6 Emerging VoIP Vendors

1. Allworx

Solution providers looking for an edge in the VoIP space don't have to slavishly follow the crowd to the established players. The 2008 CRN Emerging Vendor list includes six VoIP vendors on the rise, with the entrepreneurial spirit to help solution providers please customers and improve the bottom line.

Product Line: Allworx develops phone and network systems for small and medium-sized businesses (up to 150 users per site).

Featured Product (pictured): Allworx communications systems

Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 partners to 500 partners

Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider [read more]

2. Broadvox

Product Line: Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking converges voice and data over a single IP circuit.

Featured Product (pictured): Broadvox IGO! SIP Trunk

Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 partners to 500 partners

Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider [read more]

3. Digium

Product Line: Switchvox SMB is a full-featured, easy-to-use IP PBX solution for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Featured Product (pictured): Switchvox AA60

Channel Recruitment Goal: More than 500 partners

Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider [read more]

4. Talkswitch

Product Line: TalkSwitch hybrid systems combine the capabilities of PBX, IP PBX and Key phone systems.

Featured Product (pictured): TalkSwitch phone system

Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 partners to 500 partners

Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider [read more]

5. VarPhonex

Product Line: VarPhonex provides tools and features for VARs to sell the private label VoIP service under their own brand names.

Featured Product (pictured): Create-A-Plan, a Web-based tool that allows resellers to design their own product with product name, selling price, and terminating rates.

Channel Recruitment Goal: Focusing on quality over quantity.

Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider [read more]

6. Vocera Communications

Product Line: Provides lightweight, voice-controlled communication devices that allow users to converse over a wireless LAN (802.11b/g).

Featured Product (pictured): Vocera "badge"

Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or less

Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused Solution Provider Focused on Healthcare [read more]