TORONTO--(Marketwire - Nov 20, 2012) -

• Six Avaya Connect Channel Partners are recognized for achievements in sales growth, revenue and new customer acquisition 
  
  
• Partners in key categories -- including mid-market, customer acquisition, strategic win, and marketing -- honored at premier Avaya partner event

Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems and services, today announced its Canadian Channel Partners of the Year for 2012. These partners were recognized at last week's Americas Executive Partner Forum 2013 in Cancun, Mexico.

The Avaya Connect Channel Partner Program is a global reseller program which makes it easy for partners to get fast access to Avaya resources and innovations. The Avaya Connect partners receiving awards at this year's conference were:

• Avaya Partner of the Year
  Bell Canada
  
  
• Avaya Mid-Market Partner of the Year
  Bell Canada
  
  
• Avaya Growth Partner of the Year
  Combat Networks
  
  
• Avaya New Partner of the Year
  Connex Telecommunications
  
  
• Avaya New Customer Acquisitions
  Digitcom
  
  
• Strategic Win of the Year
  TELUS 
  
  
• Top Partner: Marketing Innovation
  Unity Telecom

For further details on the Avaya Connect program, or on becoming an Avaya partner, visit: www.avaya.com/usa/partners/

Quotes
"We congratulate all of our Canadian Channel Partner award winners for 2012. They demonstrated leadership in delivering customer value, achieving growth in the markets they serve and maintaining a focused commitment to Avaya's programs and strategies. The programs we put in place in Canada are driving very positive results and our partners are helping customers achieve the full potential of real-time collaboration. We look forward to continuing our channel enablement efforts and value-based program execution in 2013."
 --Renzo DiPasquale, vice president of Channels, Avaya Canada

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Avaya, Avaya Connect, channel partners, VARs, resellers, unified communications, business communications, small and mid-sized business

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