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General Information

Websiteavaya.com
Blogavaya.com/blogs
Twitter@Avaya
CategorySoftware
Phone1-866-GO-AVAYA
Employees18,000
Founded2000

Offices

California
4655 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA, 95054
USA
HQ
211 Mt Airy Road
Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920
USA

People

Vice President R&D
President & Chief Executive Officer
VP Strategy
VST APAC General Manager
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development
Head of EMEA Video (Europe, Middle East & Africa)

Former People

Unix Administrator
Professional Services
Director, Product Management
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Acquisitions

Total$30M
RADVISION, 3/12
Konftel, 1/11 $15M
Traverse Networks, 11/06 $15M

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Avaya

Avaya is a global leader in communication systems, applications, and services. Learn about where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and the leaders that are getting us there.

The company’s communication equipment and software integrate voice and data services for customers including large corporations, government agencies, and small businesses. Its office phone systems incorporate Internet protocol (IP) and Session Initiation protocol (SIP) telephony, messaging, Web access, and interactive voice response. Avaya also offers a wide array of consulting, integration, and other managed IT services. The company sells directly and through distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and telecommunications service providers; more than three-quarters of its sales are made indirectly. Parent company Avaya Holdings filed for an IPO in 2011.

Recent Milestones

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    Avaya acquired RADVISION. (3/15/12)
    Posted 3/15/12 at 4:10am via freshnews.com
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    Avaya added Philip Graham as Vice President R&D. (4/1/11)
    Posted 9/17/12 at 8:47pm
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    Avaya acquired Konftel for $15M. (1/4/11)
    Posted 1/4/11 at 9:23pm via techcrunchit.com
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    Avaya added Saurabh Agrawal as Senior Technical Associate Software Engineer. (1/1/11)
    Posted 6/7/13 at 1:38am
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    Avaya — Avaya announces the Avaya Flare Experience — the industry's first, next-generation user experience that delivers unique collaboration capabilities across video, voice and text. (9/15/10)
    Posted 10/11/10 at 2:10pm
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    Avaya — Avaya announces Next-Generation Customer Service and Collaboration Applications (7/20/10)
    Posted 10/11/10 at 2:11pm
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    Avaya added Raghu Bharat as Software engineer. (6/1/10)
    Posted 5/27/13 at 2:17am
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    Avaya — Avaya announced product roadmap that integrates products and services from the recently acquired Nortel Enterprise Solutions (1/19/10)
    Posted 10/11/10 at 2:11pm
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    Avaya added Malcolm Stewart as VP Strategy. (1/1/10)
    Posted 5/27/13 at 9:36pm
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    Avaya — Avaya completes acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions (12/18/09)
    Posted 10/11/10 at 2:12pm
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    Avaya — Avaya becomes private company following acquisition by SilverLake Capital and TPG (10/26/07)
    Posted 10/11/10 at 2:12pm
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    Avaya acquired Traverse Networks for $15M. (11/11/06)
    Posted 12/26/08 at 9:54am via venturebeat.com
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    Avaya added Greg Irwin as Director, Product Management. (10/1/03)
    Posted 7/7/12 at 8:25am
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    Avaya added Tejas Mehta as Country Executive. (4/1/02)
    Posted 1/7/13 at 12:10am
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    Avaya — Avaya launched as independent, publicly-traded company (10/2/00)
    Posted 10/11/10 at 2:12pm
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    Avaya added Rajat Paharia as Professional Services. (1/1/92)
    Posted 11/3/09 at 5:17pm

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Sources

  1. AVAYA ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE RADVISION LTD., SIMPLIFYING VIDEO FOR THE ENTERPRISE AND "ON THE GO" BUSINESS USERS (freshnews.com) [edit]
  2. Avaya Buys Conference Phone Maker Konftel For $15 Million (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
  3. Ayaya buys mobile software company Traverse for $15M — a loss for investors (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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