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August 3, 2020Adding new IT solutions within your technology infrastructure can sometimes be a tricky proposition, even in circumstances where the upgrade provides a solid business benefit to your company. Aside from the potential budgetary impacts and the inevitable hoops to jump through, the internal realities of most enterprise corporations require a certain level of political skill to move the technology from an idea to an approved reality. -
July 21, 2020Leading channel distributor adds enhancements to its signature platform to help Trusted Advisors assist enterprise customers faster with IT decision-making July 21, 2020 - CHICAGO - AVANT Communications (“AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making and the nation’s premier distributor for next generation technology, today released new enhancements to Pathfinder -- the most powerful face-to-face IT decision-making tool for enterprise customers.
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July 21, 2020The AVANT 6-12 Report on Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is rapidly making the rounds these days. If you have not yet downloaded this free market research report, then where you at? The third in our ongoing series of reports geared towards helping enterprise decision makers make a go/no-go decision on the featured technology within the next 6-12 months, (hence the name “6-12 Report), this UCaaS report is, by far, the best one yet – especially in terms of available data.
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July 14, 2020AVANT has announced public availability of its AVANT 6-12 Report on UCaaS; an extensive market research report encompassing data gathered through our day-to-day business, public facing market research from prominent outside organizations, and feedback from technology partners and Trusted Advisors. The document serves as the third installment of an ongoing series of reports by AVANT Research and Analytics, and can be downloaded at www.goavant.net/ucaas-report.
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July 14, 2020Latest “6-12 Report” provides actionable insight for enterprise decision-makers to evaluate their unified communications system for next six to 12 months July 14, 2020 -- CHICAGO -- AVANT Analytics, the market research division of AVANT Communications (“AVANT”), a platform for IT decision-making and the nation’s premier distributor for next generation technology, today released its 6-12 Report for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), the first comprehensive report with findings related to the pandemic's impact on enterprise technology.
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June 30, 2020A new report by Trustwave’s Threat Fusion Team has uncovered a previously unknown malware targeting companies doing business in China. The malware was uncovered through a recent proactive threat hunt commissioned by an undisclosed client. Named “GoldenSpy” by Trustwave, the newly discovered code is embedded in tax payment software required by a Chinese bank in order to conduct business in China.
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June 29, 2020AVANT Network of Trusted Advisors Now Offering Zoom’s Portfolio of Solutions throughout Europe LONDON – June 29, 2020 – AVANT Communications, a master agent and leader in channel sales enablement of next generation technology solutions, announced the expansion of their partnership as part of Zoom’s Referral Partner Program to offer Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform through AVANT's network of Trusted Advisors in Europe.
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June 29, 2020AVANT Network of Trusted Advisors to Offer Avaya UCaaS Solution Featuring All-in-one Voice, Text, Meetings, Video Conferencing, Collaboration and More LONDON – June 29, 2020 – AVANT Communications, a master agent and leader in channel sales enablement of next generation technology solutions, and Avaya Holdings Corp.
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June 9, 2020We at AVANT Research & Analytics love to keep enterprise decision makers and the Trusted Advisor community up to date on what’s hot and what’s not. To that end, our annual State of Disruption Report focuses on how newer technologies are displacing the older ones.
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June 2, 2020The move to Unified Communications as a Service is one that requires substantial planning and close examination of the needs of multiple “constituents within your organization. There are the department leads, key managers, and the finance people who must attend to the conversion from a budgetary point of view.
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May 12, 2020Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is one technology that fits with virtually every vertical market. Some of the most prominent ones, however, include Gov/Ed, Healthcare, IT, Manufacturing, Media, Retail, Travel/Hospitality, Transportation, and Utilities. “We’ve seen a lot of use cases in retail,” said Mitel’s Jim McGarry.
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May 11, 2020CHICAGO – May 11, 2020 — AVANT Communications (“AVANT”), a platform for IT decision-making for next generation technologies announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named three women leaders – Jennifer Gallego, Shannon Orr and Bana Qashu – to its esteemed 2020 Women of the Channel list.
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April 30, 2020Stratosphere Networks and AVANT Communications Rally Chicago’s IT Community to Build McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility’s IT & Telecom Network in Two Weeks Largest Convention Center in North America Transformed into COVID-19 ACF CHICAGO – April 29, 2020 – Stratosphere Networks, a trusted advisor for technology services, and AVANT Communications (“AVANT”), a platform for IT decision-making for next generation technologies, today announced the two companies, along with their IT partners Evolve IP, Ignyte, RapidScale, Spectrotel, Synoptek, and Trustwave, led the rapid transformation of the McCormick Place Convention Center into the McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility (ACF); a dedicated COVID-19 facility to act as a relief valve on the local hospital system.
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April 7, 2020To most of us, video capability at the desktop is not a new thing. It was that dusty button that most people ignored during web-based conference calls. If we were working from home, we were even less likely to use it.
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March 31, 2020The value proposition of Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) is about enhancing the customer experience through newer capabilities such as SMS, video, and even certain types of social media. UCaaS also supports the gathering of data and analytics so that interactions with customers and other constituents can be effectively measured.
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