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2015 – A Transformational Year for Esna

leeh@esna.com (Lee Ho) — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:46:18 GMT

Last year was certainly notable for Esna, as it represented 25 years of successful business for the company. This year, however, has been one of the organization’s most impactful as a result of being successfully acquired by Avaya. Former CEO at Esna Mohammad Nezarati, now General Manager and Vice President of UC Applications at Avaya, recently sat down to reflect on how this acquisition will bring continued growth and innovation for the two companies—and the benefits that customers will enjoy as a result.

Embracing Next Generation Team Engagement

leeh@esna.com (Lee Ho) — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:00:00 GMT

Slack, Cisco Spark, Salesforce Chatter, Huddle, Box - the list of enterprise tools for improving team collaboration goes on. These tools empower employees across various departments with capabilities such as file sharing, cloud storage, calendaring, discussion boards, reporting, third-party system integration and more.

The High Cost of Doing Nothing: Why You Need to Reassess Your Communications Strategy Before it’s Too Late

leeh@esna.com (Lee Ho) — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:00:00 GMT

Your enterprise is gearing up for the start of a new year, making now perhaps the best time to reassess the communications and collaboration technology that you have in place. With each new year your organization continues to grow and evolve; your platforms and processes should be adapting and changing, as well. Research shows that there could be serious repercussions of doing nothing—that is, turning a blind eye to your organization’s evolving communication needs.

We’re Especially Thankful This Year for These Three Productivity Enhancing Tools

leeh@esna.com (Lee Ho) — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:51:17 GMT

’Tis the season for turkey, pumpkin pie and quality time spent with friends and family. Above all, however, it’s the season for expressing gratitude for the many things we count as blessings in our lives. You may be thankful for your financial security, for example, or for your continued health and happiness.

Windows Server 2003 Becoming End of Life, Part 2—Four Questions to Ask for System Replacement

rong@esna.com (Ron Gill) — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:32:23 GMT

In Part 1 of this series I blogged about the importance of business owners keeping a finger on the pulse of Windows Server 2003, which has emerged as one of this year’s largest security threats since becoming end of life. Although business owners understand that the server’s end of life status poses a security threat to their organizations, there may be a number of applications still running on the system that they are unaware of. The consequences of having applications run on the server while it is not receiving regular security updates can include massive workflow complications, system breaches and lost revenue.

Product Spotlight: Avaya Communicator for Web

mo@esna.com (Mohammad Nezarati) — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:30:00 GMT

If you didn’t catch the latest installment of our “Product Spotlight” series, Esna Collaboration Specialist Alex Misevski provided insight into exciting developments being made to Esna iLink for Avaya Scopia Desktop. The solution is a browser extension available for Internet Explorer and Chrome that enables users to start and schedule online Scopia meetings across any Web page or application (i.e. Google Apps, Office 365, Salesforce). You can click here to read more on this.

Know Your Options: End of Sale Product Replacement for Avaya CallPilot

davidb@esna.com (David Ballins) — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:00:00 GMT

If you’ve been keeping up with us on Esna’s blog, you’ll know that we have been covering the topic of end of life product strategies as of late. I have been contributing to this conversation often myself. For instance, last month I wrote about the damage that end of life products can have on businesses looking to acquire and retain millennial employees. Fifty-three percent of hiring managers say they have difficulty doing so, and that number is likely to grow for businesses that still manage end of life solutions, which are less than enticing for meeting the needs of millennials today.

Solution Spotlight - Esna iLink for Avaya Scopia Desktop

alexm@esna.com (Alex Misevski) — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:18:59 GMT

As Avaya GM Mohammad Nezarati recently wrote on Esna’s blog, the enterprise world is, without question, transitioning to “the operating system of the future”—a.k.a. the browser. The advent of browser-based technologies like WebRTC is aggressively transforming the state of the enterprise collaboration market. Esna’s hope is to sufficiently meet this heightened user demand for intuitive, truly interoperable browser-based technologies with its collection of embedded unified communications and collaboration products—like Esna iLink for Avaya Scopia Desktop.

Why Enterprises Everywhere Need to Pay Attention to Google’s New Apps Deal

davidep@esna.com (Davide Petramala) — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:42:54 GMT

Whether or not you’ve heard about the deal Google revealed this week regarding its productivity suite Google Apps for Work, allow me to fill you in on the details...

Mohammad Nezarati ITEXPO Keynote: We Must Change What it Means to be Truly Connected

leeh@esna.com (Lee Ho) — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:59:03 GMT

If you didn’t catch it, Mohammad Nezarati, GM and VP of UC applications at Avaya, delivered a keynote speech on the future of communications at ITEXPO West 2015, a global business technology event that took place from October 5-8 in Anaheim, CA.