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Avaya Government Solutions has been selected by the Information Systems Security Association as the “Cybersecurity Organization of the Year” for 2013. ISSA will present the award to Avaya at the ISSA International Conference, which is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Nashville, Tenn., Avaya announced Monday. The association is an industry independent …

Avaya has partnered with a Ukraine-based nonprofit organization to provide video conferencing tools for a national telemedicine program that seeks to improve cancer treatment in the European nation. The Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for the Development of Ukraine selected Avaya’s Scopia video conferencing system to help train and assist oncologists during …

An Avaya phone system has been deployed by Iceland’s emergency contact center to help dispatch agents connect residents to organizations that respond to emergencies and natural disasters. Iceland 112 fields more than 20,000 calls per month and is known for its smartphone application that works to help responders find people …

Avaya has rolled out its Software-Defined Data Center framework that seeks to help administer virtual machine deployments, storage assignments and network configurations of virtualized data centers. The SDDC is part of the company’s larger Software-Defined Networking suite of products that it expects to roll out over the next 18 months, …

Pierre-Paul Allard, a 19-year Cisco Systems veteran, has become the president for global field operations and senior vice president for worldwide sales at Avaya Holdings Corp., Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Aaron Ricadela writes Allard joined Avaya last year after leaving Cisco, where he filled VP roles after serving as president of its Canadian division …

Avaya has unveiled new consulting services intended to help enterprises address the impact of cloud, Session Initiation Protocol technologies, security and automation on their communication infrastructures. Avaya built the Cloud Transformation Services for organizations to develop strategic plans, and the Continuous Performance Services for businesses to maintain their collaboration system …

Avaya has offered a preview of its next collaboration tool for enterprises to create and deploy applications across mobile, social and cloud platforms. The company unveiled the Aura Collaboration Environment during International Avaya User’s Group Converge 2013, a networking and education event for its customers, Avaya said Tuesday. “Companies are …

Hewlett-Packard has updated its network management software and expanded its unified communications support for Citrix to help organizations secure thin clients. The new HP Velocity tackles network issues and packet loss, while the Citrix virtualization and networking products intend to help end users stream videos, transfer files and run Voice …

Avaya has helped a Philadelphia-based university implement a new information technology infrastructure for the university to handle mobile technology demands of its 4,000 administrators, faculty and students. The University of the Sciences is utilizing Avaya’s Virtual Services Platform 9000 core switches and Ethernet Routing Switches 5000 Series products, the company said …

Avaya has won a contract to supply mobility software to a U.K. town as the town is aiming to help its employees communicate with each other at any time from any location. The contract includes delivery orders for an Avaya one-X communicator with video, Avaya EC500, Avaya Flare communicator and …

Recently, U.S. federal government agencies have been migrating their legacy systems to the cloud in order to reduce costs, increase productivity and streamline processes, according to an article written by Don Turner of Avaya Government Solutions. He says the cloud resonates with today’s budget-strapped federal agencies such as the Departments of Interior, Agriculture …

Avaya is helping the North American Aerospace Defense Command operate a hotline for children inquiring when Santa Claus and his sleigh will arrive at their house on Christmas Eve. Avaya said NORAD uses the company’s Aura unified communications and contact center services to connect each caller with one of the …

The Defense Department has approved the latest release of Avaya’s Aura Application Server, the company announced Monday. The AS 5300, the server’s third update, can now be used in the Defense Switched Network, the agency’s system for delivering data and communications services worldwide. Steve Derr, vice president and chief technology …

Of the close to 2.1 million federal employees on the payroll in 2012, nearly 31 percent of them were deemed eligible to telework. However, a new Avaya white paper on telework in the federal space says that less than a quarter of those eligible actually did work remotely, usually for …

Avaya has appointed Dave Vellequette senior vice president and chief financial officer, where he will succeed the departing Anthony Massetti. The company said Vellequette will report to CEO Kevin Kennedy and join the executive council. Vellequette brings experience from diversified technology firms as the company focuses on its business collaboration …