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Handset Comparison Matrix

Evolve IP delivers handsets from the top three global phone manufacturers to ensure that your business experiences increased productivity, greater flexibility and seamless collaboration.

Standard Handsets
Handset Upgrades

	Polycom			Cisco			Yealink
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Model #	Polycom VVX 410/411	Polycom VVX 500/501	Polycom VVX 600/601	Cisco 8841	Cisco 7841	Cisco 7821	Yealink T40G	Yealink T42S	Yealink T46S
Number of Lines	12	12	16	5	4	2	3	12	16
Speed	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000
Screen size/type	3.5" Color	3.5" Color	4.3" Color	5" Color	3.5" Grayscale	3.5" Grayscale	2.3" Grayscale	2.7" Grayscale	4.3" Color
Display Resolution (in pixels)	320 x 240	320 x 240	480 x 272	800 x 480	396 x 162	396 x 162	132 x 64	192 x 64	480 x 272
Touchscreen	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
USB Ports for handsets and call recording	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Blue tooth connectivity	No	No	Built in	Built in	No	No	No	USB	USB
Expansion Modules	Upto 3	Upto 3	Upto 3	No			No	No	Yes
Video Conferencing	No	Yes w/USB Camera	Yes w/USB Camera	Yes	No	No	No
WiFi Support	No	Built in	Built in	No	No	No	No	USB	USB
Seat	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	"Standard/Enahnced User	Any Upgrade"	Common Area Station	Any Upgrade	Common Area Station	Standard User / Enhanced User

	Polycom				Yealink		Cisco
Handset Image
Model #	Polycom VVX 310/311	Polycom VVX 410/411	Polycom VVX 500/501	Polycom VVX 600/601	Yealink T48S	Yealink W60P(DECT)	Cisco 8865	Cisco 8851/61	Cisco 8845
Number of Lines	6	12	12	16	16	2	5	5	5
Speed	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	N/A	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000
Screen size/type	3.2" Grayscale	3.5" Color	3.5" Color	4.3" Color	7" Color	2.4" Color	5" Color	5" Color	5" Color
Display Resolution (in pixels)	208 x 104	320 x 240	320 x 240	480 x 272	800 x 400	240 x 320	800 x 480	800 x 480	800 x 480
Touchscreen	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
USB Ports for handsets and call recording	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	No
Blue tooth connectivity	No	No	No	Built in	USB	N/A	Built in	Built in	Built in
Expansion Modules	Upto 3	Upto 3	Upto 3	Upto 3	Yes	N/A	Upto 3	Upto 2/3	No
Video Conferencing	No	No	Yes w/USB Camera	Yes w/USB Camera			Yes	No	No
WiFi Support	No	No	Built in	Built in	USB	No	Built in	Built in	No
Seat	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Premium User	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	"Premium User	Any Upgrade"

Standard Handsets

	Polycom			Cisco			Yealink
Handset Image
Model #	Polycom VVX 410/411	Polycom VVX 500/501	Polycom VVX 600/601	Cisco 8841	Cisco 7841	Cisco 7821	Yealink T40G	Yealink T42S	Yealink T46S
Number of Lines	12	12	16	5	4	2	3	12	16
Speed	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000
Screen size/type	3.5" Color	3.5" Color	4.3" Color	5" Color	3.5" Grayscale	3.5" Grayscale	2.3" Grayscale	2.7" Grayscale	4.3" Color
Display Resolution (in pixels)	320 x 240	320 x 240	480 x 272	800 x 480	396 x 162	396 x 162	132 x 64	192 x 64	480 x 272
Touchscreen	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
USB Ports for handsets and call recording	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Blue tooth connectivity	No	No	Built in	Built in	No	No	No	USB	USB
Expansion Modules	Upto 3	Upto 3	Upto 3	No			No	No	Yes
Video Conferencing	No	Yes w/USB Camera	Yes w/USB Camera	Yes	No	No	No
WiFi Support	No	Built in	Built in	No	No	No	No	USB	USB
Seat	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	"Standard/Enahnced User	Any Upgrade"	Common Area Station	Any Upgrade	Common Area Station	Standard User / Enhanced User

