Also known as IIT, 8x8 Inc., Integrated Information Technology
8x8, Inc. is an American provider of cloud communications and customer experience software for businesses. The company offers unified communications, contact center, and communications platform as a service (CPaaS) delivered via a cloud-based architecture. 8x8 is headquartered in Campbell, California. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol EGHT, and the company is led by Samuel Wilson.
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EGHT- Industry
- Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Fiscal year end
- Mar 31
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- www.8x8.com
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- inception
- 1987-00-00
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- 7910
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8x8, Inc. is an American provider of cloud communications and customer experience software for businesses. The company offers unified communications, contact center, and communications platform as a service (CPaaS) delivered via a cloud-based architecture. 8x8 is headquartered in Campbell, California. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol EGHT, and the company is led by Samuel Wilson.
==History== The company was founded in 1987 by Chi-Shin Wang and Y. W. Sing, formerly of Weitek, as Integrated Information Technology, Inc., or IIT. The name was changed to 8x8 in 1996. According to the company, IIT began as an integrated circuit designer. The company produced math coprocessors for x86 microprocessors, as well as Graphics accelerator cards for the personal computer market during the late 1980s. The company later changed its name to 8x8, and began producing products for the videoconferencing market.