Agito Networks, Inc.(TM), Sunnyvale, Calif., a company pioneering
new technology in enterprise mobility, has been selected by Avaya Inc.,
a leading global provider of business communications applications,
systems and services, for membership in the Avaya DevConnect program.
Agito Networks uniquely fuses 802.11 wireless LANs (WLANs), enterprise
(Internet Protocol) IP telephony networks and carrier cellular networks,
improving mobile worker accessibility and responsiveness to increase
mobile worker productivity (http://www.agitonetworks.com/products).
Agito Networks' award-winning RoamAnywhere(TM) Mobility Router
interoperates with Avaya Communication Manager, and is an application
that allows enterprises to mobilize voice by taking full advantage of
their 802.11 WLAN deployments as a low-cost alternative to cellular
networks for in-building enterprise mobility. Leveraging voice over WLAN
(VoWLAN) enables enterprises to reduce cellular expenses by as much as
60 percent, and avoid deploying costly, carrier-specific equipment to
address poor cellular coverage. To ensure a seamless user experience,
the RoamAnywhere Mobility Router provides the industry's fastest,
sub-second, automatic handover between the enterprise WLAN networks and
any carrier cellular network.
The Avaya DevConnect program promotes the development,
compliance-testing and co-marketing of innovative third-party products
that are compatible with standards-based Avaya solutions. Member
organizations have expertise in a broad range of technologies --
including IP telephony, contact centers and mobility applications --
helping companies extend the value of multivendor networks and transform
voice into an intelligent business application that delivers true value
to the bottom line.
"Membership in Avaya's developer community will help us
build our business by serving joint customers more efficiently and
effectively," said Mark Cashman, Agito Networks vice president of
business development. "Building on Avaya resources and working more
closely with the company to deliver compliance-tested Unified
Communications solutions to the market, we are able to extend
Avaya's market-leading mid-call control features to various
handsets and mobile phones, and provide seamless mobility between WiFi
and cellular networks. This integration with Avaya enables customers to
benefit from Avaya's features on handsets, enabling them to be more
accessible and productive, and do so while leveraging their enterprise
WLAN for improved in-building wireless coverage, and reduced
telecommunications costs."
The Avaya DevConnect program currently includes thousands of
software and hardware developer companies, integrators, service
providers and customers. Members have created a broad array of
innovative solutions tested for Avaya compliance, including natural
language speech recognition applications, wireless services, specialized
computer telephony integration and reporting capabilities, and
applications tailored for specific vertical industries.
Through the DevConnect program, Avaya provides a number of tools
and capabilities to member companies. One example is Application
Enablement Services (AES) -- a set of application programming
interfaces, protocols and Web services that makes it easier for
developers to create Avaya-compatible networks, devices and
applications.
"With the involvement of companies like Agito Networks, our
Avaya developer community has become a catalyst for rapid innovation --
creating multivendor applications that help enterprises around the world
unleash powerful new possibilities for operating more efficiently and
effectively," said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer
relations and technical alliances, Avaya. "We help businesses embed
secure, reliable Intelligent Communications into the very fabric of
their organization so employees and customers have ready access to
information regardless of where they are and how they prefer to
communicate."
As a member of the DevConnect program, companies have access to a
wide range of support from Avaya, including technical resources and
training. There are three levels of membership -- Registered, Gold and
Platinum -- each entailing progressive levels of marketing and sales
involvement. Free Registered membership is available to anyone
interested in designing Avaya-compatible solutions. Gold-level members
and Platinum members must meet rigorous Avaya criteria for customer
satisfaction, product support, business operations, marketing and sales.
Agito Networks is a Gold-level member of the Avaya DevConnect program.
Membership information and a listing of solutions developed and
tested under the DevConnect program are available at
http://www.avaya.com/devconnect.
About Avaya
Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help
companies transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage.
More than 1 million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent
of the FORTUNE 500(R), use Avaya solutions for IP Telephony, Unified
Communications, Contact Centers and Communications-Enabled Business
Processes. Avaya Global Services provides comprehensive service and
support for companies, small to large.
For more information, visit http://www.avaya.com or call
908/953-6152.
About Agito Networks
Agito Networks is the technology leader in enterprise mobility. Its
product, the RoamAnywhere Mobility Router, is an innovative enterprise
fixed mobile convergence (eFMC) platform enabling enterprises to extend
voice and Unified Communications to cell phones. RoamAnywhere is the
first and only network appliance that fuses enterprise wireless LANs,
carrier cellular networks, IP telephony and location technology to
mobilize voice and data applications, while remaining agnostic to
customers' choices of carrier and equipment vendors. Agito enables
low-cost in-building voice coverage, reduced cellular costs, improved
enterprise visibility and control over cellular usage, and better
accessibility and responsiveness for mobile workers. Founded in 2006 and
headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company is venture backed, led
by Battery Ventures.
For more information, visit http://www.agitonetworks.com or call
408/548-8025.
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