Esnatech, a cloud-based communication and collaboration solutions, today announced that it has received an Avaya DevConnect Innovation Award for 2012. Avaya presented the award for Esnatech’s Office-LinX™ solution that drives better communication and collaboration, reduces costs, and boosts productivity by integrating Avaya unified communications (UC) with cloud-based business applications from Google, Microsoft, VMware and Salesforce.com.
The Innovation Award is part of the Avaya DevConnect Partner Excellence Awards Program, which recognizes the significant achievements of Avaya’s valued Technology Partners and their contributions to Avaya's success throughout the past year.
Esnatech Office-LinX, an award-winning and DevConnect compliance-tested UC platform, provides enterprises with a scalable, web-based framework to integrate Avaya voice and mobile networks with cloud-based business solutions such as Google™ Apps, VMware Zimbra® and Microsoft® Office 365. By leveraging an organization’s virtualization infrastructure and integrating cloud-based technology, Office-LinX bridges an enterprise’s infrastructure with the cloud and creates a secure, authenticated link between on-premise technology and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
“Businesses are increasingly turning to cloud-based applications that enable their employees to work more effectively, from anywhere. Integrating unified communications capability into the applications that users work in every day saves significant time and drives real, bottom-line impact,” said Davide Petramala, EVP of Business Development for Esnatech. “It’s an honor to be recognized for innovation by such a strong leader in the industry and we look forward to continuing our long partnership with Avaya.”
Office-LinX is a software application suite that runs on VMware and seamlessly connects Avaya UC solutions with cloud-based applications, transforming them into easy-to-use communication endpoints. Office-LinX provide customers with convenient and time-saving communication tools including click to dial, presence status and unified messaging natively from within cloud applications such as Google Apps.
“We are pleased to recognize Esnatech for their excellence in innovation,” said Eric Rossman, Vice President, Developer Relations, Avaya. “Esnatech’s Office-LinX solution enables organizations to communicate and collaborate in the cloud, helping customers reduce costs and IT management expenses.”