Calling All Computers
June 10, 2005
Law Firm Inc.
"Legal Services for New York City... chose M5 to reduce the risks associated with a new technology, speed up VoIP deployment, and make it easier to manage the techonology." More...

A Local VoIP Provider
June 3, 2005
ISP Planet
"Just like a local ISP, the prime differentiator for M5 is customer service... 'We don't over promise, and we take care of our clients.' " More...

Narrow focus gives VOIP startup big byte
May 23, 2005
Crain's New York Business
"We are not taking risks with [our clients’] service level, and we are not taking risks with our company stability," says Hoffman." More...

Hosted IP Provides Disaster Recovery Relief
May 2-6, 2005
VoIP Business Weekly
"In the old model, you needed a separate phone system at the disaster site, but in this [outsourced IP phone system] model you can simply reroute calls to that site." More...

Low Cost Telephony: The Push to Broadband
May 6, 2005
Vertical Systems Reseller
"Finally, VARs will need to ensure that the networks they offer customers work smoothly, and generate as few support calls as possible. 'If their networks work smoothly and don’t generate support calls, VARs make money,' says Hoffman of M5." More...

VoIP Is Killing Traditional Telephony At Small Businesses: Report
May 5, 2005
SmallBizPipeline
"The rapid adoption of Voice over IP (VoIP) is killing off traditional telephony, with 50% of small- to mid-sized enterprises expected to rely on VoIP by 2008, according to a new study by Info-Tech Research." More...

Five Questions for M5 Networks
May 4, 2005
NYSIA Hotwire
"On May 5th, M5 Networks will celebrate its fifth anniversary. The company, which was named in honor of Manhattan's M5 bus, is an emerging leader within New York's technology community." More...

Firms Dial Up VoIP
April 18, 2005
Crain's New York Business
"At Legal Services, the reason to switch to VOIP was not about making money but about saving it. The agency, which gives free advice on civil issues to low income residents, turned to a Manhattan-based VOIP provider called M5 Networks for its new system." More...

Category Killers: SMB VoIP Services
April 12, 2005
VON Magazine
"SMB market research firm AMI-Partners estimates approximately US$145 million was spent last year on VoIP services by small to medium-sized businesses around the globe." More...

Managed Telephone Service - What Is It?
March 16, 2005
SmallBizTechnology.com
"Your traditional telephone company is on the RUN. If they are not FIGHTING for YOUR business but treating you like you owe them a favor for being a customer, print this article and watch them cry." More...

Talk Gets Cheaper
March 7, 2005
BusinessWeek
"[VoIP] Providers that use a combination of their own networks and traditional phone lines, such as M5 Networks, tend to have the best sound quality." More...

Six Rules for Retaining a Firm's Key Employees
February 14-20, 2005
Crain's New York Business
"Competitive pay and stock options attract good salespeople to Manhattan-based telecom company M5 Networks. Continuous professional development is key to keeping them on board." More...

VoIP: Build or Buy?
February 7, 2005
NetworkWorld
Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy, a 300-person real estate brokerage with four offices in Manhattan, has turned to M5’s Outsourced IP Phone System. “It’s given us a huge advantage in the area of customer service, says David Michonski, chairman and CEO. “[Our competitors] will certainly consider moving to a similar service—I can’t imagine them not doing it—but for now, we have the advantage.” More...

Firm taps into IP system
February 2, 2005
Communications News
"A year earlier, Infinity had switched from a premise-based Nortel phone system to an outsourced IP phone system provided by Manhattan-based M5 Networks... By outsourcing the phone system to M5 Networks, Infinity avoided the setup and equipment charges associated with most premise-based systems." More...

Standing Out
February 1, 2005
Xchange
"Making it in New York City requires special knowledge and attention to specific details that inexperienced service providers might not know about. That’s the approach of M5 Networks...'We know what is going on in this market,' says Jeff Silbert, vice president, marketing and sales at M5." More...

VoIP Predictions Revisited
January 2005
Internet Telephony Magazine
"Lots of companies like M5 Networks and others are doing well, in fact they are thriving in this space. This trend will continue." More...

CASP Rebirth
January 1, 2005
Internet Telephony Magazine
"M5 typifies the CASP [Communications Application Service Provider] of today: Young, aggressive and full of technological vim and vigor." More...

