We’ve been keeping this one under the hat for a little while, but I am very pleased to announce that iotum and Versature have concluded an agreement for iotum services to be offered to Versature customers. This is significant for two reasons:
- Versature is our first fully integrated communications customer. Their offering is a hosted, integrated communications solution comprised of email, IM, and telephony, targeted at the small business owner.
- Versature offers two categories of service — a basic business IP telephony service, and a premium service. For the first time, we have concluded an agreement which will see iotum become a standard component of the customers offering. In this case, every Versature premium buyer will become an iotum customer.
The products will be available by fall.
Yesterday, Microsoft (MSFT) announced that they would ship a unified communications solution next year. With iotum and Versature you won’t have to wait to start using unified communications.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
