the most attractive segments of the communications sector," concluded Mr. Adlersberg.

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AudioCodes' Session Border Controllers Selected by Completel for SIP Trunking Services
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Leading French Alternative Operator Integrates AudioCodes Mediant 4000 Session Border Controllers Into Its Product Catalog for Delivering SIP Trunking Services

"With a wide variety of IP-PBXs and UC solutions being utilized at our customer sites, we decided to standardize on AudioCodes' SBC platform as the mediation tool allowing us to guarantee the interoperability of our SIP trunks and the Unified Communication solutions of Enterprise customers," explained Dina Chevenement, Marketing Director at Completel. "AudioCodes' Mediant SBCs' scalability, flexibility and wide-ranging SIP mediation capabilities mean that we can rapidly integrate virtually any customer IP-PBX or UC platform into our network."

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AudioCodes Introduces Mediant 9000 High Capacity Session Border Controller
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Offering Scalability and High Performance for Hosted Services and Large Enterprise Deployments, Also Available in Software and Virtualized SBC Editions

"The introduction of AudioCodes' latest SBC, with its significantly increased capacity, greatly enhances the company's market reach," commented Diane Myers, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research. "While in the past AudioCodes' SBCs were successful in the mid-market with remote braches of large enterprises, this move definitely opens the door for the company to sell to datacenters of the largest companies. The fact that AudioCodes delivers a centrally managed and uniform SBC functionality across the portfolio from the smallest of branches to the largest of data centers represents a competitive value proposition in the market."

"We announced our plans to significantly increase the capacity of our SBC products earlier in 2013 and we are delighted to have accelerated our plans and exceed our initial targets," said Yehuda Herscovici, VP Products at AudioCodes. "We see the Mediant 9000 as an important building block in our comprehensive Microsoft Lync portfolio for large-scale deployments, both on-premises and cloud-based (private cloud and Office 365) and expect to achieve full Lync qualification during the first quarter of 2014."

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AudioCodes: Microsoft Dominating Enterprise Voice With Lync
Oct 25, 2013
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AudioCodes Demonstrates First WebRTC HD Call Between Browser and IP Phone

High-Definition, Error Resilient, Browser to Enterprise Communication Through Native Support for the Opus Voice Codec in AudioCodes Enterprise 400HD Series IP Phones
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ViewQwest Singapore Selects AudioCodes' New Access SBC for Business and Residential Customers

Interoperated With BroadSoft, AudioCodes' Access Session Border Controller Enables Secure Service Delivery Based on BroadSoft BroadWorks
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AudioCodes One Voice Delivers Hosted Services
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New Program Reduces Complexity Experienced in the Delivery of Cloud-Based and Hosted Services Through a Comprehensive Portfolio of Products and Services

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[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Reports Over 70 Partners Joined One Voice for Microsoft Lync Program ...

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AudioCodes Reports Over 70 Partners Joined One Voice for Microsoft Lync Program
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Global Network of Microsoft Lync Voice Partners Established Within a Few Weeks of Program Introduction Better Enables AudioCodes to Address the Growing Demand for Lync Voice Deployments

"We are seeing excellent adoption of our One Voice for Lync offering by the global community of Microsoft integrators," said Nimrod Borovsky, Vice President, Unified Communications at AudioCodes. "AudioCodes offers a full line of Lync-qualified products for Microsoft Lync, including IP Phones, Gateways, E-SBCs, SBAs, call recording, applications and network management. Together with a portfolio of support and professional services, AudioCodes One Voice for Microsoft Lync represents clear commercial, operational and technical benefits."

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AudioCodes CEO discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
January 30, 2013
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AudioCodes Launches "AudioCodes One Voice for Microsoft Lync"
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This Unified Program Simplifies Voice-Enablement of Lync With a Comprehensive Voice Product Portfolio and Complementary Professional Services

"We are seeing continued strong growth in sales of our products and service offering for the Microsoft Lync ecosystem over the past four years through close engagement with the large global community of Microsoft voice partners," said Shabtai Adlersberg, AudioCodes' CEO. "With our new 'AudioCodes One Voice for Microsoft Lync' initiative, we streamline Microsoft Lync voice project implementations by offering one source for voice products with one point of contact for all voice support issues, and one trusted partner for voice-related expertise and professional services."

"We see the AudioCodes One Voice for Microsoft Lync program as an opportunity to accelerate deployment of voice-enabled Microsoft(R) Lync(R) deployments," said Giovanni Mezgec, General Manager, Microsoft. "Simplifying the buying, integration and support processes, enables quick realization of Microsoft Lync advantages. We are very pleased to have AudioCodes implement such a program and see clear benefits for our voice partners."

"Our most recent report covering the Unified Communications market shows Microsoft continuing to have strong gains, attaining the #1 position in terms of Communicator licenses in the third quarter of 2012," said Diane Myers, Principal Analyst, VoIP, UC, and IMS, Infonetics Research. "AudioCodes One Voice for Lync offering is a broad complement of solutions to the growing base of Microsoft UC deployments."

[JakeStraw] AudioCodes Mediant(TM) E-SBC Achieves Certification From AT&T for SIP Trunking W...

JakeStraw — 12/19/2012 8:57:23 AM

AudioCodes Mediant(TM) E-SBC Achieves Certification From AT&T for SIP Trunking With Genesys-Powered Contact Centers
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Certification Enables Genesys Contact Centers to Utilize AT&T IP Flex Reach SIP Trunking, Reducing Operating Expenses and Enhancing Reliability

"We are pleased to have achieved this important certification milestone with AT&T and Genesys," said Sharone Ben-Levi, VP Marketing and Business Development, North America at AudioCodes. "AudioCodes' E-SBCs successfully demonstrated their ability to integrate two strategic technology partners that is expected to open new opportunities for Genesys, a leading contact center software platform, and AT&T, a leading provider of SIP Trunking services."

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AudioCodes Ranks Among Top Enterprise SBC Vendors
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New Report by Infonetics Research Identifies AudioCodes as One of the Top Vendors in the Fast Growing Market of Enterprise Session Border Controllers

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JakeStraw — 3/26/2012 12:15:14 PM

AudioCodes Introduces Software Enterprise Session Border Controller
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The Software E-SBC Addresses the Growing Trend of Data Center Consolidation, Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Enterprises deploying the Software E-SBC benefit from seamless connectivity to SIP trunking services, high VoIP quality, and security of their network against malicious or fraudulent threats. Being a software only solution, the E-SBC smoothly integrates into virtualized data center environments, and addresses the needs for scalability and highly available connectivity of unified communications and contact center deployments.

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JakeStraw — 3/21/2012 8:52:21 AM

AudioCodes Introduces Session Experience Manager
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AudioCodes SEM Gives IT Managers the Full Picture and Control Over the Quality of VoIP Traffic at the Enterprise Network and Trunks

SEM is designed as an intuitive, easy-to-use solution, and includes a wide array of advanced tools that produce a continuous comprehensive view of voice quality of experience (QoE) at the enterprise network and its connecting trunks. Among these tools are network views to map devices and their associated voice quality, graphic illustrations of VoIP calls metrics, convenient drill down details of a given call, traffic trend analysis to identify current and future bottlenecks, active and historic alarms display, and flexible pre-defined reports. In addition to VoIP, SEM includes an innovative tool for analyzing fax transmission quality.