Digium (News – Alert) announced it is now offering Switchvox Cloud, a hosted version of the company's Switchvox phone system. If you didn't see this move coming from a long ways off, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

IP PBX/Unified Communications (News – Alert) companies have been alternatively threatened and tantalized by the idea of offering a hosted service.

Threatened, because they started to see companies move away from fulfilling communications needs using a capital expense-based model with regular maintenance updates, and support to a pay-as-you-go, buy-what-you-need hosted solution.