BASKING RIDGE, NJ--(Marketwire - January 29, 2009) -
Avaya, a leading global provider of
business communications applications, systems and services, today announced
that its
Unified Communications
and
Contact Center solutions have been
"Certified Green" by Miercom, an independent testing organization. The
designation verifies that Avaya Communication Manager-based networks are
environmentally-friendly designs that can save companies money and boost
efficiency.
The Miercom certifications come following intensive, hands-on testing in a
lab environment of three model Avaya Communication Manager 5.1 networks
under various loads and conditions, which included mid-sized business
networks, campus environments and large distributed offices with contact
centers. The reports cover how Avaya products and technologies enable
enterprises to reduce power consumption, enable environmentally efficient
work models, as well as Avaya's policies and processes for ongoing
improvement in product design, manufacturing and business operations.
"Miercom is pleased to recognize Avaya for achieving the Certified Green
Standard for their Enterprise UC solution, which was recently reviewed,"
said Robert Smithers, CEO, Miercom. "Avaya's innovation is truly
commendable in that they have built sustainable benefits into their
products, while at the same time demonstrated responsible environmental
practices in production and in the conduct of their business. The
certification is based on a holistic review of Avaya's UC products."
According to the Miercom reports for Campus (2000 user) and Large
Distributed Office (5000 user) configurations:
"Avaya Communication manager 5.1 IP PBX platform, augmented with Avaya
Modular Messaging and Avaya Meeting Exchange for conferencing, provides
feature rich function for efficient communication while reducing costs.
Telecommuting, branch office operation and remote system management are
enabled, thereby providing a viable alternative to large office complexes
and reducing business travel with effective multi-media services."
The reports cite how, in substantial size environments, endpoints devices
have the biggest impact in terms of power consumption. Relatively minor
savings in power consumption by an IP endpoint can have a significant
impact when multiplied by the total number of users and the lifetime of the
endpoint. Avaya endpoints help minimize power utilization by drawing
nearly half the power of the industry average for 10/100 phones and
offering a power-saver mode. In addition, Avaya 16CC Agent desk phones are
IEEE Class 2 devices and use less power than the Class 3 phones used in
other vendors' call-centers.
The Miercom reports also point out the effect of server reduction on direct
power consumption, cooling considerations such as air handlers, room size
and indirect power, which are decreased with a smaller footprint. Avaya
technologies enable companies to use fewer servers through the following
means:
-- The Avaya 8300 server embedded in a G450 gateway provides improved
efficiency with double the capacity in a smaller footprint and reduces
power consumption by an average 55 percent.
-- Avaya S8730 server can support up to 36,000 stations with 16,000 used
for IP endpoints such as the Avaya 9600-series units. Scalability of that
level allows expansion without purchasing additional media servers.
-- Avaya Modular Messaging helps reduce the number of servers in an
enterprise because the product consolidates voice, email and fax message
storage on one platform, be it the Avaya Message Storage Server, Microsoft
Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino.
-- Other green innovations demonstrated by Avaya included replacing
previous hardware-based solutions such as their conferencing product in
favor of an all software design solution that can be more efficiently
deployed.
To view the complete "Certified Green" reports for mid-sized businesses,
campus environments and large distributed businesses, please visit:
http://www1.avaya.co.uk/campaigns/green/green_resources.html
More information about Avaya's commitment to the environment can be found
at
http://www.avaya.com/gcm/master-usa/en-us/corporate/whoisavaya/environment/index.htm
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.
About Miercom
Miercom is a leading, independent product test center with hundreds of its
product-comparison analyses published over the years in leading network
trade periodicals. Our reports regularly appear in Business Communications
Review - NoJitter, Communications News, Internet Telephony, Network World,
xchange and other publications.
Miercom features comprehensive certification and test programs including
Reliability Assured, Certified Secure™ and Certified Green™. Products
may also be evaluated under the NetWORKS As Advertised™ program, in
which networking-related products must pass a comprehensive, independent
assessment of their usability and performance as compared to advertised
specifications.
Contact Information: MEDIA CONTACT:
Deb Kline
Avaya Media Relations
908-953-6179
klined@avaya.com