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Government deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers

News Listed suppliers include Avaya, BT, Cable & Wireless, Computacenter, Easynet, Siemens, Telewest and Verizon Business. The government has set up a bulk-buying framework agreement with key telecoms and networking suppliers aimed at securing discounts...

Tags: telecoms, bt, procurement, ogcbuying.solutions

[02 Jan 2008]

Towergate opts for converged network policy

News Insurance intermediary Towergate has awarded a £1m, three-year contract to consultancy CCT for an Avaya converged IP voice and data network. The network will support more than 100 offices housing more than 3,500 staff, built up over a period of...

Tags: insurance, voip, avaya, financial services

[08 Nov 2007]

DVLA ups contact centre performance

News The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has extended its relationship with networking company Avaya with the purchase of £250,000 of priority call routing software. The new Avaya Call Management software builds on the DVLA's existing call...

Tags: contact centre, avaya, dvla, sector

[06 Nov 2007]

Cambridge calls for new voice network

News Cambridgeshire County Council has awarded a seven-figure contract for an Avaya converged IP network for its 4,000 workers. According to Shields, the Avaya system called Communication Manager and managed by Central Telecom, works with an application...

Tags: hotdesking, unified messaging, voip, cambridge

[19 Oct 2007]

Insurer integrates four data centres

News Alongside the move was a switch to VoIP communications provided by Avaya, costing £250,000. Consumer insurance company Paymentshield has completed a technology upgrade as part of a four-into-one office move, reducing its carbon footprint by 76 per...

Tags: itil, virtualisation, insurance, consolidation

[09 Aug 2007]

F1 champions put their faith in technology

News Honda: Avaya, Cablefree Solutions, IBM, Matrix Communications, NCE, PerkinElmer, Pipex, STL Communications It might not be as temperamental as a race-car's engine, but keeping the IT running properly can be just as important to the success of a...

Tags: renault, data networks, comms, network

[23 Mar 2007]

VoIP market growing "every quarter"

News The largest market share went to Cisco (34.2 per cent), followed by Avaya and Alcatel. The market for enterprise IP telephony infrastructure in Western Europe continues to grow. Sales for IP phones and switching systems both increased during the...

Tags: ip-pbx, pbx, europe, voip

[14 Dec 2006]

Avaya trades in its CEO

News Avaya said on Monday after the stock market closed it is replacing its chief executive officer, amid disappointing profits. Avaya, which makes corporate phone equipment, said Louis D'Ambrosio will replace Don Peterson as chief executive.

Tags: avaya

[26 Jul 2006]

3 slams fixed-mobile convergence

News Honda F1 Racing currently uses Nokia smart phones equipped with technology from Avaya to make sure all staff are contactable on a single device, whether they're called at their desk phone or mobile. Third-generation mobile operator 3 has slammed...

Tags: fmc, honda, three, fixed mobile convergence

[04 Jul 2006]

World Cup 2006: Making IT happen

News Securing the data is also key over such a distributed network, said Meyer, who has worked closely with network partner Avaya to proactively assess risk and potential attack vectors. Doug Gardner, World Cup programme managing director at Avaya, said...

Tags: fifa, world cup

[20 Jun 2006]

World Cup security: Avaya poised to tackle DoS attacks

News Avaya's business development manager in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Roger Jones, said he expected malicious computer users to reprise the to-date unsuccessful attacks against the networks servicing the 2002 World Cup, the 2003 Women's...

Tags: world cup, hackers, avaya

[09 Jun 2006]

Fifa in race to finish World Cup IT

News The late finish of the Bundesliga in May means Fifa's main supplier Avaya has had to build the IT network first in its labs in Frankfurt ahead of being able to install it in the stadiums. Doug Gardner, MD of Avaya's Fifa World Cup programme, told...

Tags: fifa, world cup, avaya

[10 Mar 2006]

Nokia pitches Blackberry-esque business smart phone trio

News The Finnish giant has also signed deals with Avaya and Cisco, so the phones can be connected to IP PBX networks. Nokia has released the first of three phones aimed at the business segment. The trio of smart phones - E60, E61 and E70 - are the first...

Tags: eseries, mobile email, nokia

[12 Oct 2005]

Intel and Skype buddy up for better VoIP

News The Intel representative said the chipmaking giant has publicly announced similar VoIP development partnerships with Avaya and Cisco. Intel is investing in VoIP giant Skype to make sure the company's software products are streamlined for Intel's...

Tags: skype, voip, intel

[25 Aug 2005]

Zennström: 'Skype to reach billions with video phones'

News Meanwhile, gear makers Cisco Systems, Avaya and others are trying to develop ways to lower the costs of video phones, which are considered too high for most consumers. Voice over IP company Skype has tens of millions of users but envisions...

Tags: tim draper, video phone, skype, niklas zennstrom

[21 Jul 2005]

Businesses snapping up IP phones

News Avaya is in second place with 12.6 per cent of shipments in the first quarter of the year. Increasing numbers of western European businesses are switching to voice over IP (VoIP) phone services but that doesn't mean IP telephone vendors are raking...

Tags: ip telephones, voip, avaya, voice over ip

[22 Jun 2005]

Microsoft takes its hat off to hackers

Microsoft takes its hat off to hackers

News Kaminsky, a security researcher who works for telecommunications company Avaya, also took his hat off to Microsoft's efforts to bolster its security strategy: "They are taking this subject seriously. Details of a two-day convention hosted by...

Tags: black hat, blue hat, hackers, microsoft

[16 Jun 2005]

Nokia: Skype must change or die

Nokia: Skype must change or die

News Nokia today announced a partnership with Avaya which will give users of Nokia Series 60-based smart phones and Avaya IP PBXs to have a single business number and voicemail, as well as PBX-style call logging for the smart phones and SIP capabilities.

Tags: skype, voip, nokia

[13 Jun 2005]

Virus fears holding back IP adoption, says <strong>Avaya</strong> CEO

Virus fears holding back IP adoption, says Avaya CEO

News Avaya's CEO, Don Peterson, said today that worries over viruses and network downtime are stopping CIOs going for IP networks - and that's why the company uses Linux. According to Peterson, call centres in particular have fielded security as a...

Tags: avaya, linux, voip

[04 May 2005]

Avaya and Juniper take relationship to deeper level

News Networking equipment heavyweights Avaya and Juniper have announced a deepening of their relationship with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU). Facing an enterprise market overshadowed by the networking behemoth that is Cisco, Juniper...

Tags: juniper, avaya

[03 May 2005]

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