BroadSoft

1998

• Sep 1996 - Mike Tessler and Scott Hoffpauir meet
• Aug 1998 - Mike and Scott get away to Barnes and Noble in Germantown, TN to discuss starting their own company
• Sep 1998 - Company officially started with the name iKnow - scott@iknowinc.com is our first email address
• Nov 1998 - iknow is Incorporated
• Dec 1998 - Initial bridge loan is secured

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1999

• Jan 1999 - Charter restated and name changed to BroadSoft; visited over 60 properties looking for office space
• Feb 1999 - First board meeting held February 1, 1999 at 3:30 PM
• Mar 1999 - Moved into Corporate Offices at 200 Perry Parkway Gaithersburg MD USA, using third-hand cubes in a variety of colors
• Apr 1999 - Secured Series A Funding; Shopped for office furniture
• May 1999 - First product demonstration for Venture Capitalist
• Aug 1999 - BroadSoft unveils advanced architecture for the rapid and cost-effective delivery of enhanced voice services
• Aug 1999 - Official company market introduction
• Nov 1999 - Began the development of BroadWorks

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2000

• Apr 2000 - BroadWorks Application Server Introduced
• Jun 2000 - Expanded service Internationally to Amsterdam & Bangkok
• Jun 2000 - First four product evaluations, including MCI Worldcom
• Aug 2000 - Montreal Development Office Opened
• Aug 2000 - Began partnerships with three infrastructure companies: Cisco, Sonus and TTI (acquired by Sonus)
• Nov 2000 - Deployed first BroadWorks application server platform
• Dec 2000 - Added Media Server to BroadWorks platform

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2001

• Jan 2001 - Won first Product of the Year Award
• Feb 2001 - First customer introduced a BroadWorks powered offer to market
• Mar 2001 - Added Network Server to BroadWorks platform
• Nov 2001 - Completed first international supported release

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2002

• Jan 2002 - Closed Series C Financing - Part 1
• Jan 2002 - Received Product of the Year Award from Leading Industry Magazine, Internet Telephony
• Apr 2002 - BroadSoft Offers Service Providers Unprecedented Outage Protection and Call Resiliency with BroadWorks' Carrier-Class Geographical Redundancy Capabilities
• May 2002 - BroadSoft's BroadWorks named Voice Server 'Product of the Year' by leading industry publication, Network Magazine
• Jun 2002 - BroadSoft Expands to Asia-Pacific with Fujitsu Agreement
• Jun 2002 - Closed contract with first Asia Pacific customer
• Sep 2002 - Closed Series C Financing - Part 2
• Nov 2002 - Introduced Relay Server

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2003

• Jan 2003 - Secured first European customer contract
• Mar 2003 - Reached 25 customers milestone
• Sep 2003 - Awarded First Patent
• Oct 2003 - BroadSoft Hosts Connections 2003 - Industry's First Customer Conference For Hosted Voice
• Oct 2003 - BroadSoft Leads Market with First Fully Integrated Multimedia Conferencing Server with Hosted Voice Platform

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2004

• Jan 2004 - BroadSoft Unveils Residential Broadband Application to Meet Rising Demand for VoIP Services to the Home
• Feb 2004 - Reached 50 customers milestone
• Jun 2004 - Ericsson agreed to integrate BroadSoft's Application Software Technology Into their Multimedia Platform
• Jun 2004 - Supercomm 2004 Announces BroadSoft as SuperQUEST Award Winner
• Aug 2004 - BroadSoft Announces First VoIP Open Client Interface for Both Telecom and Non-telecom Developers
• Sep 2004 - BroadSoft Makes Pulver.com List of Top Companies to Watch
• Oct 2004 - Escalating Growth in Hosted Voice Services Market Doubles Attendance for BroadSoft's Second Annual Connections Conference

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2005

• Feb 2005 - Unveiled Missing Link in Bridging Existing Telecom Infrastructure With Next-Generation VoIP Application
• Mar 2005 - Announced First Available IMS-Compliant VoIP Application Platform
• Mar 2005 - Launched Innovative Mobile PBX Application
• May 2005 - Expanded Global Presence with Customer VoIP Deployments on 6 Continents and 6 New International Offices
• May 2005 - Reached 100 customer milestone and 900K lines shipped
• Aug 2005 - Made Light Reading Top 10 Private Companies List of Hottest IPO or Acquisition Candidates
• Sep 2005 - Acquired Carbon Twelve to Enhance Portfolio of VoIP Desktop Client Applications
• Oct 2005 - Announced BroadWorks VoIP Application Platform Support for IBM Blade Servers Running Linux
• Oct 2005 - BroadSoft Connections 2005 Conference Draws Over 500 Leaders to Promote Innovations in Hosted VoIP Applications

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2006

• Jan 2006 - Named Market Leader In VoIP Application Server Market by Independent Research Firm
• Jan 2006 - Named One of the Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2006 by VoIP Magazine
• Feb 2006 - Received Frost & Sullivan 2006 Technology of the Year for VoIP
• Mar 2006 - Announced IMS-ready Media Resource Function Server
• Mar 2006 - Launched Enhanced Desktop Telephony Toolbar With Advanced Call Control Features
• Mar 2006 - BroadSoft Launches State-of-the-Art European Operations Center
• May 2006 - BroadSoft CEO, Michael Tessler Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award Finalist in Washington, D.C.
• Sep 2006 - Launched VoIP Call Center Solution
• Oct 2006 - Reached 200 customer milestone
• Oct 2006 - Deloitte names BroadSoft a Top 100 fastest growing technology company in North America

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2007

• Jan 2007 - Received Internet Telephony Magazine's 2006 Product of the Year Award
• Mar 2007 - Named to 'Pulver 100' for 5th Consecutive Year
• May 2007 - Received 2007 IMS Leadership Award from IMS Magazine
• May 2007 - Opened Syndey Technical Assistance Center
• Jun 2007 - BroadSoft's SIP Trunking Application wins 2006 Product of the Year Award
• Jul 2007 - Northern Virginia Technology Council Honors BroadSoft with “Hottest Management Team” Award
• Sep 2007 - Named Inc. Magazine’s 526th of 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies
• Sep 2007 - Named Light Reading's #1 Private Company
• Oct 2007 - Reach 5 Million Lines Deployed

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2008

• Feb 2008 - Demonstrated Scalability with IBM BladeCenter
• Mar 2008 - Delivered Multimedia Telephony as Operators Undergo IMS Network Transformation
• Mar 2008 - Launched BroadSoft Xtended to Personalize Voice Communications Technologies Through Web 2.0 Integrated Applications
• Mar 2008 - VON Magazine Recognized BroadSoft with Top 10 Innovator Award
• May 2008 - Won Convergence World Award
• Aug 2008 - Acquired GENBAND's M6 Communication Applications Server
• Sep 2008 - Ranked on the Inc. 5,000 for Second Year
• Oct 2008 - Announced joint Unified Communications solution with Microsoft
• Nov 2008 - Celebrated 10th Anniversary
• Dec 2008 - Acquired Sylantro Systems

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