Unison Technologies announced a few days ago a partnership with Canonical, and the release of Unison, the first fully-unified communications software. Currently, there are two versions available for Ubuntu, Unison Server and Unison Desktop Edition, the latter being a beta version.

This release eases once again the wide-range adoption of Linux, Unison running on Ubuntu offering a great alternative to Microsoft Windows for business IT.

Rurik Bradbury, CMO of Unison Technologies, expressed his confidence in Unison becoming a great option for small and medium businesses, by arguing Ubuntu's user friendliness and wide distribution.

His opinion is backed up by Malcolm Yates, Global ISV partner manager for Canonical, Inc. who said, "Unison is a solution that makes unified communications simple and affordable on Linux. We are happy to partner with Unison Technologies and spread the word that Linux offers a superior platform for business IT - now including unified communications."

Unison's biggest perk is that it runs on a single Ubuntu server and, when adding the fact that it includes an integrated PBX, e-mail and instant messaging system, we can see why it's such a great application for businesses, because it eliminates the need of purchasing and maintaining multiple servers for communication purposes.

The idea of having all communication in one place has a positive effect on workers' productivity, hence they don't waste time handling messages so they can focus instead on their work alone.

The software is now available for download from Softpedia.

Unison Technologies is a privately-held company with its headquarters in New York. It developed Unison, a system which unifies communications on a single Linux server. With Unison, businesses are now enabled to work more effectively, since unified communication is made readily available.