Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy

Re:Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy by dqv on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:58AM (#13454489)

They really went too hard with the whole proprietary software thing (but who am I kidding, telecom loves proprietary). Even though I know very little about Avaya, my assumption every time I have tried to look them up is that they are locked down and difficult to integrate with.

If I'm wrong, they sure as hell spent a lot of time leading me to believe I'm right.

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Re:Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy by ismail on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:20AM (#13454549)

Not at all surprised.

"my assumption every time I have tried to look them up is that they are locked down and difficult to integrate with."

Yep exactly this. We are working on a project where we have to integrate with Avaya. It is a nightmare and ancient technology. Why would a company spend tons of $ when you have just as good software in open source world (free switch)

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Re:Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy by digi_owl on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:33AM (#13454579)

Ass coverage for the execs...

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Re:Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy by builtinbuffalo on Sunday January 22, 2017 @11:46AM (#13455897)

You are correct. It's been a closed system in a space that was opened by OSS like Asterisk in the early 2000s. Their solutions cost 5-10x's similar ones available from competitors. Add in their late embrace of cloud and it's not hard to see why they went bankrupt.

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Re:Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy by Steeeve on Sunday January 22, 2017 @11:12AM (#13455751)

Can confirm that integrations (and a lot of system interactions) are needlessly painful. Telephone systems are generally rough around the edges to begin with, but Avaya is a prize winner.

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