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Ifbyphone chief talks challenges of growing IT biz in Midwest
ChicagoBusiness.com | February 2, 2010
You can build high-tech companies in Chicago; we did that, and now we’ve acquired a West Coast high-tech company that we’ll integrate it into our Midwest-based organization.
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Call center in the clouds
Ifbyphone makes customer service a more virtual reality
Entrepreneur Magazine | February 2010
We're making call-center telephony web-based, like everything else.
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Ifbyphone Buys Cloud Telephony Provider, Cloudvox
GigaOm.com | January 20, 2010
Ifbyphone, which automates traditional and Internet phone calls through pre-built apps, plans to use the acquisition to enable businesses to leverage their existing Asterisk apps and bring them to scale through Ifbyphone’s infrastructure.
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Ifbyphone buys Cloudvox, lets clients build their own open-source telephony apps
VentureBeat | January 20, 2010
Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro says that Cloudvox will give his company’s customers the low-cost, internet-based telephone services they need to streamline sales and marketing communications.
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A Delivery Service Configures Its Way to Savings
SpeechTechMag.com | January 10, 2010
All told, Ifbyphone’s outbound IVR places about 1,000 automated calls every day to Go Configure customers.
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Is Bandwidth.com the Future of VoIP and Voice?
GigaOm.com | December 15, 2010
So far Bandwidth.com is the back-end network for services like Voxeo, ifbyphone, OnState & Yext, which are using its FlexNet product.
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 | Ifbyphone seeking 'cloud telephony' carrier partners for voice apps play
TelphonyOnline.com | November 19, 2009
Fast-growing company says it has the SMB apps platform, service providers need only 'bring your own transport' to launch instant voice 2.0 offering
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 | Man Cannot Live By PPC Alone. Can He?
SearchEngineLand.com | October 29, 2009
Call tracking numbers can provide a very useful means for measuring the effectiveness of ads.
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 | Automating Phone Calls: Interview With Irv Shapiro, CEO of Ifbyphone
VoIP.Biz-News.com | October 13, 2009 Ifbyphone allows small to medium sized businesses to do the things with the telephone that very large businesses routinely do. >Read Entire Story |
 | It's not just customer service Ifbyphone helps businesses with, they can help save some bucks too
StartupMeme.com | August, 18 2009 Sounds pretty nice as Ifbyphone's platform has been leveraged to its maximum potential and small businesses can really fare better on saving cash.
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 | Ifbyphone, a compelling Web-based telephony solution
NetworkWorld.com | July, 14 2009 For any company looking for a flexible, scalable, more or less turnkey telephony solution Ifbyphone is a compelling and cost-effective option . . . >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone Introduces Hosted "Cloud" Call Center
Focus.com | June, 29 2009 Hosted call centers offer a good solution for many SMBs dealing with high volumes of sales or service calls . . . >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone Intros Cloud Telephony Services Providing Advanced Services to SMBs
TMCnet.com | May 18, 2009 Through the program, all carriers - including CLECs, ILECs, hosted PBX companies, and cable multi-system operators (MSOs) - can now connect to Ifbyphone and expand their service offerings . . . >Read Entire Story |
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Ifbyphone gets first carrier customer for SIP applications offering
FierceVoIP | May 18, 2009
Ifbyphone offers a tremendous set of telephone automation services that are easy for SMB customers to deploy and use, and they offered us a flexible pricing model that was very attractive.
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Ifbyphone to Sell Advanced Hosted Services Through Carriers
VoIP-News.com | April 23, 2009
Buying Ifbyphone's services through carriers will also help SMBs in at least one way: They will have a one-stop shop for all their telephony needs, from transport to advanced call-handling capabilities.
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Ifbyphone offers carriers value-add services via SIP trunking
FierceVoIP | April 19, 2009
As transport prices continue to collapse, CLECs and regional telcos and hosted providers need applications to add value.
