Avaya throws its weight behind the cloud

Vendor unveils its Collaborative Cloud strategy and claims it will help channel partners get more flexible

Avaya has taken the wraps off its cloud strategy with the launch of the Collaborative Cloud.

The vendor has described the Collaborative Cloud as a strategic framework for delivering communications and collaboration applications and services to businesses through public, private and hybrid cloud models.

Avaya also unveiled the AvayaLive suite of public cloud-delivered solutions including its AvayaLive Connect solution and its AvayaLive Engage offering. Both will be offered on the AvayaLive.com platform.

As a result, the vendor claimed its channel partners can deliver and enhance cloud collaboration solutions based on Avaya applications, platforms and infrastructure, and tailored to diverse market segments and needs.

Brett Shockley, senior vice president of applications and emerging technologies at Avaya, said the vendor plans to add more features and functionality to its Collaborative Cloud strategy throughout the year.

“The Collaborative Cloud formalises Avaya’s cloud strategy. It expands our current portfolio of cloud-based solutions to encompass new offers from the public cloud,” he said. “Over the year, we will continue building new cloud-based solutions in a variety of highly flexible delivery models, enabling our customers and partners to access, utilise and extend the value of Avaya’s applications, platforms and infrastructure.”