<s>
BlueJeans	B-Application
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
an	O
interoperable	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
BlueJeans	O
Network.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Krish	O
Ramakrishnan	O
and	O
Alagu	O
Periyannan	O
founded	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
in	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
which	O
ended	O
in	O
six	O
months	O
of	O
trials	O
for	O
the	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
founding	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
Ramakrishnan	O
worked	O
at	O
Accel	O
Partners	O
,	O
and	O
Periyannan	O
was	O
the	O
CTO	O
of	O
Blue	O
Coat	O
Systems	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
tech	O
lead	O
at	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
Stu	O
Aaron	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
chief	O
commercial	O
officer	O
(	O
CCO	O
)	O
,	O
described	O
the	O
early	O
work	O
as	O
,	O
"	O
Ultimately	O
,	O
what	O
we	O
're	O
trying	O
to	O
do	O
is	O
make	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
as	O
comfortable	O
and	O
as	O
casual	O
as	O
your	O
pair	O
of	O
jeans.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
sought	O
to	O
open	O
up	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
to	O
companies	O
across	O
the	O
board	O
,	O
including	O
small	O
businesses	O
and	O
freelancers	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
market	O
of	O
larger	O
corporations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
first	O
75	O
days	O
,	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
grew	O
to	O
4,000	O
subscribers	O
from	O
500	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agreement	O
between	O
the	O
firms	O
was	O
to	O
develop	O
"	O
a	O
scalable	O
,	O
interoperable	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
solution	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlueJeans	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
300,000	O
people	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
expanded	O
its	O
user	O
base	O
to	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
Ari	O
Levy	O
of	O
Businessweek	O
wrote	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
has	O
raised	O
about	O
$100	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
funding	O
and	O
estimates	O
it	O
will	O
stream	O
one	O
billion	O
minutes	O
 '	O
worth	O
of	O
meetings	O
during	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
tenfold	O
increase	O
from	O
this	O
year.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Verizon	B-Application
communications	O
announced	O
on	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
entered	O
into	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
to	O
expand	O
its	O
Business	O
portfolio	O
offerings	O
,	O
particularly	O
its	O
unified	O
communications	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
was	O
completed	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
service	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
by	O
Verizon.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BlueJeans	B-Application
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
proprietary	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
video	O
meetings	O
service	O
,	O
interoperable	O
with	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
etc.	O
,	O
that	O
connects	O
users	O
across	O
different	O
devices	O
,	O
platforms	O
and	O
conference	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
member	O
has	O
a	O
private	O
“	O
meeting	O
room	O
”	O
in	O
the	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
cloud	B-Architecture
to	O
schedule	O
and	O
host	O
conference	O
meetings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
operates	O
with	O
business	O
conferencing	O
solutions	O
such	O
as	O
Cisco	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Lync	I-Protocol
,	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
,	O
Lifesize	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Polycom	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
consumer	O
services	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
InformationWeek	O
has	O
written	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
bridging	O
room-based	O
videoconference	B-Application
services	O
with	O
consumer	O
options	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	O
,	O
and	O
doing	O
it	O
on	O
an	O
impromptu	O
basis	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
service	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
directly	O
through	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
or	O
through	O
its	O
partner	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
2012	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
began	O
powering	O
the	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
services	O
of	O
InterCall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CRN	O
described	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
services	O
as	O
"	O
endpoint	O
agnostic	O
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
discriminate	O
and	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
any	O
video	B-Application
call	I-Application
software	O
or	O
technology	O
,	O
including	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
it	O
to	O
bridge	O
between	O
non-room-based	O
videoconference	B-Application
services	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
or	O
service	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Telecompaper	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
Interoperable	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
services	O
specialist	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
has	O
rolled	O
out	O
a	O
multipoint	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
unit	I-Protocol
(	O
MCU	O
)	O
that	O
gives	O
customers	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
experience	O
multi-way	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
offering	O
allows	O
customers	O
to	O
license	O
a	O
variable	O
number	O
of	O
concurrent	O
connections	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
virtual	O
ports	O
 '	O
)	O
from	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michal	O
Lev-Ram	O
of	O
Fortune	O
wrote	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
mostly	O
an	O
enhancement	O
—	O
not	O
a	O
threat	O
—	O
to	O
existing	O
videoconference	B-Application
equipment	O
makers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
whichever	O
company	O
ends	O
up	O
leading	O
the	O
charge	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
no	O
question	O
that	O
interoperability	O
is	O
an	O
inevitable	O
must	O
in	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
,	O
just	O
like	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
text	O
messaging	O
on	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
more	O
use	O
corporate	O
customers	O
can	O
get	O
out	O
of	O
their	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
systems	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
they	O
'll	O
invest	O
in	O
buying	O
them.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
Ari	O
Levy	O
reported	O
in	O
2013	O
that	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
and	O
similar	O
services	O
had	O
begun	O
to	O
cut	O
into	O
the	O
revenues	O
of	O
larger	O
,	O
room-based	O
hardware	O
system	O
developers	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
greater	O
flexibility	O
and	O
accessing	O
the	O
market	O
of	O
smaller	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
year	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
also	O
partnered	O
with	O
Salesforce.com,	O
providing	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
run	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
to	O
all	O
Salesforce	B-Application
clients	O
through	O
its	O
"	O
Chatter	B-Application
"	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forbes	O
also	O
wrote	O
that	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
"	O
will	O
also	O
enable	O
the	O
sharing	O
of	O
presentations	O
,	O
documents	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
clips	O
in	O
real-time	O
"	O
for	O
Salesforce	B-Application
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
customers	O
for	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
Network	I-Application
include	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Foursquare	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Frost	O
&	O
Sullivan	O
awarded	O
its	O
Entrepreneurial	O
Company	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Award	O
to	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
named	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
a	O
runner	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
Software	O
category	O
of	O
its	O
2012	O
Innovation	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Telecom	O
Council	O
awarded	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
the	O
Graham	O
Bell	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Communication	O
Solutions	O
in	O
its	O
annual	O
SPIFFY	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
University	O
Business	O
honored	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
with	O
its	O
1st	O
Annual	O
Readers	O
 '	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
Video	B-Application
Conferencing	I-Application
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CRN	O
named	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
25	O
Coolest	O
Emerging	O
Vendors	O
for	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
also	O
named	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
to	O
its	O
Cool	O
Vendors	O
Report	O
for	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
CRN	O
repositioned	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
on	O
its	O
list	O
to	O
number	O
six	O
among	O
its	O
ten	O
top	O
start-ups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
CIO	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
BlueJeans	B-Application
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
cloud	B-Architecture
startups	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
Business	O
Insider	O
ranked	O
it	O
among	O
its	O
top	O
21	O
cloud	B-Architecture
startups	O
.	O
</s>
