-- 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.
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