Avaya has taken steps to simplify upgrading to the new capabilities of Avaya IP Office.
Wiring:
Very often older systems use traditional phone system wiring. For some phone system providers, that’s a costly issue you’ll have to deal with (you’ll need to run new wiring throughout your facility, at your cost, in order for their system to operate). For Avaya IP Office, it’s not a problem at all: you can continue using your existing wiring with your Avaya IP Office solution. Or, if your facility has a Local Area Network (LAN) to connect your PCs, you can use that instead. Avaya IP Office works with either kind of wiring—the choice is yours and the savings of using existing wiring can be significant. Common wiring interfaces available with Avaya IP Office reduce the re-wiring often associated with replacement of a phone system, making the upgrade fast, easy and affordable.
Training:
If you currently have an older Avaya system, user training is minimized as existing phones will start up with familiar default configurations, facilitating a smooth transition to the many new capabilities of Avaya IP Office while making it easy to access the proven, familiar features of your existing system.
Future upgrades & leasing:
As your business grows, Avaya IP Office easily grows with you. There won’t be a need for another upgrade anytime soon. Avaya IP Office can handle hundreds of extensions, and increasing capacity or adding more sophisticated functionality is simple and cost-effective to do.
If you don’t want to keep using your existing AT&T/Lucent/Avaya phone sets, no problem. You can make the upgrade to new, modern phone sets at anytime.