Handset Upgrades

	Polycom				Yealink		Cisco
Handset Image
Model #	Polycom VVX 310/311	Polycom VVX 410/411	Polycom VVX 500/501	Polycom VVX 600/601	Yealink T48S	Yealink W60P(DECT)	Cisco 8865	Cisco 8851/61	Cisco 8845
Number of Lines	6	12	12	16	16	2	5	5	5
Speed	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	N/A	10/100/1000	10/100/1000	10/100/1000
Screen size/type	3.2" Grayscale	3.5" Color	3.5" Color	4.3" Color	7" Color	2.4" Color	5" Color	5" Color	5" Color
Display Resolution (in pixels)	208 x 104	320 x 240	320 x 240	480 x 272	800 x 400	240 x 320	800 x 480	800 x 480	800 x 480
Touchscreen	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
USB Ports for handsets and call recording	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	No
Blue tooth connectivity	No	No	No	Built in	USB	N/A	Built in	Built in	Built in
Expansion Modules	Upto 3	Upto 3	Upto 3	Upto 3	Yes	N/A	Upto 3	Upto 2/3	No
Video Conferencing	No	No	Yes w/USB Camera	Yes w/USB Camera			Yes	No	No
WiFi Support	No	No	Built in	Built in	USB	No	Built in	Built in	No
Seat	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	Premium User	Any Upgrade	Any Upgrade	"Premium User	Any Upgrade"

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The Evolve IP Compliance Cloud^TM

Compliance is a way to do business … not an afterthought when clients need it.

At Evolve IP we have a dedicated compliance and security practice and work with two of the world’s top 3rd-party compliance auditors, Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young, to enable customers to extend their compliance to our fully audited cloud. This focus allows us to deliver the documentation and assurances that other’s simply cannot including HIPAA / HITRUST, PCI-DSS (all 12 sections), SOC 2/3 and more. The Compliance Cloud^TM includes true client isolation, encryption in transit and at rest, private VLANs, firewalls and dozens of other security measures.

What Our Clients Say

"Yesterday was, perhaps, my busiest day of client interaction either by phone or email since I have been a PM, and I don’t think any of my clients knew I was working from home unless I told them. I was also able to do trades behind the scene and interact with my team. So, for me, the technology has been working great. As an old guy, I am constantly dazzled by technology in general, but being able to do this stuff from home is amazing!"
James C. Hunter, CFA, CFP, AIF, Senior Portfolio Manager, Principal
"Hey, IT people, As I’m working away in my home office, I just wanted to say thanks to you for all you’re doing, and have done in the past, to make it possible for us to run our company virtually. Not many of us JICers have jobs that everyone in the firm sees and could stop us from doing business. But you have this job, and do it well. Thank you for having the foresight and wisdom to get us in a position to succeed in a pandemic! You’re awesome."
Michael D. Barnes, Esq., CTFA President, Principal
“That’s the type of proposition I like to bring to a Board of Directors. When I can say, ‘we can get everything new, be completely redundant, it can meet all of our needs and oh, by the way, we are going to save over $300,000 a year.’ It makes it easy for me to sell!”
- Ken Schultz, CIO Ogletree Deakins
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What the Experts Think

Our analyst-acclaimed solutions are built on a world-class, compliant architecture that leverages the blue-chip technologies organizations already know and trust.

Gartner

We deploy best-of-breed solutions including: Disaster Recovery, Contact Center, Unified Communications, DaaS, IaaS. Our services are analyst-acclaimed, vendor-validated, client recommended and award-winning.

HITRUST

Evolve IP is proud to have achieved the honor of being HITRUST CSF certified! Certification to the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) affirms that all of Evolve IP’s cloud computing and cloud communications services adhere to the strictest security standards for electronic protected health information (PHI). The HITRUST security standard was developed by and for the healthcare industry as a means of going above and beyond the compliance requirements of HIPAA.

The HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) was developed to address the multitude of security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing healthcare organizations. The HITRUST CSF was developed by healthcare and IT professionals to provide an efficient and prescriptive framework for managing the security requirements inherent in HIPAA. HITRUST CSF rationalizes healthcare-relevant regulations and standards into a single overarching security framework. An important part of the “What is HITRUST” answer is understanding that the CSF is risk-based and compliance-based so that organizations can tailor the security control baselines and vendor management programs that they follow based on their specific organization type, size, systems, and regulatory requirements.

HIPPA

The Privacy regulations of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) require health care providers, organizations, and their business associates, develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared. This applies to all forms of PHI — paper, oral, and electronic, etc. Those who fail to adhere to HIPAA can suffer from huge fines climbing into the millions of dollars for major violations.

The Compliance Cloud™ fully enables covered entities and their business associates subject to HIPAA regulations to leverage a secure environment to process, maintain, and store protected health Information (PHI) featuring among other controls.