New Telephone technology Ready for Prime Time?
November 1, 2004
Business Tech Edge
“We replace the local phone company, the long distance phone company, a phone system that you have to buy, the maintenance, and the consultant that comes in to make the changes... we also provide Internet access." More...

On the brink of hosted VoIP
October 25, 2004
Network World Fusion
“One small service provider that is having early success is M5 , which offers a hosted VoIP service in the New York City area for customers with 10 to 500 stations. CEO Dan Hoffman says he has 300 customers, and deal sizes are up 25% this year." More...

Tips From the Trenches, Part II
October 15, 2004
Fierce VoIP
“Focus on profitability and service level, and expand only as quickly as these two parameters are well under control. There are two fallacies with the share-grabbing approach in our industry." More...

Is Your Company Ready for Internet Phone Technology?
October 08, 2004
The New York Enterprise Report
“A hosted system will minimize your upfront equipment costs and is more appropriate if your needs will be changing (e.g., the number of employees fluctuates). Companies such as M5 provide a high-end phone system bundled with unlimited local, long distance and Internet services along with ongoing service support." More...

Why more companies considering internet telephony but not buying it
October 06, 2004
IT Manager's Journal
“Deciding when to adopt IPT is like asking 'How many years can I afford to run the DOS system when the world is using Windows?' IP is the Windows for voice. The challenge is timing that change, getting in-house expertise and paying for infrastructure." More...

Firms Log Telecom Savings by Heeding VoIP in Wilderness
September 27, 2004
Crain's New York Business
"This minor miracle was just one of several gains that [Infinity Consulting Group] has logged since it switched to voice-over-Internet protocol phone service from Manhattan-based vendor M5 Networks Inc. a year ago." More...

New York Firms Use VoIP to Avoid Convention Crowds
September 2, 2004
PCWorld
"The Lloyd Group, [an] IT consultancy based in Manhattan, also gave about 12 key employees M5 phones in case of problems with commuting to its office four blocks from Madison Square Garden, says Adam Eiseman, the company's CEO." More...

GOP Pushing NYC Companies to VoIP
September 1, 2004
VoIP Monitor
"M5 delivers the killer app for SMB for our clients, says Lloyd Group CEO, Adam Eiseman. "I love it." More...

VOIP Connects Workers as They Flee Convention Site
August 27, 2004
eWeek.com
"With the Republican National Convention descending on New York, Midtown employees are avoiding the office. Infinity Consulting is using Cisco IP phones and M5's IP Centrex service to stay connected from the outer boroughs and New Jersey." More...

Merchants around MSG may close
August 27, 2004
Newsday
"Dan Hoffman, chief executive and president of M5 Networks in Manhattan, makes telecommuting easier by hooking up companies' telephone systems into an Internet line." More...

A Virtual Work-Around The RNC
August 27, 2004
internetnews.com
"The Lloyd Group, provider of outsourced IT services for small- to medium-sized businesses, began using VoIP after last summer's blackout, which crippled New York and other cities in the northeast..." More...

Hackers Are Discovering a New Frontier: Internet Telephone Service
August 2, 2004
The New York Times
"Companies that manage their Internet phone systems internally but do not have sufficient security or backup facilities are the most susceptible to attack. Some companies faced with that threat are outsourcing their phone services to specialists that operate data centers with multiple layers of security, back up power and 24-hour surveillance." More...

Conference panel debates future of VoIP applications
June 22, 2004
TelephonyOnline.com
TDM was also a point of reference for Daniel Hoffman, president and CEO of outsourced IP phone system provider M5. “[The VoIP killer app] could be unified messaging, or it could be instant messaging,” Hoffman said. “But a lot of these features can also be delivered by TDM. It’s very hard to say what features will take off.” More...

Final Battle For The Last Mile
June 18, 2004
internetnews.com
Dan Hoffman, CEO and founder of M5, one of the largest providers of voice telephony services in the northeast, is one VoIP player breathing a sigh of relief, for now at least, because of where it sits in the network equation. His business is higher up the application chain, or, to use an operating system analogy, has moved up the stack.More...

While I Was Out
June 14, 2004
eWeek.com
"Some [companies], such as New York-based M5 Networks Inc., are thus far entirely focused on the IP Centrex space." More...

