A year ago we brought in TelApi code line that had been shelved for year because it had no customers. We combined it with another acquisitions and named it Zang. Now year later we are bleeding money have extremely limited traction in the marketplace... — read more 

The submission of the restructuring plan is being delayed so they can have additional discussions with creditors. This sounds to me like their plan has not been well received by the creditors - which means that it will ultimately be decided by the... — read more 

Please read a filing made on 3-30 called Statement of Financial affairs, it is a long confusing document but as a newly person I have the time. This will make your day. On 5-31-2016 when it was known that we were is deep trouble and they were looking... — read more 

Will be bidding. Will merge with ALE. Alcatel-Lucent owns 15% of ALE and it is headquartered in France. Already competes favorably in global markets with no restrictions in the US. Good alignment with ALE product portfolio. Favorable brand... — read more 

Yesterday Amazon launched it's Connect service which is a cloud contact center offering. This is the death knell for Avaya Aura. Maybe not this year, but it will definitely be disruptive. Amazon dominates in everything it pursues and this will be no... — read more 

Extreme on Shopping spree

In Pune our project manager made unrealistic tasks with unacceptable deadlines knowing there are not enough skills in the team and no good development tools and infrastructure. The milestones are not getting achieved and the technical people are... — read more 

It's not unusual for high relative contributors to be let go while other workers (some good, some OK, some bad) are kept on. I've actually seen a person receive their bonus for their contribution (at a time when not everyone got a bonus) and then get... — read more 

So, our glorious leaders have generously agreed to accept a slightly lower incentive bonus even though they have collectively mismanaged things to the point of bankruptcy. In light of the Trustee's objection to their initial proposal, they decided to... — read more 

Forced headcount reductions everywhere! From different teams all over the world! Management does not say a word!!!! Does anyone know what is the logic behind it? I mean what is being taken into consideration when the decision is made who will be... — read more 

What is actually laughable is the amount of money the top 11 are getting/demanding when the company is under pressure! top 11 getting millions and the reward the rest with pittance and we are expected to feel good/say thanks guys!! What have they... — read more 

The two Pune Chimpanzees asked all Monkeys to manage the All Hands Call at Pune. What a foolish way to try to regain the lost confidence of Pune Employees on Leadership?

Is this true that SP is not getting fired and PP is giving him chance once again to manage one of the team which YS is currently managing. I guess IQ product. Is this true?

3.7mill if company achieves 205$ mill adjusted EBITDA for fiscal Q2 and 3.0 if the company achieves 175mill of adjusted EBITDA. Also they said the bonus is for the execs' hard work in steering the company through the difficult Chapter 11 period. What... — read more 

Avaya is proudly announcing GA of its product Avaya Vantage in May 2017. They think it as a milestone. LOL! Few years before Avaya launched "Flare" with similar excitement. Flare was also "all glass" ip phone. What happened? They failed badly. No... — read more 

My GOD. Doesn't anyone realise that this company is DOA? Customers and partners bailing left and right. New customers non existent. Why would ANYONE go with a bankrupt company if they weren't already a customer? Answer: They wouldn't. And yet, the... — read more 

Announcement likely this week about upcoming layoffs at Avaya specially IT group. Enjoy....and keep in touch..

Hahaha. They are a joke. NA sales, NA Channels, both leaders come off as absolute amateurs. Weekly update calls with no information to communicate - just nonsense. I'm amazed that these buffoons have senior roles in the company. Surely, they won't... — read more 

Most Avaya sales people and probably also most of management are most probably unable to grasp what their R&D people in networking have been creating. Let's just hope that the Buyer of networking knows how to use and market it instead of stomping on... — read more 

Our great leadership of RA, MD, PD have come up with this idea of national level Hackathon. Purely BS. Only Employees will participate and chamchas of CM or IPO team will get this 1 lakh award. Do you still think someone from outside will... — read more 

There are really only 2 ways this will end: (1) The proposed restructuring that Avaya will propose will not be accepted by the creditors and it will eventually be sold off in pieces. There is no way that the business can continue to service even the... — read more 

Heard Oceana product is going to get shelved as no buyers, any truth to this?

What happens to the offers rolled out to the fresher's recruited by Avaya from Engineering colleges in India ? Will they be given an opportunity at extreme networks ?

Some interesting companies looking at the Networking business.

Avaya in Pune have reduced the number of toilet cleaning times to two in a day. The toilets always remain dirty. The printers are old and never work. The laptops are old and slow. But the expectations are so high and management wishes to do all the... — read more 

According to the purchase agreement, Extreme will offer employment to "a majority" of employees at their current compensation. Offers must go out within 45 days after the filing date which was yesterday. Of course, that doesn't guarantee that they... — read more 

All India Employees login to LAS(leave system) and check for yourself. While applying leave now their is an additional item which says "Global Unpaid Leave Program". Level 15 and above will have to take mandatory 2 weeks of unpaid leave in 3rd... — read more 

So what happened to the phrase "no disaggregation"? It's obvious that all that will be left is CC and UC and of course a huge bonus for the guy who caused all of the issues.

This was part of strategy in the name of real state consolidation. Now they have clear measure of Avaya services and professional services footprints. Not only in US but at all Avaya locations around the globe this model is being followed. Now it is... — read more 

Some of the groups within Avaya are going to outsource to another company. Avaya IT will be the first one to go outsource completely.....Enjoy....Announcement at the end of March...

Love the fact that senior technicians (in knowledge NOT seniority) have been let go......now actual SENIORS need to do the work. Shoulda taken buyout! Good luck out there......heard Toys R Us is hiring!

Only $100 Million, unbelievable!!!!

All Avaya Employees in Tower 1 will be moved to Tower 3 or Tower 11. Avaya has lot of plans for reductions and no plan for growth. Be careful guys.

http://m.economictimes.com/industry/tech/ites/a-techie-and-above-30-you-are-most-likely-to-be-fired/articleshow/57509522.cms

Wipro BPS Hiring for Senior Manager (avaya Infrastructure) Wipro BPS (A division of Wipro Limited) 10 - 17 Years Not Mentioned Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata Not Disclosed by Recruiter Posted 12 days ago Job Description Dear Candidate ... — read more 

A month before I posted an article on this blog stating "Cream seperated from Milk" when PodFX was removed from networking and announced to be part of Avaya UC/CC. I predicted that Avaya networking is now ready to be lost and it happened exactly what... — read more 

Bad decision in my view

After markets close tomorrow.

Avaya will focus only on R&D and Product development. It will outsource Support and Professional services to HPE.