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Azaleos Positioned as a Challenger by Analyst Firm in UCaaS Magic Quadrant
SEATTLE --(Business Wire)--
Azaleos® Corporation,
the private cloud services company for managed
Lync, managed
SharePoint,and managed
Exchange today announced that it was positioned by Gartner (News - Alert) Inc. as a
Challenger in the Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a
Service, North America for 2012. In related news, Avanade announced on
November 13th that it plans to acquire Azaleos to expand its
leadership position in managed services for Microsoft (News - Alert) communication and
collaboration technologies. See press release for details: http://bit.ly/Ta6WoW
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According to the report, Gartner analysts evaluate UCaaS providers based
on the breadth, quality and overall maturity of their applications,
processes, tools and procedures that enhance individual, group and
enterprise communications. Ultimately, UCaaS providers are judged on
their ability and success in capitalizing on their vision.
"We view Azaleos' position in th Challengers Quadrant as proof that we
are one of the few vendors that can provide the full Lync feature set
including IM/Presence, video conferencing, unified messaging, mobility
and VoIP," said Scott Gode, vice president of product management and
marketing for Azaleos. "Customers choose Azaleos for our unique
expertise in delivering a feature-complete Lync-based UCaaS solution
with tight integration to SharePoint and Exchange using a secure,
private-cloud or hybrid infrastructure."
Gartner's expectations for UCaaS in 2013 are twofold. First, UCaaS will
start supporting global deployments spanning multiple regions. Many of
the UCaaS participants in this Magic Quadrant already have
infrastructure in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific as a first
step. Second, today's Fortune 1000 UCaaS users will adopt the service
across broad swaths of the organization.
Azaleos has achieved and maintained its position as a leader and
innovator in managed services through aggressive investments in
research, development and new services. The company recently exceeded
the 1 million seats under management milestone and closed several
marquee enterprise accounts for its Exchange, SharePoint and Lync
services including the largest hospital in America and a global
tele-communications equipment manufacturer.
About the Magic Quadrant
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its
research publications, and does not advise technology users to select
only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research
publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization
and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research,
including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose.
About Azaleos
Azaleos Corporation provides managed email, collaboration and unified
communications services available in private cloud, on-premise or mixed
deployment architectures. Azaleos' 24x7 managed services for Microsoft
Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and AirWatch (News - Alert) MDM improve availability,
security and performance, while reducing maintenance time and costs. The
patented AzaleosX technology platform enables customers to maintain
control over servers and data including their location, while uptime,
maintenance, and support is proactively handled by certified experts in
Azaleos network operations centers. Hundreds of companies from Fortune
500 to mid-market enterprises rely on Azaleos to manage their
collaboration infrastructures and address issues before users ever know
they exist. A member of the National Systems Integrator program (NSI (News - Alert)),
Azaleos is one of Microsoft's top 34 partners in the U.S. For more
information, visit www.azaleos.com.
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