[May 21, 2013] ConnectSolutions Upgrades Capabilities for SMB Market Tweet May 21, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- ConnectSolutions, a provider of cloud-based unified communications and collaboration solutions (UC) for enterprises, has significantly extended its capabilities to address the needs of the small-and-midsize business (SMB) market. According to a release, the recent acquisition of NextUC, a UC provider focusing on SMBs, makes ConnectSolutions the only provider capable of offering an enterprise-class managed UC offering that is affordable, accessible and scalable for businesses of all sizes. The NextUC acquisition, the company said, brought two important additions to ConnectSolutions' suite of products and services: -NextUC Enterprise - A hosted Microsoft Lync-based cloud collaboration offering, including voice calling, Web/audio/video conferencing, online meetings, instant messaging (IM) and presence management -NextUC SMB - PC-to-PC collaboration using hosted Lync to enable businesses of all sizes to communicate in a secure, private and cost-effective manner The NextUC offerings complement ConnectSolutions' MeetingCloud offering and its highly capable enablement team, making it possible for ConnectSolutions to provide the right type of UC services to businesses of any size - including many that have previously found UC to be either too expensive or too complex to manage, the company added. "Until recently SMBs have been left out of the UC market," said Blair Pleasant, president & principal analyst of COMMfusion LLC and a co-founder of UCStrategies.com, an industry resource on the growing UC arena. "Vendors were targeting larger companies, and products weren't priced and packaged appropriately for SMBs. With new products and services aimed at the specific needs of SMBs, they are increasingly able to take advantage of the benefits of UC while becoming more competitive." ConnectSolutions' CEO and Co-Founder Michael Fitzpatrick said, "We believe the key competitive differentiator for ConnectSolutions UC solutions stems from our commitment to eliminate the friction from purchase to successful use. By providing an easy on, scale as you grow collaboration and communications solution, we can deliver enterprise-class capabilities to all size companies." More information: www.connectsolutions.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]