Ribbit: Working To Make VoIP Fit Anywhere and Everywhere You Want

Want to have VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) inside your webmail service? How about something to go along with your CRM software? Anywhere else? No problem. Ribbit will deliver on all fronts.

That’s the plan, anyhow. Ribbit, a startup in the business of providing a thoroughly adaptable VoIP platform for any and all Web telephony needs – corporate- or consumer-centric – has the desire to become a primary consultant for businesses big and small, as well as the pubic at large, in the realm of IP-based telephony. Whether one is in need of a simple widget to chat it up with far away friends and family via a social network, or a virtual switchboard-like control center to manage countless connections being made all hours of the day, Ribbit wants to be the contact that makes all such magic happen, both inexpensively and unmatched efficiency.

Quite an ambition, no? And dare we say it is one which stands on fairly solid ground to start. Reuters yesterday reported on Ribbit’s recent claim of having already made ties with some 600 “outside developers who are using its technology to create their own voice applications.” The company states that the incentive for clients of various proportions and needs to work with a solution so flexible is great, and because Ribbit’s software is so eminently easy to configure and operate, it makes for something very attractive for those who have up to now worked only with one-size-fits-all systems.

Now, to be entirely realistic for a moment, it should be said that Ribbit has yet to prove its mettle amidst much larger and historically resilient telephony providers and managers. The Ciscos and Verizons and AT&Ts are the mainstays of the industry, and Ribbit should expect to encounter a good bit of skepticism from potential users as to whether it’s software can truly withstand continuous onslaughts of data – particularly data sent to and fro numerous and sometimes vastly different Web services.

That being said, however, the company has so far been fortunate to see a great deal of buzz surround its launch. To complement the statistic presented above of 600 ties made with interested developers, the company revealed that roughly 30 corporations which currently do business via Salesforce.com, the widely publicized CRM software provider, have begun testing the new platform.

No word has been released yet by Ribbit or Salesforce as to whether any testers deem the solution impressive or otherwise. Expect several reviews to soon emerge.