Aspect Software Gets Equity Investment from Microsoft - Chelmsford, MA

Aspect Software, a privately held, Chelmsford-based provider of software for customer contact centers, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Microsoft. In addition, the deal includes an agreement for Aspect to design its contact center software to interoperate with Microsoft's platform for software-powered voice and unified communications. Aspect also said it will build a professional services and systems integration practice for Microsoft's unified communications software, to help customer deploy software-powered voice, instant messaging, and conferencing capabilities.

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