Avaya Unified Communications at work during Olympics

Everybody’s talking about the Olympics, including a post I recently made .

Avaya has announced their Unified Communications solution to NBC Universal in support of their coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The press release, dated Aug 12, 2008 goes into details:
"NBC Olympics operates under a unique set of IT circumstances: every two years the organization needs a complete, business communications network set up in a new location that is in use for little more than a month. Demands for high-availability, resiliency and cutting edge technology are weighed against cost, since once the Games are over the equipment goes into storage ."

Described are some specifics such as:
"integrating existing analog and digital phones allowed NBC Olympics control over the pace and price of implementing new technology. For peace of mind, however, the company elected to run communications and data along separate, parallel paths."

It’s great to see the technology being adopted and approach to adoption particularly the election to run parallel technology. What we need to see is more success stories like this and rest assured they will be coming. The Olympics has provided an ideal scenario to deliver dynamic, robust solutions in a very visible way. What will be the next big opportunity and who will jump on it?

Kudos to Avaya on this announcement. Their position in the market looks very strong. One look at the press release section of their website tells the story of a company that is a market leader.