AVST Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Innovation and Leadership
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Founded in 1982, AVST was first to market with an Intel server-based call processing and voice messaging platform. In the 1990’s, AVST delivered the first server-based unified messaging platform operating on the Microsoft operating system, added speech-enabled applications including auto attendant and hands-free personal assistant to its solution set, and was first to market with a voice messaging platform integrated with IVR. In the early 2000’s, AVST delivered its first IP integrations, further extending its leadership position in IP-PBX/PBX interoperability. Since 2003, AVST has extended its innovative solution set with the delivery of CallXpress 7.0, 7.5, 7.7, 7.8 and, in April 2007, the announcement of CallXpress 7.9.
According to Bern Elliot, Vice President Research, Gartner, “Unified communications is not a single product, system or solution – it is a broad range of solutions that can be applied in different ways to different groups and individuals in an organization. UC offers value in personal productivity, workgroup performance and enterprise effectiveness. Successful deployment is dependent on enterprise executives understanding how these solutions offer value and how they can improve the competitiveness of their organization.”
AVST arms enterprise decision makers with its best-of-breed unified communications solution, CallXpress, which delivers world-class call processing, voice messaging, unified messaging, fax capability and advanced speech applications. CallXpress also offers a complete set of migration tools for customers seeking to replace their first generation products that are approaching end-of-life, like Octel® and Centigram®. This strategy enables a business or organization to minimize its end user retraining and protect legacy telecom infrastructure investments while increasing employee productivity and effectiveness in the short term.
“The enterprise communications market has undergone many changes over the past 25 years,” said
Always at the forefront of innovation in the industry, AVST recently announced CallXpress 7.9, making it the only UC solution provider that gives IT managers a choice of four different UM architectures based on the current and evolving compliance, confidentiality and capacity requirements of their business. When deploying CallXpress 7.9, IT managers can choose between server-based, client-based, secure and simplified unified messaging architectures or mix and match architectures based on individual or departmental requirements. This unprecedented flexibility makes CallXpress the ideal UC solution for businesses of all sizes.
“Consistent with our vision built upon 25 years of innovation and customer focus, we will maintain our leadership role by educating the marketplace about the benefits of next generation communications and by building the most cutting edge, open and extensible solutions on the market that are designed to fulfill the continuously changing communications requirements of enterprises and their workforces,” added Myers.
About AVST
The typical enterprise communications infrastructure is made up of a collection of technologies from multiple vendors, acquired over time and never intended to work together. To maximize user and business productivity, while leveraging existing IT investments, interoperability is a must.
AVST delivers the industry's most interoperable Unified Communications (UC) platform that brings best-of-breed voice, mobility and business process solutions to the enterprise. Unlike virtually every other UC vendor, AVST does not constrain customers with a single vendor lock-in approach. In fact, it's the very opposite. By connecting new and existing technologies, AVST frees organizations from the constraints of a closed, single-source UC solution, unlocking the full potential of their communications infrastructure.
With over 15 million users worldwide and three decades of innovation excellence, AVST is unifying communications®.
Headquartered in Orange County, California, AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Washington, Victoria B.C., Canada and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices throughout the United States. AVST's UC solutions are sold and supported worldwide by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. To learn more about AVST, our products and partners, please visit www.avst.com or you can follow us at Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
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