Avaya goes private in $8.2B deal; The Avaya sale: Risks for customers

Convergence & VoIP News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by MASERGY New Webcast! VPLS' Emergence in Enterprise Wide-Area Networking Virtual Private LAN Service is a standardized managed WAN service that's making the lives of network IT executives easier. Learn how VPLS is allowing enterprises to easily connect remote sites around the country - and the world - with unprecedented agility, flexibility, manageability, security and cost savings. Network World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 06/06/07 Avaya goes private in $8.2B deal, 06/05/07:  Avaya has agreed to be bought by Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group for $8.2 billion. Q&A: Avaya's COO on what's next, 06/05/07:  The $8.2 billion buyout of Avaya by Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group will change how the VoIP vendor will operate and interact with customers. The Avaya sale: Tech buyouts bear risks for customers, too, 06/05/07:  The sale of Avaya is just the latest in an increasing number of private-equity buyouts of technology companies that might not be good things for customers. Executive Guide - VoIP: No Turning Back Discover how real-work enterprises are deploying VoIP via several case studies Click here for more information. FAQ: What Avaya going private is all about, 06/04/07:  While rumors swirled that Avaya was on the block, a report this week in The New York Times says a $8 billion deal with private-equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group could happen very soon. Should the deal go down, what does it mean? Optus launches VoIP for SMB market, 06/04/07:  Optus Monday released its VoIP offering for the small to midsized business market. Let’s All Use CallManager 5!, 06/04/07:  Version 5 of CallManager - or Unified Communications Manager (UCM) as it’s called now – has a lot going for it. It has all sorts of SIP capabilities. It runs on Linux instead of Windows. You can even use third-party IP phones. So why aren’t people flocking to use it?

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