CHICAGO—April 10, 2017 AVANT and Comcast Corporation today jointly announced an agreement in which AVANT will offer Comcast Business services to AVANT’s channel sales partners leveraging AVANT's channel sales enablement capabilities.

CHICAGO -- April 10, 2017 AVANT, the leader in channel sales enablement for next-generation IT solutions, today announced major enhancements to their Channel Sales Enablement Program, delivered to partners as a service, and the release of BattleApp v.2.1, with expanded face-to-face selling capabilities at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.

CHICAGO—March 27, 2017 AVANT today announced that Shane McNamara, a senior channel sales industry veteran, joined to help lead the company’s critically important channel partner initiatives as executive vice president, Channel Sales, East. McNamara previously served as the senior vice president of business services at Qology Direct. Before that, he was the channel partner vice president at XO Communications and the general manager for Carrier Sales at CDW.

CHICAGO, Ill.—January 24, 2017  AVANT starts 2017 with an expanded list of SD-WAN providers and a significant commitment to partners to support the need for SD-WAN services. This portfolio of partners places AVANT, a leader in sales enablement and distribution of next generation IT services, squarely in the middle of one of the fasting growing IT cloud segments in the market with the broadest portfolio of SD-WAN leaders in the industry.

Special guest blog:  We’re eCloud Managed Solutions, and we recently selected AVANT to be our exclusive distribution partner — largely because of the way AVANT handles sales enablement. Simply put, AVANT provides resources that no other company can match.  AVANT’s enablement tools, like their BattleBriefings series, have made an impact to our business at eCloud Managed Solutions, here's how...

Company expands internationally and grew agent revenue 75 percent year-over-year 

Chicago, Illinois—January 17, 2017 AVANT today announced that Brendan Taylor assumed the role of chief financial officer. Originally from London, England, Brendan joins AVANT from Chicago-based SaaS cloud technology business CVM Solutions, a Kroll Company, where he was responsible for rapidly scaling profits, and delivering predictable and repeatable earnings. Brendon will be a key contributor to help further accelerate AVANT’s growth after a record 2016, where we doubled our active agent base, grew booked Agent revenue 75% and continued international expansion

As the saying goes, you don't know where you're going until you know where you've been. 2016 was a year of tremendous growth here at AVANT. UCaaS, SD-WAN, and Public Cloud were key areas of sales growth, and AVANT cemented sales enablement as the cornerstone of the company’s future. Check out our Top 10 Growth Initiatives of 2016!

The cloud contact center solutions market is sizzling. According to Gartner, the global market will reach $204 billion by the end of 2016, and will continue growing throughout the foreseeable future. This is a golden opportunity for trusted advisors. Uncovering the right opportunities is the first step to getting your piece of the pie. Here's how to do it...

Cloud contact center is in demand and the average revenue per deal is HUGE compared to other solutions. If you play your cards right, you can use this momentum to your advantage. Before you approach your customers with cloud contact center solutions, you’ll need to think about the right pain points to zero in on and the key benefit that Cloud Contact Center has to offer.

AVANT is excited to announce the addition of another heavy hitter to the team, a Microsoft and HPE alumni, Juan Ochoa, as AVANT’s new Sr. Director of Contracts. Juan will be responsible for developing an industry-changing licensing program to enable the cloud channel ecosystem, and securing top notch, impenetrable agreements with leading vendors to protect the long-term revenue of our partners.