VoIP All Smiles on FCC's Line-Sharing Move
June 10, 2004
internetnews.com
"It's very encouraging that the (Federal Communications Commission) believes VoIP will provide sufficient competition to the (Baby Bells) that the old regulatory form is no longer required," said Dan Hoffman, president and CEO of M5, a provider of VoIP business service. "In a way, it's a great vote of support for the rapidly growing VoIP industry."More...

3 Questions: Outsourcing VoIP
May 20, 2004, Issue 20, Vol. 2
IT BusinessEdge
The complex world of VoIP may open the door for outsourcers with specialized expertise and equipment. One such company is M5, which recently signed deals with Julia B. Fee Real Estate and CS Technologies.More...

M5 Serves Up SUSHISAMBA
March/April 2004
VON Magazine
When SUSHISAMBA decided to relocate its corporate Manhattan office in November 2003, they decided to revisit their in-house phone system. Experts in managed moves, M5 rose to the challenge and provided SUSHISAMBA with a state-of-the-art oursourced phone system solution. More...

Free Speech?
March 25, 2004
Fortune Small Business
"Entrepreneurs tend to be pretty early adopters," says Michael Ringel, managing director of Let's Talk Business Network. But that alone, he insists, doesn't explain why he decided last year to switch his 11-employee consulting firm to a system that routes its calls mostly over the Internet. More...

VoIP: Choose Your Reality
Jan. 5, 2004
Network Magazine
High costs, arcane architectures, and limited choice-those were the rules of the matrix of conventional phone architectures. More...

IP Centrex rides managed-services wave
Oct. 10, 2003
Network World
While carriers have been slow to launch this hosted telephony option, IP Centrex is seen as delivering more benefits than traditional Centrex or PBXs for less. More...

The IP Voice's New Telephony
Feb. 13, 2003
The IP Voice's New Telephony
No one wants to call it that, but IP Centrex-or "hosted PBX" or "voice ASP" or "business IP voice'' or whatever you call it--appears to be gaining traction in enterprise markets. More...

Hosted VOIP to Grow 1000-Fold
Feb. 12, 2003
Light Reading
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Telecom carriers have been offering hosted voice services, like IP Centrex, based on circuit-switched gear, for years. Markets for such services have remained steady, but small due to limited feature sets and geographic dependence on the local central office (CO). More...

Why Voice over IP Is on Hold
Feb. 1, 2003
News Factor
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, which allows enterprises to transmit voice calls over data networks, was supposed to make copper telephone networks obsolete and save companies millions of dollars in communication costs. More...

Phone Calling Over Internet Is Attracting More Interest
Jan. 6, 2003
The New York Times
Phone calls over the Internet may finally be catching on. When the technique was first used in the mid-1990's, Internet telephone conversations were hailed as a way to make long-distance calls without paying toll charges. The most zealous advocates predicted that the conventional public telephone network would quickly become obsolete. That has yet to happen, of course.More...

In Tough Times, Maintain a Technical Edge
Nov. 21, 2002
Architectural Record
For Rob Fortin, today's downtrodden economy sometimes has an upside. As director of IT for Arrowstreet, a 100-person architectural firm in Somerville, Massachusetts, Fortin provides the design staff with necessary technology tools while trying to keep costs under control.More...

Executive Suite Deployment: Office Suite Group selects M5 for Two New Locations
Nov. 20, 2002
M5, a New York-based telecom provider, announced the deployment of their service at Office Suite Group's (OSG) new 90 John Street and Galleria location (115 East 57th Street). More...

Saber Rattling PBXs Are The Next Battlefield
Nov. 1, 2002
Tara Seals
In the high-stakes war for the enterprise networking market, private branch exchanges (PBX) represent the next battlefield. More...

Managed Telecom Grows Amid Telco Rubble
Aug 16, 2002
Erin Joyce
Amid the rubble that is the telecommunications landscape these days, a sub-sector of companies has sprouted and appears to be thriving. More...

VoIP Far and Away Favored Overseas
Jul 12, 2002
Jim Thompson
While the U.S. market dithers about deploying VoIP, service providers in overseas markets are already reporting great gains from their initial expenditures based on a study completed by the Boston-based research firm, Aberdeen Group. More...

Net telephony poised to take off?
Jun 1, 2002
Tiffany Kary, Staff Writer, News.com
Internet phone technology that dumps copper wires, circuit switches and phone jacks for all-digital systems has finally come of age, according to analysts. More...

