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Autumn 2015
Telecom Reseller: Extra Report on Avaya 11
Westcon to Launch UCaaS

Solution Powered by

Avaya IP Of ce

Westcon, the leading IT distributor with customers.
worldwide practices focused on security, UCC, TelAgility was founded in 2014 to provide
networking, data center, cloud, global deployment SaaS-based telecommunications to solution
and services, is launching a powerful, scalable, providers, and immediately pursued a
cloud-delivered solution Powered by Avaya IP partnership with Westcon to bring Avaya IP
O ce for its reseller customers. e Uni ed O ce as a service to market.
Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solution “We wanted a partner to reach solution
will be marketed through Westcon’s broad base of providers and Westcon was a natural t,” said
solution providers to their end-user customers.
TelAgility CEO Adam Cole. “We collaborate
e UCaaS solution Powered by Avaya IP on all the partner development. ey’re the
O ce is the latest o ering between Westcon known, trusted entity already. My job is to make
and Avaya, who have provided world-class sure I have a program that lives up to Westcon
telecommunications products and services standards.”
together for more than 25 years. Westcon is “Avaya has been supplying innovative uni ed
Avaya’s largest global distributor.
communications solutions for a long time.
e new agreement helps VARs meet the Our customers now have the capability to
growing demand for UCaaS in the market, generate additional monthly recurring revenue
providing businesses with the opportunity to and create a more pro table, more sustainable
migrate from a traditional capital expenditure revenue stream for the long term, as well as the
to an operating expense (OpEx) model with a opportunity to get closer to their own clients,”
turnkey solution. e Westcon UCaaS solution said Barat Dickman, vice president and general
Powered by Avaya IP O ce is available in the manager of Uni ed Communications and
United States now and will be o ered in Canada Collaboration at Westcon.
by early next year.
“UCaaS is a high-growth, high-demand
UCaaS Solution Includes Compliance & solution and the cloud-delivered Avaya IP O ce
Taxation Features
solution developed by Westcon and TelAgility
Westcon is partnering with TelAgility, a is a powerful addition to any solution provider’s
leading provider of hosted platforms, to deliver portfolio,” said Steve Biondi, vice president,
the turnkey solution. TelAgility’s hosted service Global Partner Organization, at Avaya. “As
includes detailed compliance and taxation businesses become more comfortable with cloud-
functionality, attractive to solution providers as based technologies, we expect partners with
a value-added service as they fold-in their own o erings like this to be very successful.” n
services for delivering a complete solution to
More at www.westcongroup.com

InfoPlus Enhances Support for

Avaya IP Of ce Server Edition

InfoPlus, a leading provider of data analytics and multi-site deployments
communication management solutions for Avaya l A detailed Network Graph lays out the
products, announced new enhancements to the overall Server Edition/SCN network while
company’s Site Survey for Avaya IP O ce.
individual Equipment Maps drill down on
is important update introduces full support Servers, Control Units, Expansion Modules and
for Avaya IP O ce Server Edition and expanded related Cards.
reporting capabilities for Small Community l Cost-e ective and easy to deploy – no
Network (SCN) environments.
remote access, so ware or hardware required
e InfoPlus Site Survey is the industry’s l Comprehensive Manufacturer Support
ONLY solution that o ers a consolidated view Analysis identi es lifecycle issues for hardware
and analysis of IP O ce hardware and so ware and so ware and aids in future upgrade planning
assets in multi-location Server Edition and SCN l e ONLY reporting service for IP O ce
networks – all via a single, user-friendly report.
that analyzes system-level con guration data
e new service broadens InfoPlus’ reach rather than relying on typical SNMP information
further into the IP O ce platform, and e InfoPlus Site Survey for IP O ce
represents an advanced yet cost-e ective Server Edition also incorporates proprietary
reporting solution (adding value for pre-sales data analytics and targeted recommendations
support, installation and ongoing maintenance) for system optimization and health – across
for Avaya Business Partners supporting the the entire IP O ce solution. Plus, a full
midmarket. In addition, InfoPlus can now help Manufacturer Support Analysis makes quick
enterprise users gain better visibility into their work of identifying lifecycle support issues and
multi-location IP O ce networks.
planning for future upgrades.
InfoPlus Site Survey for Avaya IP O ce Server e InfoPlus Site Survey for Avaya IP O ce
Edition – highlights:
supports the following platforms:
l O ers a consolidated inventory of hardware l IP400/500 (Rel. 4 and up)
and so ware resources across an entire Server l Standard Edition (including SCN)
Edition solution AND breakouts by individual l Server Edition
control unit
For more information about this new service,
l Simpli es the complex job of documenting contact InfoPlus at sales@infoplusonline.com or
and understanding IP O ce assets across large,
201-746-7200.