Events

Still have questions about the Avaya Nortel Integration? 

Now that the Avaya Roadmap has been made public, customers are left to try and deciphers what it means for them. VDS is sponsoring the following events to help our customers understand what it all means!  We will be reviewing the roadmap and also be having Q&A through out the sessions.

February 17, 2010

INDYNUG - Indiana Nortel Users Group Monthly Meeting

Learn about Avaya Aura as a breakthrough in business communications - a unified communications platform that enables on-demand collaboration and customer service - faster, with less complexity and at lower cost - anywhere in the world.  Avaya Aura brings together award-winning Avaya real-time communications performance and reliability with a revolutionary, enterprise-wide SIP based e-IMS architecture, plus the instant detection of each user's presence across a diverse array of devices and applications.  Communications applications and services are implemented once and made available across the business.  Simpler deployment and streamlined provisioning, plus leaner hardware and enterprise-wide dial plans, all drive down costs and complexity.  Please join us for this session to better understand how this next generation communications architecture will truly revolutionize the agility of enterprise business. 

Agenda:

8:30a - 9:00a          Registration

9:00a - 9:30a          Business Meeting

9:30a - 10:30a        Nortel Discussion and Q&A

10:30a - 10:45a      Break

10:45a - 12:00p      Presentation on Avaya Aura

12:00p                    Lunch provided by VDS

Location: Brickyard Crossings Gold Resort and Hotel

               4400 W. 16th Street

               Indianapolis, IN  46222

               (317) 492 - 6415

               www.brickyardcrossing.com

Not a member of INDYNUG?  This meeting is open to all current Nortel users!

RSVP:     Lou Volker 

February 18, 2010

Michigan Nortel Users Group Monthly Meeting

Join us for an infomative and indeph look into the Avaya/Nortel Integrated Roadmap.  Our presenter, Joel Kuhn works as a Consulting Engineer in the Innovation and Technology Strategy Team at Avaya.  In this role, he engages with strategic customers to demonstrate Avaya's thought leadership and seek new business and problem spaces in which Avaya may innovate.  Previously, Joel worked in the CTO Office of Nortel and in various solution development and engineering roles, most recently developing large-scale unified communications architectures for global customers.  Joel is fluent in voice, data and unified communications technologies and holds advanced degrees in electrical and computer engineering.   Topics that he will be covering include Unified Communications Roadmap, Data Roadmap, Messaging Roadmap, Contact Center Roadmap and Services.  There will be Q&A throughout the presentation.  This meeting will be held simultaneously at both of the locations below!

Agenda: 

9:00a - 9:45a          Registration

9:45a - 10:00a        Welcome to VDS

10:00a - 10:15a      Welcome to Avaya

10:15a - 10:30a      Avaya Engineering Support Model and Overview

10:30a - 12:00p      Presentation

12:00p - 12:45p      Lunch provided by VDS

12:45p - 2:00p        Presentation

Locations:             VDS

                              37690 Enterprise Court

                              Farmington Hills, MI  48331

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                              VDS

                              2350 Oak Industrial Dr NE

                              Grand Rapids, MI  49505

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Not a member of INNUA?  This meeting is open to all current Nortel users!

Can't make it to either location?  That's ok too!  This meeting will be made available via Live Meeting.  Please RSVP requesting the link.

RSVP:                    Scott Evans