Thursday, 15 February 2018

Avaya Honours Energised UK Partner Community At Avaya EDGE London 2018

Executives describe growth opportunities for 2018; UK Partner of the Year Awards Recognize Exceptional Partner Contribution, Commitment to Innovation and Value to Avaya Customers

Avaya newsLondon - February 15, 2018 - Avaya will focus on "People, Partners and Customers" to ensure success in 2018 and beyond, senior executives told more than 200 delegates from the membership community at London's Avaya EDGE stadium World Tour The event ended with the prestigious Partner of the Year awards, and key partners were recognized for their excellent support, contribution and commitment to innovation.

The Avaya EDGE World Tour comes at an exciting time for Avaya, after its restructuring and listed as a public company. 2018, Avaya focuses on developing their executive positions in the Contact Center (CC) and Unified Communications (UC), while increasing investments in emerging technologies that meet the changing needs of its customers and drive growth Avaya and its partners

Ioan MacRae, Managing Director, UK, said:

"By leveraging our investment in cloud trading and our breakthroughs in disruptive technologies like AI and Blockchain, we are ready to equip our customers, partners, and teams. tools to meet the digital business needs of today. I am proud to say that I think the UK team is at its best and are ready to work closely with our partners and customers to transform the communication landscape. "

Avaya will provide partners with opportunities to increase revenue and margins this year, MacRae told delegates, including the # Loyalthy2gether program that is designed to help Avaya customers gain the most valuable asset on platforms older. The program offers CS1000 customers a range of options to take their communication capabilities and collaboration solutions to the next level, enabling fast, secure digital transformation of the customer and employee experience.

The culmination of the EDGE event was the UK Partner of the Year award, which celebrated leaders in a broad range of categories for growth, innovation and outstanding implementations. The following winners have been announced:

  • UK Enterprise Distributor of the Year: Westcon
  • Contact Centre Partner of the Year: Sabio
  • Powered By Cloud Partner of the Year: 6 Degrees
  • Private Cloud Deployment of the Year: BT Wholesale and 4net Technologies
  • Enterprise Growth Partner of the Year: IP Integration
  • Midmarket Growth Partner of the Year: Formation Tech
  • Innovation Partner of the Year: 4net Technologies
  • Project of the Year: Sabio


Fadi Mubarak, Vice President of Channels at Avaya International, said:

"I want to congratulate all our winners for their commitment to customers and their passion for results over the past year." Meet the Avaya Event Partners EDGE World Tour at EMEA was an inspiring experience, as I saw first-hand the energy and innovation and growth appetite of our partners, as well as their commitment to working with Avaya to deliver technology to customers. they need to succeed. .

Reflecting the focus on people, partners and customers, this year's awards also rewarded the respective account managers of the winners at Avaya, highlighting the path that Avaya and its partners have made to ensure success. of its customers. slogan of the Avaya Loyalthy2Gether program.

Steve Joyner, leader of the European channel, Avaya International, said:

"Over the past year, Avaya and its partners have put a lot of effort and effort into helping their customers achieve their digital transformation goals. We see it as a true partnership, when our partner wins, we win and we want to see our partners and our people celebrate together. "

The Avaya Edge World Tour is a roadshow focused on partners who have already visited India, Dubai, France and the Netherlands, and continues in February 2018 with dates in Germany and Sweden.