Fifty Millionth Call Completed Over M5 Networks’ Outsourced IP Phone System
May 23, 2005
Press Release
In just over a year, the company has experienced a one hundred fifty percent (150%) increase in overall call volume, as more small and mid-sized businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area have abandoned their traditional in-house phone systems for the affordability, ease of use, and reliability of M5’s Outsourced IP Phone System.” More...

M5 Networks and Nicom Announce Joint Marketing Relationship
May 3, 2005
Press Release
“M5 Networks, the Northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, and Nicom Technologies, Inc., a national provider of advanced communications solutions, announced today that they will work together to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses in the metro New York area are able to take advantage of the same IP telephony solutions that larger enterprises currently enjoy.” More...

M5 Networks Formally Launches Partner Program
May 3, 2005
Press Release
“M5 Networks, the Northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today formally announced its Partner Program, which establishes an authorized channel through which selected IT consultants, system integrators and phone system interconnects can recommend M5’s Outsourced IP Phone System to their existing clients and prospects.” More...

N-Valley Technology Center Chooses M5 Network’s Outsourced IP Phone System
April 13, 2005
Press Release
“We are excited to have M5 providing first-class technology and business connectivity tools for our tenants,” said Mike Austin. “The phone system is a vital component of any business, and we expect the early-stage companies in our building to benefit greatly from M5’s service and expertise.” More...

Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy Deploys M5 Network’s Outsourced IP Phone System for 300 Real Estate Agents
April 4, 2005
Press Release
"David M. Michonski, CBHK’s CEO, says “We checked six M5 client references at random, and they were all glowing… M5 gives us a huge advantage in the area of customer service over other real estate firms in the New York market." More...

M5 Networks Taps Brooklyn Brewery as 300th New York Area Business Client
March 29, 2005
Press Release
"This milestone also marks a fifty percent increase in M5’s client base in less than a year, and demonstrates the growing response of local businesses to the advantages that outsourcing provides as compared to purchasing and maintaining a premise-based phone system.” More...

M5 CEO to Speak at Pulver’s 2005 VON Canada
March 7, 2005
Press Release
"Speaking on a panel entitled “Working VoIP for the Vertical Markets,” Mr. Hoffman will be discussing how IP promises to enable application specific solutions that are better than traditional telecom. This session will show examples of solutions that have been developed for specific vertical markets such as Hospitals, Government, Finance, Education and Real Estate." More...

M5 Networks Gains Foothold with New York Area Real Estate Firms
February 8, 2005
Press Release
“Both commercial and residential real estate firms are successfully deploying M5’s Outsourced IP Phone System to meet a variety of needs,” said Dan Hoffman, M5 president and CEO. “One of the key benefits our system offers — the ability to avoid installing and managing a phone system on-site — allows these firms to focus on their clients and on closing transactions, rather than worrying about phone system maintenance and upgrades.” More...

M5 CEO Dan Hoffman to Speak at the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo: Witness the Evolution of IP Telephony—VoIP 2.0!
Ferbruary 7, 2005
Press Release
“In the session, Selecting a Hosted IP Telephony for the SMB, Mr. Hoffman will use real-world examples to demonstrate how carriers are deploying services that enable enterprises to save money, improve information worker productivity, and lower their total cost of ownership.” More...

Internap Chosen by M5 Networks for VoIP Network Support
January 26, 2005
Press Release
“As businesses look to reduce their operating costs by better utilizing their network resources, VoIP applications are taking off and rapidly gaining ground over traditional telephony,” noted Dave Abrahamson, chief marketing officer and vice president of sales for Internap. “Internap is pleased to work with leading VoIP service providers like M5.” More...

M5 CEO to Speak at LegalTech New York, an American Lawyer Media Event
January 12, 2005
Press Release
“In the session, The Phone and Beyond: Law Practice Guide to Choosing and Managing Electronic Communications, Mr. Hoffman will concentrate on ways legal firms can effectively and efficiently manage their communication technologies. The session will also cover strategies of successful and economical management of telephone systems, voice-over-IP, e-mail, handheld devices, instant messengers, and other communication devices.” More...

