Altura Receives Top Growth Honors from Avaya; Avaya Recognizes Altura with Prestigious Award at Recent Business Partner Conference.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Avaya Business Partner Conference ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 Altura Communication Solutions, a Platinum Equity Platinum Equity is an American information technology and private equity firm. It was founded by billionaire Tom Gores in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. company and a leading provider of voice and IP communication systems and services for enterprises across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , has received a growth award from Avaya that recognizes the company as a top performer in convergence product sales. Avaya announced the award on November 17 at the Avaya Business Partner Conference, held in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev. The award recognizes business partners that have achieved the highest rate of convergence In numerical analysis (a branch of mathematics), the speed at which a convergent sequence approaches its limit is called the rate of convergence. Although strictly speaking, a limit does not give information about any finite first part of the sequence, this concept is of practical revenue growth over last year. Altura has grown its convergence product line revenue by 779 percent over last year. "We have proven that it is possible to grow your business even during a recession in one of the most hit market segments in today's economy," says Bob Blazek, Altura's chief executive officer. "Altura's success results from our ability to offer IP convergence Using the Internet Protocol (IP) as the standard transport for transmitting all information (voice, data, music, video, TV, teleconferencing, etc.). See IP, IP on Everything and IP Multimedia Subsystem. solutions to our customers that are cost-effective, practical and evolutionary. The Avaya IP solution, coupled with Altura's number-one rated service, represents a partnership that's unmatched in the telecommunications industry." Altura sells and services converged solutions tailored to more than 6,000 business and organizations nationwide. With IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , key workplace tools, such as voice mail, e-mail, faxes and contact databases, all can be accessed and managed by any device, such as personal digital assistant or laptop. About Altura Communication Solutions Headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., Altura Communication Solutions (www.alturacs.com) sells and services a variety of products, including voice switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. , voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available. systems, contact centers, voice conferencing systems, network and system management tools and broadband data communications products. The company has nationwide service capabilities and an enterprise customer base of more than 2,000 companies in the financial, education, healthcare and government markets. It is owned by Platinum Equity. About Platinum Equity Platinum Equity (www.platinumequity.com) is a global M&A&O(SM) firm specialized in the merger, acquisition and operation of mission-critical services and solutions companies. Since our founding in 1995, we have completed over 40 transactions, building a portfolio of 17 market-leading companies with 16,000+ employees, more than 600,000 customer sites and revenues approaching $4 billion. In 2003 Platinum Equity was named the 34th largest private company by Forbes. |
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