The Intermedia hosted OCS solution offers many powerful features:
Private, secure instant messaging, allowing companies to avoid the privacy and legal risks of staff using public instant messaging (IM) systems
Presence integration across Communicator, Outlook and SharePoint, so free/busy status is always visible to colleagues and integrated with calendars
Messages are saved, so IM conversations are searchable and stored for legal compliance
PC-to-PC voice and video conferencing, as well as secure file transfers

“OCS 2007 is a major new product in business communication, and we are proud to offer the world’s first software-as-a-service version,” said Rurik Bradbury, vice president of strategy for Intermedia. “Small and medium businesses can now enjoy powerful instant messaging and unified communications, integrated with Exchange 2007, for just a few dollars a month for each employee.”

Office Communications Server 2007 hosting is available to all users of the Intermedia hosted Exchange 2007 service, and will cost each user $7.95 per month, with a one-time setup fee of $7.95 per user. Also included is a free download of Microsoft Office Communicator, a sophisticated instant messaging program, for each user of the service. For more information, please visit www.intermedia.net/ocs.

About Intermedia

Intermedia is the worldwide leader in business email services. More than 25,000 small and medium-sized businesses trust Intermedia to manage their email, calendars and address books. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Intermedia is committed to best-in-class service and ease of management for businesses that depend on MS Exchange. Intermedia is headquartered in New York, NY with sales and 24-hour customer service teams in Sunnyvale, California and software development staff St. Petersburg, Russia. For more information, visit www.intermedia.net.