SSAW 16 Service Organization Control II (SOC 2)

Evolve IP has received an SSAE 16 SOC 2 Type II report on our internal controls relating to how we assess and address the potential risks associated with the security, availability, and confidentiality of not only the cloud-based services that we provide, but also our physical and logical infrastructure. Evolve IP utilizes the Certified Public Accounting firm of Grant Thornton to perform its annual audit and attestation in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 and the associated Trust Services Principles, as published by the AICPA, to evaluate the effectiveness of Evolve IP’s service organizations controls.

Forbes

While Forbes regularly features coverage and recognition about Evolve IP, they've most recently recognized Evolve IP as being the "Best Cloud Computing Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2017". They've ranked Evolve IP in the Top 3 just behind Google and Microsoft in the Cloud Infrastructure classification. (Feb 2017). Forbes also recently recognizes Evolve IP for bringing Singer Equipment Corporation, a mainstream business based in PA, into the cloud by means of unified communication. (Sept 2017). Last year, Forbes recognized Evolve IP's survey of 1,080 executives citing that the number one reason to go to the cloud is the same reason that it is avoided. (Mar 2016).

Unified Communications Product of the Year

TMC and Internet Telephony Magazine have named Evolve IP’s unified communications platform as a 2017 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner. This marks the 6th time Evolve IP has been honored with this prestigious award and follows a series of product innovations that have allowed the company to rapidly expand its international coverage.

Evolve IP’s business collaboration tools and IP phone system dramatically improve employee productivity in the office and on the road with a Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform that fully integrates voice, video, instant messaging & presence (IM&P), desktop sharing, audio/web conferencing and more. The company also provides a sophisticated Web-based management portal, OSSmosis®, that allows administrators to easily configure system functions and quickly modify users without the need to reach out to a third party for changes.

Inc.

Inc. magazine has recognized Evolve IP in the 34th annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive listing of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list will be unveiled in the September issue of Inc.

The story of this year's Inc. 5000 is the story of great leadership. In an incredibly competitive business landscape, it takes something extraordinary to take your company to the top," says Inc. President and Editor-In-Chief Eric Schurenberg. "You have to remember that the average company on the Inc. 5000 grew nearly six-fold since 2012. Business owners don't achieve that kind of success by accident.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

Evolve IP has achieved Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance covering all 12 sections of the PCI DSS. The PCI data security standard is a comprehensive set of standards that require merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit customer payment card data to adhere to strict information security controls and processes. It was created by the founding brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, which includes American Express, Discover Financial, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc.

CSA STAR

Evolve IP is also a registered and participating member of the CSA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR). The CSA was formed to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers. It is a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings, thereby helping users assess the security of cloud providers they currently use or are considering contracting with. CSA STAR is open to all cloud providers, and allows them to submit assessment reports that document compliance to CSA published best practices. The searchable registry will allow potential cloud customers to review the security practices of providers, accelerating their due diligence and leading to higher quality procurement experiences. CSA STAR represents a major leap forward in industry transparency, encouraging providers to make security capabilities a market differentiator.

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500^TM

Evolve IP has been ranked for the second consecutive year on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America – both public and private. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2012 to 2015. The list is a veritable Who’s Who of technology that has included tech companies like Google, VMware and Facebook.

Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, life sciences, and energy the companies – both public and private – in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth during the period from 2012 – 2016.

Red Herring

Red Herring has named Evolve IP as one of the Top 100 Companies in North America. Red Herring’s Top 100 recognizes the leading and most promising private companies from around the world. Among the over 20 criteria used to analyze companies for the award, Evolve IP was noted for its financial performance, technological innovation, customer footprint, the DNA of its founders and addressable market.

Red Herring selects the award winners for North America from approximately 1,200 privately financed companies each year in the US and Canada. Since 1996, Red Herring has kept tabs on these organizations and its editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, Palo Alto Networks and eBay would change the way we live and work.

Entrepreneur

Evolve IP has been recognized as one of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” in Entrepreneur magazine’s Entrepreneur360™ Performance Index, a study involving a comprehensive analysis of private companies in America. Based on this study forged by Entrepreneur, Evolve IP is recognized as a company that exemplifies growth, not just in top and bottom line, but in sustainability and the ability to achieve lasting success.

According to Entrepreneur, after evaluating approximately 10,000 U.S. based firms, the team of editors and researchers behind the E360 Performance Index collected more than 250 pieces of data from the finalists, focusing on growth drivers and challenges, goal setting, resource allocations, and reward systems. The analysis uncovered a class of leading companies, including Evolve IP, whose continued success is largely based on superior value creation for their customers, building an adaptive learning culture, and aggressive geographic expansion—placing them amongst the most dynamic firms in America today.

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