Avaya has rolled out new solutions that seek to simplify network data delivery. Automated Campus includes automated onboarding of user devices intended to save IT hours and minimize service delays and downtime, Avaya said Wednesday. The unified end-to-end, cloud-based network covers data center management up to the end device using …
Read More »Tara Mahoney: Avaya Platforms Built to Help Health Orgs Manage Privacy, Security
More than 5,500 healthcare organizations worldwide use Avaya‘s communication and collaboration platforms to facilitate delivery of medical services to patients. Avaya spent more than $2.5 billion within the past six years to research and develop tools for hospitals to manage patient information, the company said Monday. Tara Mahoney, senior director …
Read More »Avaya Unified Comms Platform Selected for DOE National Security Site; Mike Paige Comments
Avaya’s Government Solutions subsidiary has been selected to provide communication and video services for National Security Technologies’ operations at the Department of Energy’s Nevada national security site. NSTec intends for the Avaya communications system to upgrade the voice and video infrastructure currently in use at the site, Avaya said Tuesday. Mike …
Read More »Executive Profile: George Borgh, Philips Government Solutions VP of Strategic Alliances and BD
George Borgh serves as vice president of strategic alliances and business development at Philips Government Solutions. Prior to assuming this role, Borgh worked at Siemens Government Services, Inc. as VP of sales, business development and marketing and for Siemens One, a corporate business development organization for Siemens from 2006-2011. The 25-year commercial industry and …
Read More »Avaya Launches Collaborative App Development Platform; Gary Barnett Comments
Avaya has rolled out a middleware platform that seeks to help users build, integrate and deploy applications for enterprise collaboration and communications. The Aura Collaboration Environment product is intended to support voice, email, text and video capabilities and work with a cloud computing infrastructure, Avaya said Tuesday. Gary Barnett, Avaya …
Read More »Avaya Government Solutions Wins ‘Cybersecurity Company of the Year’ Award
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 …
Read More »Avaya Deploys Video Conferencing Tools for Oncology Network; Alexander Parkhomenko Comments
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 …
Read More »Avaya Helps Iceland Manage Emergency Calls to First Responders; Chris de Jongh Comments
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 …
Read More »Avaya Details Framework for Software-Defined Data Center
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, …
Read More »Pierre-Paul Allard Assumes President, SVP Roles at Avaya
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 …
Read More »Avaya Introduces Consulting Services for Communications; Seth Frank Comments
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 …
Read More »Avaya Previews New Collaboration Platform; Gary Barnett Comments
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 …
Read More »HP Updates Thin Client Software, Extends Citrix Comm Support; Jeff Groudan Comments
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 …
Read More »Avaya Implements University’s Ethernet Tech for Mobile Devices
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 …
Read More »Avaya Installing Town’s Employee Mobile Comm System; Simon Culmer Comments
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 …
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