AVST has just unveiled a new product line, the AVST CX-S. CX-S is the perfect solution for SMB’s looking for enterprise-class UC solutions. Not only is it delivered on the industry’s most interoperable platform, it’s jam-packed with feature rich mobility solutions. And, to add icing on the cake, it’s available at an incredibly low price. When we sat down to design the CX-S, we first asked customers what they were looking for. Their feedback was extremely important on the design of this new product line.

The CX-S solution comes standard with all of the best technology AVST has to offer including:

• AVST Mobile Client for iPhone and Android
• Unified Messaging
• Personal Assistant (Speech and DTMF)
• Speech
• Single Number Reach
• Mobile Number Protection
• Web PhoneManager
• Voicemail
• Automated Attendant (Speech and DTMF)
• Message Notification
• Single IP Integration
• English, NA Spanish, and Canadian French Pre-installed Voice Prompts

All CX-S software is pre-installed on a Dell server and comes packaged with a three year “bumper to bumper” hardware warranty. We’ve also included 3 years of XpressCare.

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We’re delighted with the CX-S addition to our AVST Unified Communications solutions family and we are confident you will be as well.

According to feedback acquired, this year’s Oasis was a great success. We received 100% positive response from our follow-up customer survey. One customer said, “What you put together at this year’s conference would have been hard to improve upon; great job!”   Another commented, “You packed a lot into the conference- it worked really well.” Throughout the conference AVST heard directly from customers on what their concerns were, ways they were implementing CallXpress, some of the challenges they faced and product development suggestions for the future.

Attendees were impressed with all the capabilities CallXpress provides. During the customer panel session, users discussed the value of CallXpress feature sets and the increased efficiency and productivity it provided their companies. Features such as personal assistant, unified messaging, single number reach, speech automated attendant and customized CEBP, were revealed to be highly effective tools in their organizations’ environments. During this particular session, a customer who was sitting to my right (and feverishly taking notes) turned to me and said, “This is going to be SO good for my job! I did not realize CallXpress could do all these things.” Another user was very impressed with the interoperability of CallXpress into a Microsoft OCS/Lync environment and shared this: “We are moving to an Office 365 / Lync environment this Fall so, the Lync integration session was very interesting”.  The ability to use CallXpress 8.2 as an Intelligent Gateway for those looking to integrate Microsoft OCS / Lync with their existing telephony infrastructure was seen as a very valuable tool.

Premium XpressCare and mobility were also discussed. Premium XpressCare entitles AVST customers who qualify, to receive direct technical support from AVST. Users talked in more detail about this during the roundtable sessions, as many were planning on purchasing it for their organizations. With various, new mobile features coming soon, customers were excited about the efficiency it would provide. As our President & CEO, Hardy Myers states, “Mobility is accelerating the deployment of UC.”

Attendees reported the roundtable sessions were the most beneficial. During this time users had the opportunity to discuss one-on-one with our Product Management, Professional Services, Sales Engineering and Executive teams. By asking questions, explaining their diverse situations and voicing opinions to AVST staff, a personal collaboration was created between the customer and the company. In addition to the customer panel and roundtable sessions, the conference also provided a networking lunch and two networking dinners. With all the opportunities to come together, we heard a lot of customers asking questions; who was using what, how they could implement it and how it was effective in their companies. From Web PhoneManager to UM to Speech (and much, much more) the power of CallXpress was understood and users were infused with a renewed excitement for what they could implement once back in the office.

The ability to provide customers specific solutions to be innovative influences in their organizations is a direct result of the interaction at the Oasis conferences. It allows AVST to better understand customer needs and  focus on products that will help organizations achieve greater productivity and efficiency in the future. Our hope is that by doing so attendees will become champions in their own companies.

Has the struggling economy led you to re-evaluate how your organization communicates?  When AVST

1. Our Unified Communication platform, CallXpress interoperates into your existing telephony and groupware infrastructure leveraging your existing investments and  minimizing  your short term capital expenditures;
2. Unified Messaging offers a single message access point for mobile and office workers increasing your employees personal productivity;
3. Self service applications like Auto Agent, Auto Attendant, Notification, and Speech-based Personal Assistant remove human latency and expense;
4. Internet based communication such as our Web PhoneManager reduces traditional telephone service to access voicemail and IT solution deployment costs for thick client (desktop) solutions;
5. Single number access for fixed and mobile environments increases call completion and productivity;
6. Software-based faxing eliminates fax machines and associated maintenance and supply expenses and improved individual productivity;
7. Unlimited voicemail mailbox licensing saves your enterprise significant cost on a legacy voicemail platform replacement;
8. Open standards based hardware significantly reduces ongoing maintenance costs and TCO of platform versus legacy platforms;
9. Telephone User Interface emulations minimize user training and associated cost when transitioning your legacy voicemail system to CallXpress;
10. Ala-carte feature delivery for different segments of workforce minimizes incremental licensing cost; and
11. AVST in partnership with CIT offers flexible financing plans

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