Which solution for small business

Hello,
Our office has 30 users (single location). Right now we use an expensive PBX system provided by a third-party. We have some Cisco expertise in our company, so we would be comfortable replacing it with a Cisco solution.
I'm familiar with CUCM v8/9 at customer locations, but that's obviously overkill for us. I'm not too familar with the smaller products. In doing some research it looks like we'd be looking at one of three options:
SBCS - UC500
Cisco Business Edition 6000/7000
CME running on a router
Are there any documents that might compare these solutions? I've read the individual data sheets, but still confused about the real-world differences. Specifically features that may push us to one solution or another. We just need basic features (voicemail, moh, single number reach). Our phones are SPA models today, but we would like support for the traditional IP 79xx phones as well.
Thanks
Bill

Thanks. I will definitely contact a partner as we move along in the process, but I just wanted to do a little research on my own first.
Thanks for the explanation -- that helps a lot. So from a price point of view it sounds like BE6K would be a bit more expensive (since it's CUCM/UCXN vs express versions). And you wouldn't look at the SBCS? Is that truly a Cisco product or is it some re-branded Linksys type acquisition?
Thanks!

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Twist/S230u bug: cannot start Lenovo Solutions for Small Business after installing updates

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http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS032225

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You'll need to call Adobe. We fellow users only see what you see on Adobe's web site.
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