Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise premium partner SBL has been appointed as the first to deliver OpenTouch Enterprise Cloud (OTEC) to the UK market.
SBL is working with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise IaaS partner CentriLogic to deliver the cloud solution to customers.
John Owen, Managing Director, SBL, said: "There is a definite demand for unified communications in the UK, and it's not just coming from large enterprises. Many businesses across different verticals, including SME, education, public sector and hospitality all want easy access to modern multimedia communicaton technologies.
"Hospitality is a key market for this technology as the prevalance of mobile devices and mulitple guest users requires a fresh way to engage with guests through the devices and applciations that they are comfortable with."
Peter Tebbutt, Country Leader, UK&I, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, added: "The shift to the cloud is picking up considerable momentum, with consumer devices, mobility and open standards in technology driving the trend.
"We are seeing growing demand for flexible solutions which offer access to unified communications and collaboration tools, without prohibitive up-front costs. This is why we developed OTEC, to bring these advanced communication technologies to a greater number of users with ease."