VOSS

2012

• January - AT&T announces service launch of UCaaS service, which includes VOSS
• January - VOSS launches User Deployment Services
• January - VOSS announces Vodafone Ventures investment
• February - VOSS shortlisted for Best Cloud Solution and Best Support System at World Vendor Awards
• February - VOSS CEO Mike Frayne nominated for World Vendor Awards CEO of the Year
• February - VOSS announces VOSS 8.0
• February - VOSS shortlisted for Best of Enterprise Connect award
• March - VOSS exhibits at Enterprise Connect, Orlando
• March - VOSS Partners with ISI Telemanagement Solutions to provide UC Business Analytics Solution
• April - VOSS exhibits at Frost & Sullivan's OSS/BSS Summit in Sydney, and Cisco's Partner Technology Summit in San Jose
• April - VOSS wins Best Cloud Solution at 2012 World Vendor Awards

2011

• January - VOSS selected by Stratacast in their OSS/BSS Rat-Pack for 2010
• January - nojitter.com webcast held with Nemertes and VOSS
• January - VOSS extends its support for CUP and Mobility Clients
• February - AT&T signs agreement with Cisco and VOSS, to offer cloud-based collaboration to the global market, based on Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS)
• February - VOSS exhibits at Enterprise Connect Orlando
• February - VOSS announces series C funding, lead by Intel Capital
• February - VOSS becomes a SolutionsPlus partner for Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS)
• March - VOSS shortlisted for World Vendor Awards
• April - Verizon signs an agreement for Cisco HCS
• April - VOSS adds support for Cisco WebEx
• May - Cisco decides to OEM VOSS, incorporating the VOSS technology - rebranded as Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CUCDM) - in every Cisco HCS account
• May - VOSS wins Best Support System at 2011 World Vendor Awards
• May - VOSS presents at Management World Dublin, in Stratecast's Innovation Spotlight Conference
• May - Lattelecom goes live on VOSS platform
• June - En Pointe announces collaboration solution (ECS) based on Cisco HCS
• June - VOSS includes support for Cisco Cius and Cisco Telepresence/Video
• July - VOSS exhibits in the collaboration pavilion at Cisco Live Las Vegas
• July - VOSS launches VOSS 7.4
• August - NTT Com adds UCaaS plan with Cisco HCS
• August - Cypress Communications announces expansion of flagship UCaaS offering with Cisco HCS
• August - VOSS exhibits at Navigator 360 - A Nemertes Research and Executive Alliance summit
• September - NWN launches new hosted collaboration offering, based on Cisco HCS
• September - InterCall announces Cisco HCS deal
• September - Damovo launches collaboration-as-a-Service offering in Brazil, with Cisco HCS
• September - VOSS listed in Sunday Times Tech Track 100
• September - VOSS presents on "Cloud-based UC&C" at Management World South Africa
• October - VOSS launches technical training program in US and EMEA
• October - VOSS joins Twitter, Facebook and created LinkedIn discussion groups
• October - VOSS named in Lead411's Top Tech 200 for 2011
• November - VOSS speaks at Enterprise Connect Virtual Event on "Device Management in the Era of UC and BYOD"
• December - VOSS completes stage 1 of BT migration of Santander

2010

• January - VOSS opens AsiaPac office in Sydney Australia
• February - VOSS co-presents at TMF MiddleEast with DU
• March - VOSS exhibits at VoiceCon Orlando and participates in VoiceCon Panel
• March - VoiceCon blog written on UC Management and VOSS named as leading vendor in this space
• March - VOSS presents at Networkers Bahrain
• April - Relocated Headquarters to Richardson TX
• April - Yankee Issues paper released and published on nojitter.com
• May - VOSS trials VOSS on Cisco UCS for the first time in Cisco's Galway Labs
• May - Telstra (Australia) signs trial agreement with VOSS
• June - Cisco launches HCS at Cisco Live; VOSS announced as "go-to-market" partner
• June - VOSS upgrades LTSB and DU Telecom to VOSS 7.1
• July - Lead411 awards VOSS as one of the "Hottest DC Area Companies"
• July - nojitter.com cites VOSS in White Paper on Service Delivery & Management for UC
• August - Turk Telekom selects VOSS
• August - Lattelecom selects VOSS
• September - VOSS joins UCIF (Interoperability Forum)
• September - VOSS releases VOSS 7.2
• October - VOSS trial at ABSA in RSA
• October - Yankee release report on VOSS
• November - Nemertes releases research on VoIP management
• November - VOSS launches 7.3 (Cisco HCS release)
• December -VOSS selected in top 25 for European Tech Tour
• December - Cisco releases HCS 8.0.2 with VOSS

2009

• February - Enventis becomes a VOSS customer.
• February - BT managed services expansion plans agreed
• March - Gartner names VOSS as a Cool Vendor in UC
• April - Launch of VOSS 6.1
• May - Recieve production platform PO from Qwest Communications
• May - Cisco SolutionsPlus Partner Agreement signed
• June - VOSS launches new-look website.
• June - VOSS wins prestigious Global Telecom Business award for DU project
• July - FlexITy (Canada) awards contract with VOSS
• August - Ipitomi signs 2nd stage project with VOSS. Enventis successfully accepts delivery of their VOSS platform
• September - Cisco signs North American and European expansion project with VOSS for BT
• October - New VOSS Solution branding and website goes live
• November - VOSS wins major US service provider account
• December - VOSS launches VOSS 7.1
• December - VOSS selected to participate in Cisco Multiplicity (HCS) program

