Avaya
Mobile UC apps take off
Jul. 02, 2009
We've noticed substantial progress in the last six months on mobile unified communications: both telephony system and handset suppliers have added a wide range of features and we believe that infrastructure market has ...
Nortel enterprise chief wants to bring back Bay Networks
Jun. 30, 2009
Businesses might not want to buy enterprise network gear from bankrupt Nortel, but how about from Bay Networks?
Avaya announces server to unify communications via SIP
Mar. 31, 2009
Avaya is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a new server that connects disparate SIP-enabled PBXs into a single system with global dial plans and call routing - a cost-saving first step toward rolling out corporate-wide ...
Nortel: Why Avaya?
Jun. 25, 2009
If Avaya buys up Nortel's enterprise properties, the new entity will have product overlap issues but they'll be overshadowed by something more important: customers.
FAQ: What's going on with Nortel?
Jun. 24, 2009
With Nokia Siemens bidding on Nortel's wireless business and Avaya rumored to be grabbing up its enterprise gear, it is all but inevitable that the rest of company will be broken up and sold off in pieces, which raises ...
Nortel's liquidation could cripple UC relationship with Microsoft
Jun. 24, 2009
Nortel's liquidation of its assets could possibly gut the 3-year-old unified communications partnership the company has with Microsoft.
Avaya reportedly offering $500M for Nortel enterprise biz
Jun. 23, 2009
Avaya has emerged as the “favored bidder” for Nortel's Enterprise Solutions group, as Nortel is looking to sell off most or all of its assets, having apparently failed in a bid to emerge from bankruptcy as a viable ...
Avaya releases touchscreen phone, links to dual-mode client by DiVitas
Mar. 02, 2009
Avaya is adding a VoIP desk phone it describes as a blend of a phone and computer that comes with a color touchscreen and support for embedded applications.
Avaya buys Agile to control contact center software
May. 27, 2009
Avaya has bought Agile Software, bringing in-house the team that created and develops the call center software Avaya sells to midsize businesses.
VoIP, UC offerings announced
May. 15, 2009
Verizon Business and Avaya have expanded their joint-offerings for VoIP and contact center capabilities, and Sprint Nextel has spelled out their unified communications strategy for both wireless and wireline offers.
VoiceCon: It's all about the savings
Apr. 02, 2009
This week's VoiceCon Orlando was just as much about how to save money as it was about the hottest technology — unified communications — and, in fact, UC was touted as a way to go about saving money.
Advanced uses of unified communication apps shine at VoiceCon
Mar. 31, 2009
The Avaya and Cisco opening keynote addresses at VoiceCon Orlando Tuesday focused on the potential of unified communications, fleshed out with some targeted demonstrations of what that future might look like.
Avaya's new CEO sets three top goals for company
Mar. 26, 2009
Avaya's freshly minted CEO Kevin Kennedy will deliver a keynote at VoiceCon Orlando next week, during which he is expected to announce a major addition to its unified communications platform architecture and the promise ...
Avaya partners with DiVitas for Dual Mode Mobile Unified Communications
Mar. 18, 2009
Today, we highlight three product-related announcements made recently: Avaya has announced DiVitas is their preferred partner for Dual Mode Mobile Unified Communications; Polycom launched its VVX 1500, a business media ...
Report: Nortel seeks to sell off more business units
Mar. 12, 2009
Nortel may sell off more of itself than previously announced, leaving very little as a core business if all the speculated sales go through.
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Jun. 25, 2009
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Jun. 23, 2009
Avaya is reportedly offering $500 million for its enterprise business, while the wireless assets will go to Nokia Siemens Networks for $650 million, unless a higher bid comes along.
Nortel's bankruptcy: A long time coming
Jan. 15, 2009
Nortel's demise -- punctuated by this week's bankruptcy protection filings - started long before the accounting scandal of 2004 and the multimillion dollar quarterly losses that the company has piled up since.
IP PBXs could be kink in unified communications plans
Sep. 17, 2008
Buyers of IP PBXs need to look beyond simple voice capabilities to unified communications and make sure the gear they buy will be compatible with applications they will want in the future, experts say.
Avaya, Cisco address VoIP vulnerabilities
Jun. 26, 2008
Avaya and Cisco have addressed a VoIPshield Laboratories report that their VoIP gear is vulnerable to a variety of attacks. The vulnerabilities also impact certain Nortel gear.
Sun upgrades Identity Manager software; Avaya, Cisco and Nortel face VoIP vulnerabilities
Jun. 25, 2008
Sun has released the next version of its provisioning software and deeply integrated it with role management tools as it continues to push policy-based identity management; VoIP customers of Avaya, Cisco and Nortel ...
Unified communications: Hot technology for 2009
Jan. 05, 2009
Unified communications is one of those technologies that's seemingly forever been on the verge of exploding but has never really become hot.
Mobility, faster call handling goal of cutting-edge call centers
Dec. 18, 2008
Innovations in presence, service-oriented architecture and mobility are what the most aggressive users of IP contact centers are looking for, according to a Gartner report. (Learn more about IP contact centers.)
IT struggles to close the cell phone gap
Dec. 08, 2008
Want or need to bridge the gap between cellphones and enterprise networks? You've got options when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence (FMC).
Mobile operators extend options for cellular discounts
Dec. 03, 2008
The mobile network operators have been quietly enhancing their cellular voice plans to make using their wireless networks for intra-company calls more economically appealing. For a couple of years, the big U.S. ...
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Avaya profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 30
2004 NW200 rank: 31
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
5003 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
18% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
-7% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
961 |
| Change from '04 |
|
203 |
| As percentage of revenue 19 |
|
19 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
- |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
18550 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
24
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
269704 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
5570 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
2000 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Sept |
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