Avaya Communication Manager has helped midsized businesses securely and easily evolve their communications from traditional telephony to IP telephony and now to SIP. The flagship IP telephony software from Avaya, Communication Manager enables businesses to gain essential and innovative telephony functions using end-to-end SIP. With open standards-based SIP, businesses can drive greater cost-efficiencies in the deployment of enterprise communications, and help improve productivity among an increasingly-mobile workforce. New SIP firmware for Avaya endpoints provides an integral part of the end-to-end solution. Avaya one-X IP Deskphones can be SIP-enabled – leveraging open, multimedia communications for improved productivity and mobility – and the phones can interchange between SIP or IP environments. Benefits to Midsized Businesses include: - The Communication Manager software provides a foundation for applications powering midsized businesses using MultiVantage Express.
- The embedded SIP feature allows co-residency on a single server thereby eliminating the cost and management issues associated with multiple servers.
- The Extension to Cellular feature of Communication Manager enables users to transparently bridge their cell phone with their phone extension.
- The "SIP Visiting User" feature enables users to log into and access their deskphone features from any phone on the network.
- Communication Manager 5.0 running on a G450 Media Gateway can be deployed in mid to large branch offices as a telephony gateway. This combination can also be used with an S8500 Server to provide a simple, cost-effective IP telephony solution for small to midsized campuses.
Avaya Communication Manager 5.0 reduces the complexity and costs of communications and increases the reach and capabilities for all sizes of business and serves as the cornerstone of Intelligent Communications. | 
