BlueJeans Network

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BlueJeans Network is a Californian company that specializes in interoperability and cloud-based video communication , thereby connecting users of a wide variety of devices and conference solutions. The company's headquarters are in Mountain View , California .

history

BlueJeans Network was founded by Krish Ramakrishnan and Alagu Periyannan in 2009 after a six-month development phase. Prior to founding Ramakrishnan was as Entrepreneur of Accel Partners and Periyannan as CTO of Blue Coat Systems as well as a former executive at Apple Inc operates.

BlueJeans' former chief commercial officer, Stu Aaron, described the company's early stages as an attempt to “make video conferencing as comfortable and convenient as your favorite jeans.” With Ramakrishnan as CEO, BlueJeans raised $ 23.5 million in equity from Accel Partners , NEA and Norwest Venture Partners for to win and launch BlueJeans on June 29, 2011.

After the launch, Channel Insider wrote that “BlueJeans enables companies and individuals to not only use company-oriented products such as Cisco Systems and Polycom, but also various video communication technologies and customer-oriented offers, for example from Google, without the need for new infrastructures or protocols are necessary. Basically, BlueJeans uses the cloud and thus creates a meeting environment in which users of all products can visually communicate and interact with one another. "

The company's goal was to provide video communications not only for large businesses, but also to include smaller businesses and freelancers. Within the first 75 days, the number of users rose to 4,000 out of a total of 500 companies. After the market launch, Deutsche Telekom became the first major sales partner. The goal of both companies was to develop a “scalable, interoperable video conferencing service by the end of the year.” In 2011 and 2012, additional sales partners were added: Intercall, iVCI, York Telecom and AVI / SPL. BlueJeans have been used by more than 300,000 people worldwide. In 2013, BlueJeans Network expanded its user base to include the UK and Australia. In November 2013, Ari Levy ( Business Week) wrote that "BlueJeans has raised over $ 100 million in venture capital and will record an estimated 1 billion conference minutes in 2014, which is 10 times that year."

Video communication

BlueJeans offers an interoperable, cloud-based video communication service that connects users of various devices, platforms and conference programs. Every BlueJeans user has an individual “conference room” in the BlueJeans Cloud, in which he can plan and hold conferences. BlueJeans thus combines business conference services such as Cisco, Microsoft Lync, Lifesize and Polycom with end-consumer services such as Google . According to Information Week, “BlueJeans is best known for bridging room-based video conferences to end customer solutions such as Google Talk. The goal of BlueJeans is to make video conferencing just as simple as audio conferencing. ”This service can be provided directly via BlueJeans Network or via one of the partner companies. BlueJeans Network has been supporting InterCall's video conferencing service since 2012.

CRN described BlueJeans' product as "endpoint agnostic" because it is non-discriminatory and compatible with all video calling software and technology, including smartphones. This also enables bridging between video conference service providers who operate without a room system, regardless of which terminal device or service is used.

Telecompaper wrote in 2012 that the “interoperable video conferencing service provider BlueJeans Network is providing a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) which offers customers the option of participating in multi-way video conferences in the cloud. This offer enables a variable number of simultaneous connections (so-called "virtual ports") to be permitted by BlueJeans. "

Fortune's Michal Lev-Ram wrote that “The company is largely an extension - not a threat - to existing video conferencing providers. Whichever provider ultimately comes out on top, there is no question that interoperability is inevitable in the video conferencing industry, much like text messaging is for cell phones. The more benefits business customers can get from their video conferencing systems, the more they will invest in them. ”In contrast, Ari Levy reported in 2013 that BlueJeans Network and similar services, thanks to their great flexibility and market presence at smaller companies, are more room-based Hardware system developers decrease. In the same year, BlueJeans Network and Salesforce.com entered into a partnership, which enabled all Salesforce customers to use the “Chatter” tool to communicate via video through BlueJeans. According to Forbes , "BlueJeans provides real-time presentation, document and video sharing for Salesforce customers." BlueJeans' customers include Facebook , Foursquare and MIT .

Prizes and awards

In 2012 Frost & Sullivan presented their “Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award” to BlueJeans. The Wall Street Journal named BlueJeans runner-up in the software category of its 2012 Innovation Awards.  In addition, Telecom Council presented BlueJeans with the Graham Bell Award for "Best Communication Solutions" during the annual SPIFFY Awards in September 2012. In November 2012, University Business recognized BlueJeans with its first Annual Readers' Choice Award in the "Video Conferencing Services" category. In 2012, CRN named BlueJeans as one of the top 25 coolest emerging vendors; Gartner also mentioned BlueJeans in its "Cool Vendors Report" 2012.

In 2013, CRN positioned BlueJeans in sixth place in the top ten startups. Also in 2013, BlueJeans was ranked third among the top ten cloud startups of the year, and Business Insider placed BlueJeans among the 21 top cloud startups.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c Klint Finley: Blue Jeans Network Brings Its Video Conferencing Software To Salesforce.com. Techcrunch, September 10, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Kim-Mai Cutler: Blue Jeans CEO Looks To Beat His Two-Time Acquirer Cisco With Low-Cost Video Conferencing. Techcrunch, March 21, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Kim-Mai Cutler: Blue Jeans Puts Another $ 25M In Its Pocket To Attack Video Conferencing Giants. Techcrunch, June 27, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e The 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors For 2012. CRN, August 27, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c Lauren Williams: 1st Annual Readers' Choice Awards. University Business, November 29, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
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  8. ↑ a b c Amy Grabein: Blue Jeans Network Named to Gartner's Cool Vendors Report for 2012. BlueJeans Network, May 4, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Chad Berndtson: Cloud Video Startup Blue Jeans Network Taps First VAR Partner. CRN, August 9, 2011, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  10. ↑ a b DeTe partners with Blue Jeans Network for videoconferencing. telecompaper, June 30, 2011, accessed June 30, 2017 (English).
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  12. ↑ Blue Jeans Tackles Video Conferencing Interoperability. Channel Insider, July 5, 2011, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  13. ↑ a b Blue Jeans Network Launches Any (ware) Video Conferencing. BusinessWire, June 29, 2011, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Deutsche Telekom gets down to business with cloud-based videoconferencing solution from Blue Jeans Network. Deutsche Telekom, June 30, 2011, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Tim Smith: Blue Jeans Network Celebrates Momentous First Year for Its Video Conferencing Service With New Funding and New Breakthrough Functionality. (No longer available online.) BlueJeans Network, June 27, 2012, archived from the original on August 18, 2017 ; accessed on June 30, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bluejeans.com
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  21. ↑ David F. Carr: InterCall Partnership Boosts Blue Jeans' video conferencing. InformationWeek, April 16, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  22. ^ Edward F. Moltzen: Review: Blue Jeans: Video In The Cloud. CRN, January 17, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Blue Jeans Network launches cloud-based MCU. telecompaper, March 23, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 (English).
  24. ↑ Ben Kepes: Salesforce Picks BlueJeans For First Video Integration. But It's Complicated. Forbes Magazine, November 18, 2013, accessed June 30, 2017 .
  25. ↑ Fifth Annual Telecom Council spiffy Award Winners Announced. WebWire, September 12, 2012, accessed June 30, 2017 .
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