<p>ConnectSolutions, the industry-leading 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. The recent acquisition of NextUC, a UC provider focused 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.</p><p>The NextUC acquisition brought two important additions to ConnectSolutions' suite of products and services: NextUC Enterprise A hosted Microsoft Lyncbased 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</p><p>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. ConnectSolutions offers companies a free trial that brings immediate access to the full Lync experience. If the company decides the ease, accessibility and affordability of the managed cloud is right for them, the whole company can have immediate access or their workgroups and various business geographies can be migrated gradually, according to preference.</p><p>Midsize businesses currently represent the most significant growth area in the UC market, but many industry observers also expect small-business demand to rise sharply.</p><p><a href="http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2013/05/16/2696342/connectsolutions-addresses-smb.html">Keep reading...</a></p>