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 | Ifbyphone to receive $4.6 million infusion
Chicago Tribune | November 17, 2008 Ifbyphone, launched in 2005, has introduced several products in recent months. >Read Entire Story |
| Skokie telecom startup collects $4.6M in VC funding
Crain's Chicago | November 17, 2008 A Skokie startup landed $4.6 million in its second round of venture capital funding to expand its Web-enabled phone product. >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone raises $4.6 mil
Chicago Sun-Times | November 17, 2008 "When you're going into a recessionary economy, you're a good investment when you offer companies the ability to save money." >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone, Top VoIP Company 2008: FierceVoIP, Fierce 15
FierceVoIP | November 5, 2008 FierceVoIP announces Ifbyphone as one of the top 15 VoIP companies in 2008. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone, Top VoIP Company 2008: FierceVoIP, Fierce 15
FierceVoIP | November 5, 2008 FierceVoIP announces Ifbyphone as one of the top 15 VoIP companies in 2008. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone Mashes Up With Google Analytics
Telephony Online | October 23, 2008 This time around, Ifbyphone addresses one of the key challenges of interactive marketing. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone Mashes Call Data To Google Analytics
FierceVoIP | October 13, 2008 In the latest "Gee, that's cool" Voice 2.0 mashup . . . Ifbyphone has created a mashup to integrate direct response call data with web advertising info from Google Analytics. >Read Entire Story |
 | Google Analytics: Track Phone Calls
Website Magazine | October 13, 2008 Telephone application platform company Ifbyphone made a whopper of an announcement today. >Read Entire Story |
 | Simple and Brilliant
Thomas Howe's Blog | October 13, 2008 Today, Ifbyphone hits it out of the park with a simple and brilliant voice mashup solution. >Read Entire Story |
 | Web 2.0: Ifbyphone Makes Phone Mashups As Easy As A Web Page
InformationWeek | September 17, 2008 So far the award for Single Coolest Thing Done With Open Source at the Web 2.0 show has to go to Ifbyphone. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone Launches New Conference Calling Interface For SMBs
TMCnet.com | September 16, 2008 Smart Conference Calling features an application programming interface (API) that allows Web Developers to integrate "smart" conference calling capabilities instantly to Web sites . . . >Read Entire Story |
| Conference Calling API
Website Magazine | September 15, 2008 This solution sounds like it will be especially useful for small businesses, especially franchises, associations and other membership organizations that need to initiate conference calls spontaneously for quick consultations. >Read Entire Story |
| You, too, can have a call center
Chicago Sun-Times | August 31, 2008 Its software applications let small businesses set up virtual call centers and make "live" contact with potential customers without having to hire technicians and phone operators. >Read Entire Story |
| Platform Play Updates - Solid Proof Points for Service Providers
TMCnet.com | August 15, 2008 They have continued to evolve by releasing new applications and enhancing their back office infrastructure . . . >Read Entire Story |
 | The World of Virtual Telephone Services: Next - Virtual Call Centers
smallbiztechnology.com | August 9, 2008 What's neat about ifbyphone's service is that, once you set it up, you can have a call center, just like your bigger competitors . . . >Read Entire Story |
 | Targeting Click-to-Call
MediaPost.com | August 6, 2008 Click-to-call has long been touted for its promise of bringing together the targeting efficiencies of online and the familiarity of traditional phone customer service. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone Adds Web-Based Store Locator to IVR-Capable Suite
TMCnet.com | August 6, 2008 These applications help any size businesses convert telephone calls into increased sales. >Read Entire Story |
| Skokie Telecom Hopes To Create Buzz With Phone Solutions
Chicago Sun-Times | July 29, 2008 Ifbyphone is giving marketers and small businesses a fast, cheap, Web-based way to set up a virtual call center . . . >Read Entire Story |
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| Ifbyphone and JumpForward to Help H.S. Athletes and NCAA Recruiters
TMCnet.com | June 25, 2008 It's truly innovative, transforming a simple phone call and wrapping an intelligent recruiting application around it . . . >Read Entire Story |
 | Web-based leads, telephone-based conversation: How SMBs can level the marketing playing field
DMNews.com | June 11, 2008 By integrating their Web sites with easily configured telephone applications, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) can increase lead conversion and close more business. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone Brings its telephone platform natively to the iPhone
VentureBeat | June 9, 2008 Rivals such as Phonevite, Ribbit, Voicestar and even GrandCentral offer some of the same services that Ifbyphone does, but none have put together the entire suite that the company offers in terms of services. >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone Promises IPhone-based 'Voice Broadcast'
PCWorld | June 2, 2008 Ifbyphone has also announced the release of a new Voice Broadcast Application Programming Interface (API) that developers can use to integrate voice broadcast messaging into their own software. >Read Entire Story |
| YouTube founder: Why I Left
Chicago Sun-Times | June 2, 2008 The real differentiation is around service, and there is no better way to provide a service to your customer than to find a way to talk to them. >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone promises iPhone-based 'voice broadcast'
MacWorld | June 2,2008 Applications for Ifbyphone’s Voice Broadcast technology include traveling managers who need to send a voice memo out to their staff while being away, or for parents who want to reach the entire family all at once. >Read Entire Story |
 | Popcorn retailer finds ingredients to success'
San Antonio Business Journal | May 29,2008 Ifbyphone's virtual receptionist helped to ease the pressure on in-person customer service and gave call-in customers, both existing and prospective, more information . . . >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone Continues to Impress
SmithOnVoip.com | May 12,2008 In a nutshell, they have created an extremely easy to use and cost effective platform for “the rest of us” to create simple Click-to-Call links on Web pages and e-mail to sophisticated call-routing and interactive-marketing solutions-transforming telephones into powerful tools to increase leads, improve sales and enhance customer experience. >Read Entire Story |
 | Ifbyphone Launches Free Calling On Facebook
SomewhatFrank.com | April 29,2008 Now you can make free calls to your friends from your Facebook profile thanks to IfbyPhone, a Chicago-based telephone application platform company that has created Phone-Me-Now. >Read Entire Story |
| Ifbyphone Offers Simplified Click-to-be-Called Service
Voip-News.com | December 4, 2007 Additionally, Ifbyphone can do all sorts of things with calls once they're connected. It can intelligently route them . . . It can send them to automated-response systems . . . It can accept callers' responses by touch tones, voice recognition or recording, and it can send those responses to the company by email. Ifbyphone also provides message broadcasting. >Read Entire Story |
 | New E-mail-By-Phone Features
Inc.com | November 22, 2006 Ifbyphone, a Chicago-based text-to-voice service that provides access to e-mail over the phone, unveiled Wednesday an upgrade that allows users to designate notification times and search for particular e-mail messages by sender, subject, or phrase in the text, the company said. >Read Entire Story |
