Avaya Launches New Version of Aura Conferencing
Avaya has released Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0, the latest version of the company's multimodal conferencing solution.
The company also announced the availability of the Avaya Flare Experience for Apple iPad tablets and Microsoft Windows-based PCs and laptops, along with a new version of its Avaya Aura unified communications platform and expanded mobility for the Avaya Communication Server 1000 (CS1000).
The Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0 solution enables session-based, unified voice, and Web collaboration from anywhere using desktop Macs or PCs, tablets, and smartphones.
Supported by the open, standards-based SIP architecture of Avaya Aura 6.2, Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0 provides the performance, scalability, and security required by enterprises, while enabling the flexibility needed for mobile collaboration and bring-your-own-device environments.
The new collaboration solution provides a number of user and business benefits, including:
- One-stop access from the intuitive, collaboration user interface of the Avaya Flare Experience on Apple iPad tablets and Microsoft Windows PCs or laptops, for communications and multimodal collaboration, voice, document sharing, IM/presence, e-mail, and consolidated corporate and personal directories.
- A zero-install, Collaboration Agent client that makes it easy for participants to collaborate using any Web browser or iPhone, and that works seamlessly with the Avaya Flare Experience clients on iPad tablets and Windows PCs/laptops.
- Visual and contextual controls that help eliminate most or all of the typical disruptions of traditional conference sessions, such as announcing or identifying attendees, background noise, speaker identification, etc.
- Scalability to handle 7,500 active conferencing sessions supporting workers located virtually anywhere to eliminate or reduce the cost of outside services.
- A distributed, open architecture and built-in intelligence that helps reduce and manage bandwidth usage and adapts as needed.
Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0 is available for $140 per user with the Collaboration Agent browser interface and $190 per user with the addition of Avaya Flare Experience for Windows operating systems and iPad tablets. The solution can connect to either Avaya Aura Communication Manager or Avaya CS 1000 systems.
Avaya CS 1000 customers can add an Avaya Aura-based Collaboration Pack, a single server solution that brings the SIP capabilities of Avaya Aura and mobility choices to CS 1000 users. The Collaboration Pack now includes Avaya Flare Communicator and Avaya one-X Mobile SIP for iOS.