-- Avaya 2009 SME Partner of the Year: Tampa, FL-headquartered, Avatel
Technologies was recognized for the company's alignment of efforts with
Avaya's small and medium enterprise (SME) goals and support of the SME
community at large, its focus on marketing and sales initiatives that
quickly and effectively increased the number of new customers, and its
development of internal talent that helped Avatel secure customer
opportunities against the competition.
-- Avaya 2009 Enterprise Partner of the Year: Rolling Meadows, IL-based
Relational Technologies Solutions (RTS) demonstrated the best execution of
Avaya's High Touch Channel Centric strategy, focused on effective lead
generation activities, achieved double-digit growth, and made significant
investments in increasing the effectiveness of their sales and technical
resources.
-- Avaya 2009 Service Provider Partner of the Year: Basking Ridge, NJ-
based, Verizon Business, a Platinum certified partner in the Avaya channel
program(1) demonstrated its continued commitment in 2009 by: embracing
Avaya's High Touch Channel Centric strategy; further incorporating Avaya
into its standard processes; and continuing to educate and train its
employees on Avaya's product line to increase sales and support. In
addition, Verizon Business implemented a new global distribution model to
expedite the delivery of Avaya hardware to customers.
-- Avaya 2009 Services Partner of the Year: New York, NY-based Vision
Technologies, was acknowledged for its 100 percent focus on the sale of
Avaya Global Services, impressive revenue growth in 2009 and relentless
concentration on customer satisfaction.
"Avaya channel partners are key ingredients of our success. These awards
recognize companies that committed to delivering value, innovation and
service to Avaya customers," said Carol Giles Neslund, Executive Director,
Americas Channel Sales & Marketing, Avaya. "Avaya's 2009 Channel Partners
of the Year highlight the partners who, despite the past year's
particularly challenging environment, invested in key areas such as
services, competitor displacement and growing revenues in an underserved
market."
About Avaya
Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company
provides unified communications, contact centers, and related
services directly and through its channel
partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world.
Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art
communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and
competitiveness. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.
(1) Verizon Business is also a Platinum member of the Avaya DevConnect
program.
Contact Information: Media Relations: Deb Kline 908-953-6179 klined@avaya.com