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Avaya Holdings Corp, a provider of solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, announces a resale agreement with NVT Phybridge to provide its long reach, single-pair UTP PoE switches for IP modernisation as part of Avaya’s unified communications portfolio. NVT Phybridge is a pioneer in long reach PoE (Power over Ethernet), making long-distance IP connections simple, secure, and cost-effective. It’s series of long reach switches enable customers to modernise to an IP-based network, transforming existing or new infrastructure into an IP path with power. Secure network platform NVT Phybridge enterprise-grade switches are proven to help customers save money, eliminate risk and disruption, and create a robust and highly secure network platform; eliminating infrastructure barriers that keep customers stuck on TDM. This is especially important for large enterprises like hospitals, universities, government installations, hotels and others looking to accelerate their digital transformation with new unified communications solutions that would have previously required them to rip and replace existing network and telephony cabling. Now organisations can transform their existing and proven voice infrastructure into an IP backbone without the disruption or the increased costs. Advanced unified communications Avaya is making it easier for organisations and large enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation" “Avaya is making it easier for organisations and large enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives with advanced unified communications and collaborations solutions while keeping their existing telephony and networking infrastructure,” said Hardy Meyers, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Avaya. “We’ve had great success with customers in leveraging NVT Phybridge to underpin our UC implementations in legacy environments. By incorporating their plug-and-play solutions into the portfolio Avaya offers directly to the market, we can provide our compelling, cost-effective UC offer to a wider range of enterprises globally.” Simplifying network requirements Avaya customer Nick Kwiatkowski, Unified Communications Manager at Michigan State University said, “The combination of the NVT Phybridge PoLRE® switch solution and our Avaya UC solutions has helped to enable an affordable, and a non-disruptive modernisation path to IP. Being able to upgrade our infrastructure without disruption while experiencing the simplicity, stability, and ease of deployment has allowed us to deliver the latest Avaya technology and features to our users.” “We have been able to simplify network requirements to accelerate our digital transformation. Both companies made it easy for us to seamlessly upgrade our solutions in a timely manner while helping us avoid costly and disruptive infrastructure upgrades.”

As Senior Technical Account Manager, Haun will have full responsibility for the Titan product line BCDVideo announced the hiring of Chris Haun, a fifteen-year veteran of Pelco by Schneider Electric, to manage the Titan Series product line. Titan Networking gains Haun’s full technical expertise. An expert in quality assurance and product management, Haun adds a proven record of ensuring the customer has the right network backbone to negate any issues with their video management systems. Industry expertise As Senior Technical Account Manager, Haun will have full responsibility for the Titan product line, including all sales and service strategies, as well as coordinating with executive management, procurement, and marketing. After releasing Titan Networking in June, demand for both the product and technical services grew quickly. "Chris’ strong history ofproduct leadership andcommitment to customerservice will certainly accelerate this already rapid growth." “Our ability to bring in someone of Chris’ talent is a major addition for the company. His history at Pelco was one of continuing advancement while building tremendous relationships in and out the networking world,” states Jeff Burgess, BCDVideo CEO. “We had already seen immediate market impact with the Titan line and Chris’ strong history of product leadership and commitment to customer service will certainly accelerate this already rapid growth.” Titan Networking BCDVideo’s Titan Series, powered by Avaya, utilises IP Fabric Connect to deliver superior levels of performance, scalability, and resiliency for both unicast and multicast video networks. Without the proper support, however, poor network configuration and deployment can cut into security integrator’s margins. Haun’s hiring reinforces BCDVideo’s commitment to getting networking projects done right the first time. Repeat site visits to simply address network issues caused by human error will no longer affect integrators ability to free up resources to engage on additional projects. According to Darren Giacomini, Avaya’s Director of Video Networking, “Automating the network configuration process reduces human error, and helps scale resources within an integration company. Both BCDVideo and Avaya are committed to making that happen.” Save Save

B&NES leveraged Avaya technology to upgrade their CCTV network, deliver greater flexibility and simplify system management Avaya, a provider of business communications software, systems and services, today announced that the Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council has upgraded its extensive CCTV network using Avaya Fabric Connect networking technology. The council can now better monitor public spaces by more easily deploying and managing cameras as needed for public safety purposes. The CCTV cameras on the public space network are vital for crime prevention, detection and public safety in the town centre where large numbers of people can gather. Improve public safety CCTV B&NES’ previous public safety network consisted of approximately 90 analogue cameras that were connected to a single central control room with only 12 display screens. To view images from different cameras, cables had to be manually plugged and unplugged from each screen, a cumbersome, extremely resource intensive process that limited the benefits of public safety CCTV. While integration of this analogue system with the more modern, digital IP camera network used by the Council’s transport team would have helped improve the system, lack of funds prevented the project from proceeding. Avaya Fabric Connect network B&NES turned to its existing Avaya Fabric Connect network – installed in 2012 as one of the first of its kind in the UK. It not only had the built-in capacity and reliability needed to run both the public safety and traffic camera networks 24x7 at no extra cost, but also enabled a simple, rapid integration of the analogue public safety and the digital, IP traffic camera networks. In addition, the additional network capacity in the Fabric Connect network has improved picture quality on the IP-connected cameras for a better experience all around. The first test of the new system was during the Bath Half Marathon in March 2016. With minimal preparation from the BN&S network team, the race organisers used the cameras to monitor participant and spectator safety from a single device that can connect anywhere on the network – not just from the control room. With the CCTV cameras successfully integrated into the Fabric Connect network, B&NES is now looking into incorporating additional software and devices to extend the network further, getting even more value from its initial investment. Successful CCTV upgrade Martin Snellgrove, Consulting Director, Avaya Professional Services, Europe “Avaya Fabric Connect has expanded the network capability of B&NES enormously and the CCTV upgrade is just one part of this. The Council was one of the first organisations to implement Fabric Connect in the UK and it has provided much more flexibility across so many services. We are tremendously pleased this partnership has worked so well for them.” Wayne Goodliffe, Chief Technologist for Networks, Bath & North East Somerset Council “Since rolling it out, Avaya Fabric Connect technology, has become the lifeblood of our entire network. It enables us to meet so many requirements, both technical and regulatory. Now, different teams within the Council come to us with really complex projects, and we can just say ‘yes.’ It really is the perfect solution for what we need and the seamless CCTV migration is proof of that.” Save