Media Coverage

Telecom Reseller

September 22nd, 2020

Telecom Reseller Podcast: Phonism Selected by Ribbon for Cloud Management of Desk Phones and More

Steve Lazaridis, CEO and Founder, Phonism and John Macario, SVP Channel Marketing of Ribbon on Telecom Reseller Podcast “With EdgeView and Ribbon strategy around managing the edge, Phonism made really good sense to build an integration tool where extending the capability beyond the SBC to allow management all the way to the end point …” said Lazaridis. Lazaridis and Macario see the new relationship as much more than a step ahead. The addition of Phonism enhances EdgeView’s capabilities to remotely configure, monitor, and update a wide range of IP endpoints in the cloud. “1 + 1 = 3,” says Macario, who sees big wins for everyone from the end user up through the channel.

Florida Venture Sourcing

September 10th, 2020

National telecom firm partners with Tampa tech company Phonism

Ribbon Communications has partnered with Phonism, a Tampa technology startup, on an initiative designed to make it easier for companies to manage desk phones and other internet protocol devices.

Dark Reading

September 10th, 2020

Phonism Selected by Ribbon for Cloud Management of Desk Phones and More

Phonism now integrated into EdgeView’s Service Control Center, provisioning and managing any SIP device, including ATAs, Desk phones, Video, or Conference devices, is simplified.

Phoneweek

September 10th, 2020

Phonism Selected by Ribbon for Cloud Management of Desk Phones and More

Phonism now integrated into EdgeView’s Service Control Center, provisioning and managing any SIP device, including ATAs, Desk phones, Video, or Conference devices, is simplified.

Tampa Bay Business Journal

September 10th, 2020

Tampa tech startup partners with MA-based publicly traded company

Phonism, which provides cloud-based device management in the communications industry, announced the deal with Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ: RBBN) Thursday morning.

Telecom Reseller

September 10th, 2020

Phonism Selected by Ribbon for Cloud Management of Desk Phones and More

Phonism’s IP device management solutions are now available to Ribbon’s enterprise and service provider users of EdgeView. The addition of Phonism enhances EdgeView’s capabilities to remotely configure, monitor, and update a wide range of IP endpoints in the cloud.

Channel Vision Magazine

September 10th, 2020

Phonism Selected by Ribbon for Cloud Management of Desk Phones and More

With Phonism now integrated into EdgeView’s service control center, provisioning and managing any SIP device, including ATAs, desk phones, video, or conference devices, is simplified. Phonism eliminates manual provisioning and enables a completely zero-touch support process, and as a result, IT managers and telecom support teams are freed up to focus on high priority activities.

AiThority

September 10th, 2020

Provisioning and Updating of Devices Free up IT Managers to Work on Critical Issues

With the Phonism integration, EdgeView’s strong track record of delivering operations savings now also helps overcome the financial and perceptual barrier of existing hardware and service migration faced during the customer acquisition process.

Politico

July 21st, 2017

The Hedge Fund Fortune Revving Up Tampa’s Tech Scene

Steve Lazaridis founded Phonism to help his brother Niko, an IT director, manage a frustrating phone system. Together, they developed new phone management and monitoring technology.

FundingSage

June 8th, 2017

Business Startup Spotlight: Phonism

We started building Phonism during nights and weekends in 2010, but we really launched in 2015. It all started when my brother, Niko Lazaridis, was deploying VoIP within the company for which he worked. He identified the challenges associated with deploying and managing VoIP. We partnered to build software to solve this.