Avaya Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Corporate Telephony.Summary: Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of business communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems , systems and services, announced its placement by Gartner Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of its new 2008 Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. report on the corporate telephony market . Avaya Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Corporate Telephony Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of business communications software, systems and services, announced its placement by Gartner Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of its new 2008 Magic Quadrant report on the corporate telephony market . Gartner is a leading industry research and analysis firm, and its Magic Quadrant report positions vendors in the Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries or Niche Players Quadrants based on the completeness of their vision and ability to execute. In its new report on corporate telephony, Gartner places Avaya in the Leaders Quadrant for both C[pounds sterling]Completeness of VisionC[yen] and C[pounds sterling]Ability to Execute.C[yen] GartnerCOs report defines corporate telephony as the provision of holistic voice communications for all wired and wireless users in large enterprises.AvayaCOs corporate telephony portfolio is powered by Avaya Communication Manager, a software platform that offers businesses communications solutions using 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. , traditional telephony, or a combination of both. Communication Manager gives organizations a foundation to take full advantage of Avaya Unified Communications solutions, which include a broad range of feature-rich applications for unified messaging, unified conferencing, video collaboration and enterprise mobility. For the first time, GartnerCOs 2008 Magic Quadrant for corporate telephony represents three geographic locations: North America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ); and the Asia/Pacific region. Gartner combined these regions in part to reflect the growing impact of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation on the corporate telephony market.GartnerCOs research indicates that Unified Communications now plays an important role in corporate telephony decisions. The report states: CyIt is increasingly important that companies consider their telephony partners in the broader context of a UC strategy. Companies should take this opportunity to consolidate their investments into a smaller number of vendors, using IP telephony to deliver a consistent platform across the estate of users in preparation for integration with UC and collaboration platforms, especially for branch, small offices and customer service locations.COC See chip on chip. [pounds sterling]We believe our position in GartnerCOs Leaders Quadrant affirms AvayaCOs strategy of building products that help organizations gracefully transition their existing infrastructure to IP telephony for real-time, always-on business communications,C[yen] said Jorge Blanco, vice president, product management, Unified Communications Solutions, Avaya. C[pounds sterling]Powerful unified communications solutions begin with a reliable, scalable and survivable sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. voice and video telephony platform, and Avaya will continue to lead in the evolution of this key area.C[yen] For more information on the Gartner Magic Quadrant report, please visit www.gartner.comA[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
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