M5 Networks Names John Hendry Chief Technology Officer
October 4, 2004
Press Release
“We're excited to have someone with John Hendry’s depth of experience leading our efforts to deliver value-added IP telephony solutions to M5’s customers,” said Dan Hoffman, M5 president and CEO. “John’s many years of involvement in network, voice, Internet and IT security technologies will be brought to bear on M5’s behalf as we continue to provide our customers with new value-added services that leverage the convergence of these technologies.” More...

M5 Networks Wins VoIP Service Provider Award from Internet Telephony Magazine
October 4, 2004
Press Release
“In naming M5 as one of the top VoIP service providers and including the IP PBX Shootout as part of the Internet Telephony Conference, the editors of Internet Telephony have recognized the substantial role that hosted IP phone systems are playing in driving the adoption of this emerging technology,” said Dan Hoffman, CEO & President of M5 Networks. " More...

M5 Networks Wins Pulver 100 Award for Third Consecutive Year
September 27, 2004
Press Release
"M5 Networks is a pioneer for Outsourced IP Phone Systems," said Jeff Pulver, President and CEO of pulver.com. "The company's strong growth stems from its simple pricing plans and an implicit promise to make phone system solutions easier and more reliable. We're honored to include M5 Networks in the Pulver 100." More...

Frost & Sullivan Honors M5 Networks with Entrepreneurial Company Award
September 20, 2004
Press Release
"The company's experience and focus has established it as one of the leading providers of Outsourced IP Phones Systems in the country and the safe choice for those small and mid-sized businesses who decide to go with a hosted phone system solution in the New York metropolitan area." More...

Small Business VoIP Market Growing Rapidly in New York Metropolitan Area
August 3, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the Northeast's leading provider of outsourced IP phone systems, today announced that it had added a record number of Cisco phone users to its customer list in June 2004. More...

M5 CEO Dan Hoffman Speaking at Wall Street Transcript’s VoIP Implementation Conference
August 2, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the Northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today announced that Dan Hoffman, M5 President & CEO, will participate in The Wall Street Transcript’s VoIP Implementation: Designing & Executing a Comprehensive Strategy for Switching to a VoIP Network conference in New York City later this month. More...

M5 Networks CEO Dan Hoffman to Participate in Telephony Magazine VoIP Conference
June 15, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the Northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today announced that Dan Hoffman, M5 President & CEO, will participate in a panel discussion at Telephony Magazine’s VoIP: Service Provider Strategies conference. More...

M5 Networks Expands Presence in New York City’s Legal & Financial Sectors
June 14, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the Northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today announced customer wins in New York City’s legal and financial services sectors, two industries that rely heavily on their phone systems to communicate with clients. More...

M5 Networks Completes Ten Millionth VoIP Phone Call: Solidifies Position as New York Area’s Leading Outsourced IP Phone System Provider
April 5, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today announced the completion of ten million voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using M5’s Outsourced IP Phone System. More...

Office Suite Group Rolls Out Over 250 Seats of M5 Networks’ Outsourced IP Phone System: M5 Networks Now Used by Over 5,000 New York Metro End Users
March 29, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today announced that Office Suite Group, a leading provider of wired, fully furnished office suites with professional administrative support staff for small- to mid-size enterprises, is using M5’s solution to provide phone system services for its tenants’ 250 end-users. More...

M5 Networks Turns Up 200th New York Metro Area Business Customer On Its Outsourced IP Phone System
March 8, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, today announced that it is now serving more than 200 metro New York area business customers with the addition of Kelly, Legan & Gerard, Inc., the management consulting firm, and SUSHISAMBA, the restaurant group. More...

M5 Networks Wins Pulver 100 Award For Second Consecutive Year
March 8, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, the northeast’s leading outsourced IP phone system provider, has been selected by pulver.com as one of Pulver’s 100 private companies to watch for the second year in a row. More...

M5 Networks Launches WebPortal for its Outsourced IP Phone System Customers; Expands Relationship with VocalData, Inc.
Feb. 10, 2004
Press Release
M5 Networks, Inc., the leading outsourced IP phone system provider in the Northeast, today announced that it has tapped VocalData, Inc., an application developer of hosted IP telephony solutions, to support the launch of the M5 WebPortal, More...

M5 Unveils Managed Telecom Service
Jun 11, 2002
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)
NYC Based Small To Mid-Sized Companies Can Now Rely On One Company To Manage And Monitor All Their Voice And Data Needs. More...