AVT Emerges as the Largest Independent Unified Messaging Provider; AVT Captures 19.8 Percent Market Share.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 A recent study conducted by The PELORUS pe·lo·rus n. pl. pe·lo·rus·es A fixed compass card on which bearings relative to a ship's heading are taken. [Origin unknown.] Group found AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. Corporation (Nasdaq:AVTC AVTC Antivirus Test Center (informatics, University of Hamburg) AVTC Automatic Vehicular Traffic Control ) to be the largest independent unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. provider based on number of user seats installed during 1999. The study indicates that AVT currently holds 19.8 percent of the total unified messaging market share, with the nearest competitor at 13.6 percent. "We are extremely pleased and encouraged by the results of this study," said Randy Ottinger, president, AVT CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. Software Group. "Our significant market share puts us in a powerful position to continue to be a driving force behind this exploding industry." According to The PELORUS Group findings, in 1999 the unified messaging CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment market was $145 million worldwide. Statistics indicate that that total will reach $6.3 billion by 2004 for a five-year compounded annual growth rate of 112.6 percent. "After many years of struggling, unified messaging is getting the recognition it deserves from both vendors and users alike," stated Blair Pleasant, director of Communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Analysis for The PELORUS Group. "Many unified messaging vendors introduced products that were ahead of their time in the past, but now their time has come." AVT Corporation is the leading provider of business-to-business communications solutions, helping organizations control and meet the high demands of their communications workflow. The company specializes in developing and marketing its CallXpress unified messaging solution, its RightFAX and CommercePath fax and communications servers, and its MediaLinq electronic document delivery services. AVT has over 65,000 systems installed worldwide, with 80 percent of the Fortune 100 using the company's award winning products and services. AVT is headquartered in Kirkland, WA and has main offices in Tucson, AZ, Portland, OR, and San Francisco, CA. In addition, AVT has sales and support offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Tokyo. Founded in 1982, AVT is publicly traded under the symbol "AVTC" on the NASDAQ National Market. AVT maintains a site on the World Wide Web at www.avtc.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: News releases are available from AVT Newsroom fax server. Call 425/820-4089 and follow the prompts. This document is number 77140. |
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