RingCentral Connect Platform Offers Development Tools

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	RingCentral Connect Platform Offers Development Tools RingCentral has announced the RingCentral Connect Platform, offering developers and customers a set of tools and services that can be used to build, deploy, and manage custom integrations using RingCentral APIs. The platform is designed to offer out-of-the-box integrations with RingCentral so users can add communication capabilities that support business applications.The RingCentral Connect Platform provides a suite of tools and services, including a developer portal, a self-service APIs, SDKs, sandbox environment, and tutorials. Developers will be able to track applications in development, and move apps from sandbox to production. Developer support and a forum will also be available to offer further assistance. 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