2008

• January - VisionOSS announces launch of VOSS-USM
• February - VisionOSS announces the launch of USM Enterprise - standalone UCM management
• March - VON Magazine selects VisionOSS for Inaugural Innovators award. VisionOSS receives PO from Dubai Service Provider
• April - UC Magazine selects VisionOSS for Product of the Year 2008. VisionOSS receives PO from UK Service Provider
• May - VisionOSS speaks at IDC Unified Communications Summit in New York. VisionOSS releases Cisco 6.1 UCM Driver
• June - VisionOSS receives PO from Cisco for large North American Enterprise Communications Solutions awards VisionOSS Product of the Year
• July - VisionOSS signs North American reseller agreement with Cisco Advanced Services. VisionOSS secures Letter of Intent from Enventis. UK Bank completes 2,500 branch rollout in record time
• August - Cisco completes major Nortel replacement at leading US retailer, utilizing VOSS-USM. BT goes live with VOSS-USM platform
• September - Cisco announces selection of VOSS for their Singularity Solution.
• September - VOSS announces Series B capital raising of US$12million.
• October - VOSS opens its Cape Town office and builds Centre of Excellence in South Africa.
• November - Internet Telephony magazine selects VOSS for its 2008 Excellence Award
• December - VOSS announces two versions of USM: USM SP (Service Provider) and USM EE (Enterprise Edition)
   

2007

• January - VisionOSS demonstrates BVSM at Networkers Europe on BT stand
• February - VisionOSS secures order with major European PTT
• March - BVSM 3.1.6 released. BVSM portal released to IBM/Regus
• April - 2nd Round of Cisco TAC training completed. Formal Cisco TAC support available for Cisco Hosted UCS
• May - BVSM 3.1.7 beta released. Partnership with INX signed
• June - BVSM support for data services launched
• July - WANA (Morocco) selects VisionOSS. Partnership with FlexITy Canada signed
• August - BVSM 3.1.7 released. PO received from FlexITy for reference platform
• September - UK bank rollout hits 20 sites per week. PO received from USA's largest retailer
• October - UK bank rollout hits 60 sites per week.
• October - ACBB-BITS (NJ, USA) signs contract with VisionOSS
• November - BVSM 3.1.8 beta released. Production PO received from major European PTT
• December - Vision releases beta USM-Enterprise product.
• December - Order management product released

2006

• January - Mike Frayne joins VisionOSS as CEO
• February - PO received from Nexus Telecom (UK Service Provider). VisionOSS demonstrates BVSM at Spring VON in San Jose
• March - BVSM white paper released
• April - VisionOSS closes first USA deal with IBM USA for large serviced office company
• May - VisionOSS demonstrates BVSM at VON Europe in Stockholm
• June - PO received from Qatar Telecom to upgrade BVSM licence
• July - BVSM 3.1.5 released. Adrian Andrews joins VisionOSS as CFO
• August - VisionOSS incorporated in USA. VisionOSS opens US office in Santa Clara CA
• September - Cisco TAC training completed. VisionOSS opens 2nd US office in Herndon VA
• October - VisionOSS closes deal with KMD Denmar
• November - Partnership with IPUnity expanded. Partnership with Netwise expanded
• December - ROI white paper for Cisco Hosted UCS released

2005

• January - IBM technical approval for selection of Cisco Hosted UCS for large UK retail bank
• February - BVSM v3.0 enterprise edition released for testing at Cisco NSITE labs for IBM/UK Bank deployment
• March - Order for AsiaPac reference platform received from Cisco
• April - Services contract for IBM/UK bank agreed and signed. AsiaPac reference platform delivered to Cisco Sydney
• May - IBM PO received for initial Services SOW for large UK retail bank. Cisco PO received for two large-scale BVSM-VOSSManager reference platforms
• June - IBM PO received for BVSM licence and delivery services. PO received from Qatar Telecom
• August - Cooperation and developer’s license agreement signed with Cisco. BVSM 3.1.0 released
• September - NueTel Bahrain PO received for pre-ordered hardware. VisionOSS demonstrates BVSM at Cisco Networkers in Australia
• October - VisionOSS website launched. PO received from DT/T-Systems Business Services to deliver a BVSM reference platform
• November - QTel production platform accepted and live customers connected. VisionOSS demonstrates BVSM at Cisco Networkers in Cannes
• December - BVSM Vs 3.1.4 released

2004

• January - First support & consulting agreement with Cisco EMEA
• February - VOSSManager successfully launched at CeBIT with Cisco
• March - Proposition for Cisco bridgehead accounts and active marketing
• April - Support agreement signed with Netwise AB (Leading Cisco switchboard partner). VOSSManager OSS platform appliance - alpha release
• May - Deutsche Telekom commercial trial agreement signed
• June - Second release of VOSSManager OSS platform appliance (high availability version ready for DT trial)
• July - Deutsche Telekom “Netztest” platform delivered successfully
• August - Cisco Business Unit (Voice Technology Group) alignment achieved. First mobile Hosted IP telephony reference platform sold to Cisco
• October - Completion of Cisco Hosted UCS Phase 1 testing at Cisco NSITE Reading
• November - First BVSM training workshop delivered to Cisco team from AsiaPac
• December - BVSM v3.0 code formally released to NSITE for testing. VisionOSS accepted as official Cisco Development Partner

2003

• March - UK company incorporated on 19th March 2003
• July - First solution demonstration (to BT & Dubai Internet City)
• October - Cisco EMEA voice engineering & NSITE lab alignment
• December - Cisco “Glasslake” reference architecture built  (Phase 1)