Avaya
| Avaya Inc.
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| ISIN | US05351X1019 |
| founding | October 2, 2000 |
| Seat | Santa Clara , United States |
| management | James M. Chirico ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 13,000 |
| sales | 5,171,000,000 US dollars (FY2012) |
| Branch | Unified communications , telecommunications , call centers , data networks |
| Website | www.avaya.com |
Avaya Inc. is an American communications company based in Santa Clara (California) / United States that specializes in telephony , call center technology and data network solutions. The company was founded on October 2, 2000 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Avaya has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. Avaya's strong presence in the German market stems from the takeover of the German telecommunications company Tenovis in 2004.
The communications company is one of the leading companies in the field of IP telephony ( VoIP ), unified communications and call center solutions. According to the company, 90% of Fortune 500 companies use Avaya products. Avaya Labs, which are also part of the company and emerged from Bell Laboratories , focus on their research and development work in the field of communication technologies. Avaya claims to own or have registered 5,600 patents.
history
Spin-off from Lucent Technologies
On October 2, 2000, the Unified Communications and Call Center division of Lucent Technologies was spun off. Henry Schacht became chairman of the board. The first CEO was Don Peterson, who was previously CFO at Lucent. Avaya got the ticker AV and began trading at $ 20 per share. Prior to this spin-off, the company was part of Western Electric and AT&T for over a century .
Acquisition of Tenovis
In November 2004, the German telecommunications company Tenovis with 5,400 employees was taken over for 635 million US dollars. Tenovis was considerably redesigned when it was integrated into the Avaya Group, including the establishment of subsidiaries into which corporate areas such as assembly and service were transferred, the outsourcing of parts of the company and further staff cuts. In mid-2006 Avaya had 4,500 employees across Europe. Avaya employed around 3,560 people in Germany in the 2007/2008 financial year; At the beginning of 2010 there were still 2,900 employees.
Takeover by investors
In 2006, Louis D'Ambrosio took over the post of CEO and President of Avaya; he resigned in June 2008, stating health reasons. On October 26, 2007, Avaya was acquired by investment firms Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group (TPG) for $ 8.2 billion or $ 17.50 per share. The common stock was withdrawn from the stock exchange and has not been traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since it began trading on October 26, 2007 .
Acquisition of Nortel's Enterprise division
On September 14, 2009, Avaya was announced as the winner of the sale of the Nortel Enterprise division. Avaya had won the bid for 900 million US dollars. On December 21, 2009, Avaya and Nortel officially closed the sale. Avaya now had 21,000 employees worldwide.
Another IPO applied for
In June 2011, Avaya filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, planning to raise around $ 1 billion.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
At the end of January 2017, Avaya filed for bankruptcy restructuring with Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . The German companies were not affected by this.
Completion of restructuring and successful IPO
On December 15, 2017, Avaya completed its Chapter 11 restructuring and was listed on January 17, 2018 on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AVYA". The issue price was $ 21.70.
Market position
Avaya is recognized by industry and technology experts as a global leader in:
- Unified communications and corporate telephony
- Contact Center area
- Enterprise messaging
- Audio conferencing area
- Hardware maintenance
Gartner places Avaya in the Leaders Quadrant for its (quote) " broad vision and its ability to make it happen ":
- Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Telephony, Worldwide, 2009
- Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide, 2016
- Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, Worldwide, 2016
- Leading position in Gartner's "Critical Capabilities for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure Report"
Products
- Communication solutions for small, medium and large companies and authorities (PBXs, telephones, IP telephony, unified communications and contact centers)
- Software Defined Networking solutions for companies and authorities (virtual service networking, Ethernet switching, WLAN, routing, access control, management, cloud-based network service solution for wireless LAN)
- Virtual Services Platform (VSP 4000/7000/8000/9000)
- Ethernet routing switch (ERS 3500/4000/5900)
- WLAN 9100
- Identity Engines (comprehensive network access control solution)
- Services for the installation, operation, maintenance and consulting of communication solutions and data networks
Sponsorship activities
Avaya was one of the sponsors of the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . The company spent $ 40 million on the license to sponsor the 2006 World Cup, and another $ 60 million on the provision of communications infrastructure.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avaya, Form 10-K, Annual Report (PDF), as of December 12, 2012 (accessed February 12, 2013)
- ↑ a b c Avaya at a glance Avaya at a glance (pdf; 57 kB) 2016
- ^ David Rohd: Lucent spinoff Avaya plays to its strength . In: IDG Network World Inc. . July 3, 2000, ISSN 0887-7661 , p. 68.
- ↑ Brian P. Kenstout: Lucent's Kids Grow up fast . In: Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. . August 2001, ISSN 1528-9729 , p. 116.
- ↑ Avaya CEO steps down
- ↑ Avaya is looking for a new boss , it-businessnews.de, accessed January 28, 2011
- ↑ heise-Verlag, June 4, 2007: Investment firms take over Avaya
- ↑ Avaya enters into merger agreement with Silver Lake and TPG Capital . In: Reuters . (English, reuters.com [accessed December 23, 2016]).
- ↑ Avaye press release: Silver Lake and TPG Capital complete acquisition of Avaya ( Memento of November 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ heise Online September 14, 2009: Avaya is awarded the contract to take over Nortel business units
- ↑ Avaya + Nortel integration roadmap in brief ( Memento of July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), Extra Report on Avaya, page 2, accessed April 3, 2011
- ↑ Avaya is hoping for a billion dollars from its IPO, accessed June 27, 2011
- ^ Avaya Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Protection. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Statement on the restructuring and the results of the 2016 financial year. Accessed on January 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Enterprise Telephony Report, 4Q10 . In: DellOro Group . February 2011.
- ↑ a b [1] Drew Kraus, Steve Blood: Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide . In: Gartner Inc. . 19th May 2016.
- ↑ InfoTrack for Converged Applications, Full Year 2010 . In: T3i Group . April 2011.
- ^ The World UC Applications Market, 2010 Edition . In: MZA, Ltd. . June 2010.
- ^ Services Market Dashboard, 4Q YE 2010 Global Lifecycle Services Market . In: IntelliCom Analytics . April 2011.
- ↑ Steve Blood et al: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony . In: Gartner Inc. . August 2010.
- ^ Bern Elliot, Megan Marek Fernandez, Steve Blood: Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications. July 13, 2016, accessed July 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Avaya Achieves Leadership Position in Gartner Critical Capabilities for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure Report 2015
- ↑ heise online: Soccer World Cup: sponsorship funds itemized. In: heise.de. heise online, accessed on December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ avaya.com June 20, 2010: Avaya joins Bell to deliver a flawless communications experience for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games
- ↑ Die Welt July 2, 2006 Avaya- who?