CARTA DO EDITOR
A Forma Como Trabalhávamos

O meu primeiro emprego real foi durante o meu primeiro ano de faculdade. Eu trabalhei na biblioteca, ajudando aos usuários a ler velhas edições de revistas em leitores de microfilmes e ocasionalmente, tinha de digitar os catálogos da biblioteca, em uma barulhenta máquina de escrever elétrica. Os…

FRENTE A FRENTE
O CTO Empreendedor

Shockley é co-fundador da Spanlink Communications, criada em 1988 com dois parceiros de negócios e USD $3.000. Em 1996, levou a empresa ao público na bolsa, e a transformou em uma empresa de capital privado com um investimento da Cisco em…

CANTINHO DA CONSUMERIZAÇÃO
Quanto maior, melhor

Um feliz meio termo entre um smartphone e um tablete são os phablets, que facilitam as comunicações unificadas (UC) com telas de 5 polegadas ou mais. É possível enviar mensagens instantâneas, editar documentos e participar de chats com ou sem vídeo. Vamos dar uma olhada em três dos…

CITAÇÕES
Avaya na Mídia

"Se uma empresa jovem e em expansão planeja continuar no mercado em cinco anos, precisa pensar muito sobre a qualidade do serviço ao cliente que está oferecendo. Na era da reputação, das referências e do consumidor conectado, elas não podem se dar ao luxo de…

Eventos
Eventos Avaya

Em Setembro, a Avaya teve uma forte presença no Oracle OpenWorld em San Francisco. Da esquerda: Val Matula, Diretor Sênior de Pesquisa em Tecnologias Multimídia do Avaya Labs Research; Cecilia Quinteros, Assistente Executiva; Troy Trenchard, Vice-Presidente de…

ESTUDO DE CASO: UC NO VAREJO
Grupo Boxito

Com sua sede principal na cidade de Mérida, na província de Yucatán, Boxito é a mais famosa loja de materiais de construção no sudeste do México. As coisas têm ido muito bem para a cadeia de varejo, com média de crescimento da…

ESTUDO DE CASO: NETWORKING
Long Island Rail Road

A Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), de propriedade da Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Autoridade de Transporte Metropolitano), atende as regiões de Long Island em New York, que se estende desde Manhattan até o extremo leste do Condado de…

ESTUDO DE CASO: EMERGÊNCIA E CONTACT CENTER
Iceland 112

Quando o Islândia 112, número de serviços de emergência da Islândia, percebeu que o prazo de validade de seu antigo contact center chegava ao fim, optou por migrar para uma plataforma IP totalmente nova da Avaya. A solução Avaya Aura® não só eliminou os potenciais pontos de falha do serviço, mas…

Letter From the Editor

The Way We Worked

My first real office job was during my first year of college. I worked in the library, helping patrons read past magazine issues on microfilm readers and typing up the occasional library card on a noisy electric …

Eric Lai
Featured
Head-On

The Entrepreneurial CTO

Shockley co-founded Spanlink Communications in 1988 with two business partners and $3,000, took the company public in 1996, and then private in 2000 with an investment from Cisco. He joined Avaya in 2008, first serving as the …

Luke Stangel
Featured
What’s the Big Idea?

Close Encounters of the Best Kind

For many executives, the terms “customer service” and “customer experience” are interchangeable, the latter simply representing a new industry buzzword to file away …

Luke Stangel
Consumerization Corner

Big Is Better

A happy medium between a smartphone and a tablet, phablets make unified communications (UC) a breeze with screens of 5 inches or more. Co-workers can instant message, edit documents, and chat with or without video …

Asher Powell
Infographic

By the Numbers

The latest stats and facts about Avaya, its solutions and where they rank market-wise.

Quoted

Avaya in the Press

“If a burgeoning young business plans to be around in five years, it needs to think long and hard about the quality of customer service it’s providing. In the age of reputation, referrals, and the connected consumer …

Thought Leadership

How Avaya Technologies Are Transforming Business

Mobile devices are an integral — and expected — part of doing business. In fact, nearly three-quarters of companies allow for some sort of BYOD usage. Tablet and smartphone use continues to rise. Just as any …

News

Innovations From Around the Globe

Abu Dhabi Airports will deploy Avaya solutions for IP telephony, video collaboration, and contact centers throughout its five airports and other organizations as part of a 10-year partnership signed with Avaya in October …

Events

Avaya Events

Avaya had a major presence at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco in September …

Partner Up

Dr. Network

Solving mysteries such as poor call quality can either be a quick afternoon task or an arduous process that spans multiple weeks. Tim Titus knows that, because he’s been there. Titus is the co-founder and CTO of PathSolutions …

Luke Stangel
User Spotlight

Reducing Hang-ups

Where do great vacations start these days? For many, it’s with a phone call to a tour operator. The better the call, the better the business, from both the customer’s and travel provider’s perspectives …

Paul Kapustka
Case Study: Unified Communications - Government

Aura® Aweigh!

Reliable real-time communications is never more mission-critical than it is during the fog of battle. That’s why the U.S. Navy has relied on Avaya and its predecessors for several decades. Today, more than 100 Navy ships …

Eric Lai
Case Study: Unified Communications - Retail

Grupo Boxito

Headquartered in the Yucatán city of Mérida, Boxito is the most famous home improvement store in southeastern Mexico. Things have been going very well for the retail chain, with average per-store annual revenue growth of around 15 percent …

Case Study: Networking

Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), publicly owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, serves the length of Long Island, New York, stretching from Manhattan to the easternmost tip of Suffolk County …

Case Study: Emergency - Contact Center

Iceland 112

When Iceland 112, Iceland’s emergency services number, realized that its aging contact center was reaching its sell-by date, it opted to migrate to a brand-new IP platform from Avaya. The Avaya Aura® solution not only …

 Not  Invented Here

Collaboration Is the Mother of Invention

There’s a myth that inventors come up with their best ideas while relaxed and alone, like Archimedes in the bath shouting “Eureka!” In my experience, however, the best inventions emerge through collaboration by trusted colleagues …

Ravi Sethi
Last Call

Collaboration B.I. (Before Internet)

Complex spoken or signed language: It’s what separates people from animals. (Besides fur. And indoor toilets. And fear of vacuum cleaners.) But seriously—and scientifically—it’s a uniquely human characteristic …

Elke Peterson