Certification is in recognition of the company's expertise in delivering unified communications and collaboration solutions and services based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 to its customers.
"As a long term Microsoft partner, we are proud to have achieved Voice specialisation and be recognised as distinguished experts at integrating VoIP, unified messaging and conferencing with Microsoft's Unified Communications technologies," said Ian Smith, general manager, Alphawest.
"The partner program and voice specialisation provides us with technical, marketing, networking and sales resources to drive stronger, more profitable business results for our customers.
"This new certification also fits in with Alphawest's broader strategy to work with our parent company Optus to provide our customers with a single source end-to-end solution which reduces costs and increases productivity through collaboration."
Alphawest had to complete competency testing and a technical program that includes an internal deployment of the complete Microsoft unified communications offering.
It is now qualified to deploy Microsoft unified communications technologies, such as Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging and Office Communications Server 2007.
"Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, such as Alphawest, that have achieved voice specialisation are trained to understand the potentials that exists in Microsoft's software powered voice technologies," said Eric Swift, senior director of product management for the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft Corp.
"In this way, Alphawest can offer solutions in and outside the realm of traditional telephony, including working with their customers to create more productive business processes and transform collaboration through unified communications."
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