Avaya CEO on exiting Chapter 11, partner loyalty, and why rivals can't touch its profit margins

Tom Wright
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CRN caught up with Jim Chirico inside the New York Stock Exchange following the comm's vendors return to the stock market

"We did sort of drive the car with the handbrake on." Avaya CEO Jim Chirico can now reflect on the vendor's Chapter 11 saga without a sense of dread, after steering the firm through the final ph...

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