Avaya OneCloud™ ReadyNow Wins Accolade as the Quickest Path to Cloud for Large Enterprises

Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE:AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, today announced that its Avaya OneCloud™ ReadyNow private cloud solution has been recognized with a Unified Communications Excellence Award by TMC, a global, integrated media company. The award honors companies who have developed exceptional unified communications solutions that are leading the way in this growing industry.

Avaya OneCloud ReadyNow gives enterprise customers access to complete Avaya Unified Communications (UC) and Contact Center (CC) solutions delivered in a secure private cloud environment, providing enterprises the benefits of cloud communications.

“Customers’ digital transformation is pushing them towards rapid innovation through the cloud to meet their highly dynamic business needs, and cloud-based Unified Communications and Contact Center solutions are critical enablers of successful transformation,” said Anthony Bartolo, Avaya executive vice president and Chief Product Officer. “With roughly 4 million cloud seats worldwide, we’re focused on delivering customers the benefits of cloud in the way that best meets their specific needs, whether private, public or hybrid cloud, and we are honored to be recognized as a Unified Communications Excellence Award winner.”

“Kudos to Avaya for this recognition. The company continues to innovate its portfolio, transition to more software and cloud services, establish viable strategic partnerships, and evolve its internal culture and how it operates,” said Rich Costello, IDC senior research analyst. “The Avaya OneCloud ReadyNow solution is resonating with large enterprise customers who favor a private cloud model in support of specific performance, security, compliance, and customization requirements.”

Customers can create the security and control regimes that fit their specific requirements and the solution provides high availability with geo-redundant options. With “built in” accreditations such as HIPAA and PCI compliance, companies can feel assured that mandatory requirements for cloud are covered.

“Every year, I am amazed by the innovation and quality represented on the Unified Communications Excellence Award winners list. And I am so impressed with Avaya’s commitment to addressing the real needs of the marketplace,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “It’s inspiring to see such commitment to excellence and I look forward to seeing future innovation from Avaya.”

For more than 20 years, TMC has been honoring technology companies with awards in various categories. These awards are regarded as some of the most prestigious and respected honors in the communications and technology sector worldwide. Winners represent prominent players in the market who consistently demonstrate the advancement of technologies. Each recipient is a verifiable leader in the marketplace.

About Avaya

Businesses are built on the experiences they provide, and everyday millions of those experiences are built by Avaya (NYSE: AVYA). For over one hundred years, we’ve enabled organizations around the globe to win – by creating intelligent communications experiences for customers and employees. Avaya builds open, converged and innovative solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration – in the cloud, on-premise or a hybrid of both. To grow your business, we’re committed to innovation, partnership, and a relentless focus on what’s next. We’re the technology company you trust to help you deliver Experiences that Matter. Visit us at www.avaya.com.

About TMC

Through education, industry news, live events and social influence, global buyers rely on TMC’s content-driven marketplaces to make purchase decisions and navigate markets. As a result, leading technology vendors turn to TMC for unparalleled branding, thought leadership and lead generation opportunities. Our in-person and online events deliver unmatched visibility and sales prospects for all percipients. Through our custom lead generation programs, we provide clients with an ongoing stream of leads that turn into sales opportunities and build databases. Additionally, we bolster brand reputations with the millions of impressions from display advertising on our news sites and newsletters. Making TMC a 360-degree marketing solution, we offer comprehensive event and road show management services and custom content creation with expertly ghost-crafted blogs, press releases, articles and marketing collateral to help with SEO, branding, and overall marketing efforts. For more information about TMC and to learn how we can help you reach your marketing goals, please visit www.tmcnet.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, @tmcnet.

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