RingCentral Expands Distribution of Cloud Communications with Leading Global Distributor Tech Data

Belmont, Calif.—May 13, 2015 — RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG), a leading provider of cloud business communications solutions, and Tech Data Corporation, one of the world’s largest distributors of IT products and services, today announced a new agreement to enable Tech Data’s channel of solution providers in the U.S. to sell RingCentral’s cloud communications solution to business customers. RingCentral’s offering is available through Tech Data’s award-winning StreamOne Solutions Store.   

“Partnering with Tech Data signals an exciting milestone for RingCentral and will help broaden the adoption of our services,” said Ryan Azus, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at RingCentral. “In today’s business environment, it can be a challenge to keep employees connected across so many devices and multiple geographic locations. Our solution addresses these with a robust, mobile centric cloud communications solution. This partnership with Tech Data will help companies transform their business communications and significantly enhance Tech Data’s growing cloud business offerings.”

RingCentral Office is a complete cloud business phone system that’s designed for today’s mobile and dispersed workforces. It provides a next generation solution alternative to complex, on-premise legacy phone systems. RingCentral Office keeps employees connected to customers and colleagues wherever they are, on a variety of business and personal devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers and desk phones. RingCentral Office is simple to activate and manage, and can easily scale as a company grows. For businesses that want to integrate their cloud communications solution with other business applications in their environment, RingCentral offers a comprehensive set of application program interfaces (APIs) that enable custom integrations and enhanced workflows. In addition, RingCentral seamlessly integrates with other leading cloud-based business applications such as Salesforce, Google, Box, Zendesk and Dropbox.

“There’s a large global market opportunity in cloud communications. As the number of devices expand, businesses continue to need ways to make communications a seamless, secure and reliable experience,” said Stacey Nethercoat, Vice President of Product Marketing, TDCloud at Tech Data. “Tech Data’s TDCloud program gives providers like RingCentral a powerful way to boost their channel distribution and effectively go-to-market to reach business customers. We’re pleased to team with RingCentral and provide our resellers the opportunity to tap into the growing market opportunity and deliver one of the most innovative, feature-rich Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solutions available.” 

Tech Data's TDCloud business unit is a team of cloud experts dedicated to supporting its channel of solution providers through education, enablement, and adoption of cloud and subscription-based services. TDCloud is powered by Tech Data's StreamOne platform, an automated buying, selling, provisioning and billing system for cloud and subscription-based services technology that scales business and operational scope.

RingCentral’s Channel Program enables partners to rapidly expand into the cloud communications market—the cloud proposition is simple to understand and requires minimum technical training. With a world-class cloud platform, free training, support, and instant activation, RingCentral partners can close deals quickly and accelerate their revenue growth. 

To speak with Tech Data’s TDCloud team about RIngCentral solutions, call (800) 237-8931, ext. 87663 or email [email protected]. For more information on RingCentral’s Partner Program, visit: //www.ringcentral.com/partner/overview.html.

About RingCentral

RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of cloud-based business communications solutions. Easier to manage and more flexible than on-premise communications systems, RingCentral’s cloud solution meets the needs of modern distributed and mobile workforces, while eliminating the expense and complications of legacy hardware-based PBX systems. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, Calif. RingCentral. The RingCentral logo and RingCentral Office are trademarks of RingCentral, Inc.

About Tech Data

Tech Data Corporation is one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors of technology products, services and solutions. Its advanced logistics capabilities and value added services enable 115,000 resellers to efficiently and cost effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users in more than 100 countries. Tech Data generated $27.7 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. It is ranked No. 111 on the Fortune 500® and one of Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies.”  To learn more, visit www.techdata.com, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.