Alteva announces another affordable way to leverage Microsoft Communication Services integrated with Alteva's enterprise hosted VoIP service, at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C. Together, Microsoft and Alteva are providing hosted UC solutions for smaller businesses that integrate communication and business processes to increase productivity, streamline costs, provide more flexibility and increase and manage growth.

To further make these new technologies accessible to the SMB market, Alteva is now offering its complete UC solution to organizations purchasing 10 or more phones through an IP phone rental program. Companies that choose to take advantage of the rental program will not have to put any money down to get a new VoIP phone system. "This rental option will greatly improve the channel managers' ability to close sales in this turbulent economy," said Alteva Chief Sales Officer Louis Hayner.

Back in April, Alteva launched the complete suite of Microsoft Communication Services, including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communications Server with hosted voice services. Alteva can be found on Microsoft's website along with more information at http://microsoft.com/commservices/.

In a survey by Infonetics Research of North American companies and their plans for deploying Unified Communications equipment and services, as well as their ratings of leading Unified Communications vendors, Microsoft is one of the most widely deployed Unified Communications suppliers among survey respondents, enjoying high buyer awareness and receiving high marks from buyers on the most important buying criteria. "Against the backdrop of significant enterprise spending reductions on all kinds of products, the unified communication market is holding up remarkably well. Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise, as these tools are designed to allow users to communicate and collaborate more effectively," notes Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise voice and data at Infonetics Research.

Alteva will showcase its hosted UC solution at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo (September 20-22) in Washington, D.C., booth #4021. A representative from Microsoft will also be available to discuss the benefits of hosted Unified Communications to the small business.

Additionally, Alteva will join several other leading industry organizations including Cisco, ADTRAN and Smoothstone, on a Hosted vs. Premises UC session on Tuesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Bumbernick will present on the hosted side of the panel, discussing the value proposition of hosted UC and the benefits and business opportunity it brings to the SMB market.