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These 2 Tech Stocks Could Benefit From The January Effect
Friday, November 28, 2014 - 10:31am | 535Sean Udall thinks that the January effect is one of the most profound seasonal impacts of trading and investing. Udall is the CIO of Quantam Trading Strategies and the author of the TechStrat Report. He recently joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to talking about what he’ll be...
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RingCentral Goes Down, Raising Questions About its Stability
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 1:31pm | 287Is the cloud-based phone service worth the trouble of enduring one major outage a year? Benzinga uses RingCentral. In 2011, on our company's most important day of the year, the service went down, effectively terminating our ability to make or receive calls with our office phones. It was awful, to...
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After Raising $10 Million From Investors, Is RingCentral Ready For Its IPO?
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 2:01pm | 407Before answering, you might want to hear from someone that uses the service. Namely, Benzinga. We use RingCentral, and on the day we announced that Benzinga had received a $1.5 million investment from the founders of Groupon, the service went down. RingCentral attempted to make things right by...
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RingCentral is Restored, But We're Left Wondering: Can we Really Depend on Voice over IP?
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 4:22pm | 316Earlier today, RingCentral (a virtual phone service with plans for small businesses) went down, creating huge problems for businesses that rely on the company's services. Benzinga is one such company. We use RingCentral as our main office line. After restoring the service, the company agreed to...
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Small Businesses Feel the Pain as RingCentral Goes Down
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 8:49am | 131RingCentral, a virtual phone service with plans for small businesses, is down this morning, causing headaches for many businesses across the country. This development comes as both consumers and businesses struggle to communicate without Skype, which is down this morning as well. Benzinga is...