AVST Demonstrates CallXpress 8 at Annual ACUTA Summit on Unified Communications and Collaboration
Company Identifies Ten Key Steps for Educational Institutions to Consider When Replacing Outdated Voicemail Systems
DENVER, Colo., July 13, 2009 – This week at the annual ACUTA Summit on Unified Communications and Collaboration, Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) will be showcasing its flagship Unified Communications platform, CallXpress® 8. Leveraging its experience in deploying CallXpress to over 800 educational institutions, AVST will spotlight real-life examples to demonstrate the benefits of Unified Communications.
Universities are continually looking for solutions to enrich student to faculty communications while preserving their communications infrastructure. As a result, hundreds of higher education institutions have selected CallXpress to increase productivity, allow users to stay mobile, and improve their overall communications. AVST will be demonstrating CallXpress at booth # 206 on the show floor at the Marriott City Center in Denver, from July 12-15.
Delivering on its commitment to educating the market on the benefits of Unified Communications, AVST is also participating in a breakout session during the ACUTA Summit:
- “Ten Steps to Securing a Strong ROI on Your Legacy Voicemail Migration to Unified Communications,” presented by Hardy Myers, AVST President & CEO. This session is scheduled for Monday, July 13, at 4:00 p.m. MDT in the Denver V meeting room of the Marriott City Center.
AVST’s President & CEO, Hardy Myers, will focus on how educational institutions can benefit by replacing outdated voice messaging systems with the latest technologies. Utilizing real-life examples and insight gained from hundreds of successful customer installations, Myers will highlight the features and benefits of CallXpress, how to select the right solution, common pitfalls, best practices for implementation and how to maximize the return on investment. This session will benefit attendees by helping them to identify ten key steps to building an affordable, phased migration from legacy voicemail solutions to Unified Communications, resulting in a strong return on your Unified Communications investment.
ACUTA, which stands for the Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education, is an international non-profit educational association serving colleges and universities. Representing over 1700 individuals at nearly 800 institutions of higher education with members ranging from small schools and community colleges to the 50 largest U.S. institutions, ACUTA’s core purpose is to support higher education institutions in achieving optimal use of communications technologies.
Denny Michael, AVST’s Vice President of Marketing stated “AVST has a rich history and a great deal of experience in the higher education marketplace and looks forward to this industry conference every year. Each year we help more and more higher education campuses replace their outdated voicemail systems, providing them with a next-generation communications-enabled platform that supports their Unified Communications needs. Our solution is a natural fit for the ACUTA audience, making this the perfect place to co-strategize while providing attendees with a forum to share information and actively participate in the development of AVST’s future offerings.”
CallXpress 8 delivers a powerful suite of Unified Communications applications including advanced call processing, voicemail, unified messaging, personal assistant, fax, speech and notification capabilities to help colleges and universities become more mobile and productive. AVST is a Corporate Affiliate of ACUTA and has been acknowledged for its support of ACUTA’s regional and national events over the last four years. For more information about AVST’s products for the higher education marketplace visit the company’s website at www.avst.com. For more information on the AVST CallXpress User Forum please visit www.avst.com/forum.
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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