Archive for July, 2008

The Ripple Effect: Only the Beginning

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 | located in Platform, Ribbit Mobile | 1 Comment »

Announcing our acquisition by BT brought the expected tsunami of response, which we loved—and it also brought some more subtle and insightful responses from literally around the globe. We really liked watching people jump into the conversation about open telephony, the “talkification” of the web, and the growth of Ribbit’s platform into the international arena.

Blog posts, Twitter updates, and conversations with the media and industry partners—all gave us proof that our community really understands where this Ribbit/BT synergy is leading.

It also showed us, once again, how much value this community will add as we continue to grow.

We’re sharing just a few links below in hopes that you’ll take a look.

UK blogger Jon Moss discovered Ribbit through Twitter yesterday, and after learning about what we do, had a lot to say about Ribbit and Amphibian.

Adobe’s Ryan Stewart stopped by the office and talked with Chuck Freedman about what our news means to the Flash community. We even filmed it; watch it here.





C|Net News responded with three insightful articles; all are worth reading but you can start with Marguerite Reardon’s perspectives on open development. In one of the first commentaries on the acquisition, Mashable had strong thoughts, too.

What about you? What have you heard or thought about the Ribbit/BT partnership, and what would you like us to know? Comment here. We look forward to the conversation.

Don Thorson
VP of Marketing 

Tags: Amphibian, BT, cnet, developer platform, Developers, marguerite reardon, mashable, open development, Ribbit, Voice, voice 2.0

Ribbit + BT. The Future of Communication Starts Today.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 | located in BT, Platform | 2 Comments »

Today we’re sharing the great news that Ribbit has been acquired by BT one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services. This marks the most important day yet in Ribbit’s history. As part of BT will be able to more quickly extend our vision beyond Silicon Valley and bring our products and technology to the entire world. We couldn’t be more excited than to announce this new partnership.

Why would we agree to be acquired so soon after our December, 2007 launch? The answer is easy. In these seven busy months, we’ve learned from our customers and partners that our market opportunities are bigger than we had imagined and that aligning with a large-scale partner was the most direct route to building the Ribbit vision.

BT expressed an early interest in Ribbit and we’ve spent months getting to know one another. The teams at both Ribbit and BT deeply believe that our collaboration will serve our developers, the people who use our products and services, our partners and even the global communications industry. We like the idea of “rethinking communications” with a partner as strategic and visionary as BT. You can read more about that direction here. We will be sharing more details on this partnership, and introducing you to some key people on the BT team, here on this blog in the next few days—so please stay tuned.

Please join in our enthusiasm and excitement for this new partnership, and accept our thanks for the support you have shown to Ribbit so far. Both the Ribbit and BT teams promise to do all in our power to bring you the communications solutions you’ll need and want as this exciting space continues to evolve.

The best is yet to come!

Ted Griggs, Co-Founder and CEO

Tags: British Telecom, BT, communication, Ribbit, ribbit for salesforce, ted griggs, Voice, voip