Giving From Home: Florida Institute of Technology Takes Fundraising Remote with 8x8
March 26 2020 - 7:15AM
Business Wire
Office of Development Replaces Multiple
Applications with Integrated 8x8 Cloud Communications Solution to
Enhance Engagement with Alumni, Students, Parents and Friends of
University
8x8, Inc. (NYSE:EGHT), a leading integrated
cloud communications platform, today announced Florida Institute of
Technology’s Office of Development is now using the 8x8 X Series
cloud communications solution to enable staff and students to
safely work remotely while continuing to educate donors about the
opportunities and priorities of the university.
The Office of Development is responsible for fostering rich and
meaningful relationships with all constituencies to advance student
success, research, and programs that will change the world. The
department used multiple communication applications that were time
consuming and expensive to administer. The Office of Development
needed one integrated video-rich communications solution that
worked seamlessly with Sococo, an online workplace for distributed
teams, and allowed employees working from home to remain
collaborative and productive with no impact on donor
engagement.
“Our mission is to engage all of our philanthropic constituents
in ways that are meaningful and impactful, and we continually seek
to maintain communication and accountability to our donors,” said
Gary Grant, Senior Vice President for Development at Florida
Institute of Technology. “Given the current public health
situation, our top priority was ensuring safe interactions between
staff, alumni, students, parents and friends of the University. 8x8
helped us get up and running quickly using 8x8 Virtual Office
desktop and mobile applications, enhancing our agility and
resiliency to collaborate and meet on the fly from anywhere, on any
device.”
The Office of Development’s rapid deployment of 8x8 allowed the
department to replace all of their disparate systems with one
integrated cloud communications solution for voice, chat, video
meetings and advanced analytics built on an open, modern cloud
technology platform. This increased team collaboration and donor
engagement while drastically reduced administrative overhead. 8x8
Video Meetings was also embedded into their Sococo virtual reality
online workplace, enabling instant connection and collaboration
with team members by just clicking on an avatar to start a video
meeting.
“As a proud alum of Florida Tech, departments like the Office of
Development play a critical role in helping institutions of higher
learning stay nimble, efficient and well-funded to ensure students
continue to receive a high quality, affordable education,” said Vik
Verma, Chief Executive Officer at 8x8, Inc. “The power of 8x8's
single-stack technology platform, with integrated voice, chat,
video and contact center, is driving significant value and results
for businesses and organizations around the globe. It is especially
pleasing to see how it is helping my alma mater enhance engagement
with alumni, parents and students at this critical time.
Additionally, students and parents everywhere are using our free
video conferencing solution for their personal use as well."
More than 4 Million Video Meetings Monthly Active Users
Globally; 500,000 Increase in Last 24 Hours
8x8 X Series meets the needs of businesses with a mobile and
remote workforce by providing a highly reliable and resilient
solution across desktop and mobile devices for voice, video
conferencing, chat, contact center, APIs and advanced analytics.
This allows companies to rapidly unify a distributed workforce and
enable flexible workstyles. 8x8 X Series includes 8x8 Video
Meetings, which is also available as a free, unlimited standalone
version at https://8x8.vc, and provides international dial-in
numbers in more than 55 countries. 8x8 Video Meetings is optimized
for use with the WebRTC standard which enables attendees to
instantly join meetings without any downloads or plugins.
8x8 has experienced a significant increase in usage across its
video meetings solutions with monthly active users growing globally
to now more than 4 million. For the latest 8x8 Video Meetings usage
statistics, user stories and social posts updated daily, visit
https://www.8x8.com/live.
Learn more about the many ways to give to the Florida Institute
of Technology at: https://www.fit.edu/giving/ways-to-give/
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT) is transforming the future of business
communications as a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of
voice, video, chat, contact center, and enterprise-class API
solutions powered by one global cloud communications platform. 8x8
empowers workforces worldwide to connect individuals and teams so
they can collaborate faster and work smarter. Real-time business
analytics and intelligence provide businesses unique insights
across all interactions and channels so they can delight
end-customers and accelerate their business. For additional
information, visit www.8x8.com, or follow 8x8 on LinkedIn, Twitter
and Facebook.
8x8® and 8x8 X Series™ are trademarks of 8x8, Inc.
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