<p>Arkadin Is the First Global Collaboration Service Provider (CSP) to Deploy a Hosted Lync Platform in Asia Pacific</p><p>SINGAPORE--(Marketwired - Oct 24, 2013) - Arkadin, one of the world's largest and fastest growing Collaboration Service Providers, today announced the launch of its unified communications-as-a-service solution, powered by Microsoft Lync 2013. Lync is Microsoft's leading enterprise-class unified communications (UC) solution, which consolidates a full range of collaboration, conferencing and communication applications enabling a unified user experience from desktops to mobile devices. As a strategic Microsoft partner with proven expertise in UC, Arkadin ensures efficient deployments due to its cloud-based platform in Asia Pacific. The service is owned and operated by Arkadin in Singapore, with dedicated local-language customer support teams.</p><p>"Microsoft is delighted to see our partnership with Arkadin grow further with the launch of this innovative service to the Asia Pacific market. Arkadin's strong track record in unified communications means they understand this new world of work from anywhere and the service levels required to address customer needs. We are pleased they have chosen Lync as their platform as it gives businesses a rich real-time communications service for improving employee productivity by instantly connecting people from wherever they are," says Faycal Bouchlaghem, General Manager, Communications Sector, Microsoft Asia Pacific. "Arkadin's Lync offer provides significant value with its high quality audio integration and easy to deploy hosted model."</p><p>"Our Asia-Pacific customers recognize the benefits of Lync for making their communications more efficient," says Serge Genetet, Arkadin's EVP and Managing Director Asia Pacific. "We're thrilled to offer Lync through our secure, reliable platform, without the complexities of on-premise installations. Our global, yet local customer-service strategy ensures they have everything they need for successful deployments."</p><p><a href="http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/arkadin-asia-pacific-announces-strategic-move-with-unified-communications-as-service-1844865.htm">Keep reading...</a></p>