Google for Work integrates RingCentral to create comms hub

RingCentral, a provider of cloud business communications, says RingCentral Office is now available with the Google for Work suite, which includes Gmail and Google Docs.

RingCentral Office turns Google for Work into a business communications hub enabling users to communicate and collaborate in real-time – without ever leaving Gmail. RingCentral Office strengthens Google’s existing communications offerings by giving users access to a wide range of voice, text, fax and web meeting capabilities.

Users can click-to-call, send and receive SMS text messages, host web meetings and video and audio conferences with up to 1,000 people – all within the Google for Work environment.

“Cloud communication solutions are fundamentally changing the way we work, by allowing enterprises to be flexible and more responsive to their customers,” said Tony Sheets of Umzuzu, a Certified Google Apps Deployment and RingCentral VAR Partner. “With RingCentral for Google, we can now offer our customers a complete solution to meet their needs.”

Richard Borenstein, SVP of business development at RingCentral, said: “We are forming relationships with the leading cloud-based software companies who are also striving to bring greater value to business customers and power advances in the way they operate and succeed.”

Michael Lydon, VP of technology operations at Lynda.com, a customer of RingCentral, said: “We needed a solution that would allow us to seamlessly integrate our entire workforce. Google for Work with RingCentral helps us provide an efficient communications solution for all of our offices across the US and the UK, and additionally our remote workforce can stay connected when they are travelling.”