News & Updates

Earth Day (next week on April 22nd) started with a pretty noble, and maybe a bit pie in sky, goal as a teach-in on the environment by a Wisconsin Senator in 1970. Over the last 40 years, it has evolved quite a bit and has become a pretty significant event within the corporate world. It is a time to evaluate a company’s environmental/green performance, celebrate successes, communicate to intere...

Having voice and data share the same physical network is RISKY business, often leading to greater stress Some IP manufacturers would like to see you replace your network gear to deploy your unified communications solution. Often you’re left dealing with the stresses of getting a data network to handle the real-time requirements of voice. Based on a recent survey, approximately 60% of companies ...

Part of my job here at Avaya is managing our DevConnect social media presence, which means I get to field a variety of queries from Twitter and other social networks. Just yesterday, one of my community members asked "I'm weighing the pros and cons of a #sip trunk vs a #pri. Has anyone realized a real savings?" I turned to Robin Foster, Practice Leader for Avaya ROI TCO Analysis, who said "I get ...

Last week, David Brooks wrote a very interesting op ed for the New York Times, titled the The Sandra Bullock Trade which used Sandra Bullock's wildly up and down March as a means of considering happiness, a topic I would venture that we don’t spend enough time thinking about as we go about our busy daily lives. It was a nice piece and I encourage folks to check it out, if you haven’t already. ...

Today, I am pleased to turn the blog over to my colleagues in Westminster, Colorado (near Denver), Josh Caldecourt and Nik Nikmanesh. Josh and Nik are immersed in our packaging program as a packaging engineer and packaging manager, respectively. They have been working very hard over the last 18 months to drive packaging efficiencies, with impressive results. Today, they are sharing these result...