Avaya IP Office Crowned ‘Best Buy’ in What to Buy for Business 2009 Telephone System Awards

SMB solution awarded gold star on basis of quality, feature abundance, ease of use, and value for money

Guildford, UK – 28 January, 2009 – Avaya’s flagship product for small and midsize businesses (SMB), IP Office, has received the top award in the annual ‘What to Buy for Business Telephone Systems Awards’. Avaya received the acclaimed award in two categories – Hybrid and IP PBX/VoIP – following a thorough independent review of products in each category, and on the basis of qualitative feedback submitted by resellers, dealers and users. The conclusion of the editors was that Avaya IP Office offers the best overall value for this type of solution.

Avaya IP Office is a highly modular IP telephone system designed to help small businesses increase productivity, improve customer service and realise significant cost savings. By providing growing companies with a complete solution for telephony, messaging, networking, conferencing, customer management, and unified communications, it enables all employees to have the communications capabilities they need to be productive and responsive, no matter where they are working.

What to Buy for Business is a monthly business-to-business publication that provides independent advice on the office equipment and services market. These awards take place on an annual basis. Other finalists in the categories Telephone Systems Hybrid and IP PBX/VoIP came from Toshiba, Samsung, Aastra, Panasonic and Mitel.

“ Winning this award reinforces Avaya’s strength and focus in meeting small business requirements. We’re confident that IP Office is a highly versatile and reliable solution that brings significant benefits to any growing business at a reasonable cost, and this award is testimony to that,” said Martyn Lambert, vice president of marketing, Avaya EMEA said.

More information on What to Buy for Business and the 2009 Telephone Systems Awards can be found at www.whattobuyforbusiness.com