from Avaya Connected Blog
Readers of this blog have seen the excellent coverage of the International Avaya Users Group (IAUG) conference taking place this week in Las Vegas. For example, my colleague Jay Barta summarizes the conference so far thusly:
IAUG - Avaya's official global user's group - serves as the primary resource for education, networking and advocacy for Avaya's global customer community and unites users across all of Avaya's product and solution areas. This year, IAUG will hold more than 200 education breakout sessions and showcase 130 exhibitors in an Expo Center where Avaya Connect, DevConnect and other partners from across the globe can show off technologies that complement Avaya and heritage Nortel offerings.
Today, as part of IAUG, Avaya announced a number of important extensions of our diverse mobility offerings.
We announced "the next step in the evolution of unified communications solutions for mobile employees that expand flexibility, enable more efficient collaboration and reduce the cost of supporting a growing mobile workforce. The latest Avaya one-X® soft client solutions enable higher levels of productivity for workers in any location through a consistent user experience delivered by Avaya Aura® unified communications applications to the broadest range of mobile consumer devices."
As you know from reading my posts on this blog, mobility/remote working is a deep personal passion, and as a result, I could not be happier about these announcements and product enhancements. Personally, I am excited about further interoperability with my Samsung Galaxy Android Smartphone. I love the phone and now it is going to further help me do my job.
Remote and mobile working is clearly the future of the workforce and used intelligently can significantly drive down the resources an organization uses to conduct its business. For example, if a company decides to leverage remote working to migrate employees out of an office or branch, it will occupy less physical space. Since it is quite resource intensive to heat, cool and light office space throughout a year, the company becomes greener and lowers their costs.
From my own experience working via virtual office (looking at the iconic golden gate bridge from my apartment as I write this post), I know that you can be incredibly productive working outside of a traditional office environment. I also have enjoyed the flexibility of working from anywhere to take my job on the road, often in trips that combine business and pleasure. Finally, I don't waste any time on a commute, since mine is presently a handful of feet. This time becomes work time, enabling me to get more done and avoiding the headache and stress of rush-hour. These are just three examples of the benefits offered by a mobile/remote workforce and why I am so pleased with today's announcements extending our outstanding offerings in this space.
More Highlights
- Provides more choices for users with support for the newest and broadest range of consumer devices
- Eliminates enterprise boundaries by extending rich, unified communications capabilities with a consistent experience across devices
- Enables IT to better serve the business while simplifying management and reducing costs
Interested in Avaya's mobility offerings? Learn more here.
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