Avaya Techathon 2015 aim to accelerate India’s Digital Transformation

Avaya, a business communications software, systems and services company, will showcase innovative solutions and services to help public and private-sector organizations in India in order to achieve their digital transformation goals at its popular annual Techathon roadshow.

This year’s Techathon will focus on the key themes of Smart Everything: Cities, enterprises, banking, healthcare and education, as Avaya contributes to India’s journey towards becoming a digitized nation. Held in three cities – Pune, Bangalore and Gurgaon on October 6th-7th,October 15th-16th and October 28th respectively, Techathon 2015 highlights Avaya’s latest networking, collaboration and communication solutions designed for both mid-market organizations and larger enterprises.

Avaya customers and partners can experience how Avaya’s innovative technology is transforming different industry sectors – including Government, finance, hospitality, education, manufacturing and transportation – with cutting-edge solutions integrating Internet of Things, video, mobility, wireless, data analytics, networking and communications technologies.

India is a key focus for Avaya innovation, with the company’s largest R&D operations spread across Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad accounting for more than 35% of product & solution development globally. Avaya’s India R&D centers comprise several thousand talented engineers, researchers, product management and support staff whose primary focus is data networking and unified communications in the state-of-the-art research and engineering lab and infrastructure.

“India has some of the finest talent in the R&D sector and our longstanding presence here is critical to Avaya’s overall innovation and growth goals. Avaya Techathon is a great opportunity for enterprises to gain insights into the latest Avaya solutions and meet the dedicated R&D team responsible for creating the open, mobile and highly flexible solutions that enable Avaya to address key challenges of moving to the digital age,” stated Vijay Mhaskar, senior director and site leader for Pune, Avaya

Satish Murthy, Senior Director and Bangalore Site Leader at Avaya adding said, “We believe that India is a flourishing market for Avaya and we are excited to host the Techathon events to showcase our smart innovations and look forward to interacting with our customers and partners across the country. It is a great platform for us to showcase our latest innovation and to help Indian businesses select innovative solutions and help them grow their business.”