8x8, Inc. announced Vertical Communications® has joined its strategic channel partner program. The partnership will allow companies to migrate their business to the cloud and communicate faster and smarter to exceed customer expectations. Vertical Communications will offer 8x8’s services through its nationwide footprint of direct sales and support offices. Vertical supports thousands of customers across the country with their unique “One Vertical” solution. By offering a complete line of data and wide area networking services, phones, and cloud services, Vertical is able to take responsibility for a business’ complete communications solution from end to end. The “One Vertical” solution is designed by Vertical’s solutions team and delivered by Vertical’s implementation organization. The result is a superior customer experience. This new partnership will enable Vertical to combine its design, implementation, and support services with 8x8 X Series. Launched in 2018, 8x8 X Series helps businesses transform their customer and employee experience with one system of engagement across voice, video, collaboration and contact center, and one system of intelligence on a single cloud-based technology platform.