Avaya Once Again Ranks Among Global Top 100 Software Companies

PricewaterhouseCoopers list based on software revenues and includes SaaS revenues for Top 50 companies

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - June 28, 2016 - Avaya, a global leader in business communications software, systems and services, announced today that it has once again been named a Global 100 Software Leader.

In a recently published report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), titled “Global 100 Software Leaders,” Avaya was ranked 57th based on its 2014 revenue. The PwC report reveals companies that are taking advantage of changing technology and offering cutting-edge, software and service options to customers. Compiled for PwC by IDC, the list ranks companies by total software revenue. A separate table details the SaaS and PaaS revenues for the top 50 companies.

Inclusion in the Global 100 Software Leader ranking underscores the momentum behind Avaya’s strengthening portfolio and transformation into a software and services company. Avaya revenue from its software, cloud and managed services offerings has grown year over year. In recent months Avaya has grown its business communications software solutions for leading digital businesses, including:

• Avaya Breeze:  the next generation of the Avaya Engagement Development Platform, which profoundly simplifies application development while delivering built-in capabilities for enhanced mobile, customer-facing and hybrid/cloud requirements. Avaya also unveiled the Avaya Snapp Store, the first e-Commerce app store for business communications.
• Avaya Oceana: an extensible, software based solution for true multi-touch customer engagement, built on the Avaya Breeze platform.
• Zang: a wholly owned subsidiary of Avaya, Zang is an innovative cloud communications platform and communication application-as-a-service that revolutionizes the way businesses can use communications to connect with customers and employees.

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Resources
PwC, PwC Global 100 Software Leaders – Digital intelligence conquers the world below and the cloud above, 2016. http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/technology/publications/global-100-software-leaders.html

About Avaya
Avaya is a leading provider of solutions that enable customer and team engagement across multiple channels and devices for better customer experience, increased productivity and enhanced financial performance. Its world-class contact center and unified communications technologies and services are available in a wide variety of flexible on-premises and cloud deployment options that seamlessly integrate with non-Avaya applications. The Avaya Engagement Environment enables third parties to create and customize business applications for competitive advantage.  The Avaya fabric-based networking solutions help simplify and accelerate the deployment of business critical applications and services.  For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

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