OnState Unified Messaging for Skype debuts today

Contact center solutions provider OnState Communications has just announced OnState Unified Messaging for Skype.

This is a single-platform, subscription-based Skype messaging solution that integrates email; voicemail; business chat; and customer contact messaging and recording systems.

With a starting price as  low as $10/per month, the solution is being pitched as a business process facilitator and enabler for the SMB market.

The secret sauce is Skype's connectivity, open-source messaging and collaboration from Zimbra, and OnState's contact management software.

Features of OnState's Unified Messenger for Skype include:

• Web 2.0 Ajax client
• Integrated Skype voicemail
• Call recording
• Online business chat logging
• Enterprise-class email and calendaring
• Push-mail for mobile devices
• Support for Outlook, Thunderbird and other mail clients
• Cross-mailbox search and compliance features