Thinking Phone Networks announces that leading industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has included the Company among the top cloud VoIP service providers in its 2011 “Competitive Landscape: Cloud-based VoIP Providers, North America” report, published July 7, 2011.

“As Gartner mentions, the cloud VoIP market is evolving, with an increasing number of enterprises looking to cloud communications to avoid capital expenditures, reduce technology risk, lower ongoing costs, and streamline business processes,” said Steve Kokinos, Thinking Phone Networks president & CEO. “Thinking Phone Networks is proud to be among the leading cloud communications providers in this key growth market.”

Gartner’s 2011 “Competitive Landscape: Cloud-based VoIP Providers, North America” report reviewed an estimated 100 cloud VoIP service providers. In the report, Gartner analyst Daniel O’Connell states, “The 2008 to 2010 economic downturn has further fueled users' interest in VoIP, as businesses have fewer IT capital resources. This Competitive Landscape focuses on cloud VoIP because many organizations express a clear-cut goal of not having to purchase and operate a premises-based IP PBX.”

Thinking Phone Networks’ award-winning ThinkingSuite unified communications services – including voice, video, mobility, analytics, presence/IM, messaging, collaboration, and contact center applications – are available for immediate enterprise deployment.