 04-28-2005, 09:58 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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| Well according to BCR: AVAYA does for the mid size markets 100-999 Quote: Avaya Highest-Rated Business PBX
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By CAROLYN SCHUK
for VOXILLA.COM
Avaya earned top ranking in Business Communications Review's (BCR) sixth annual competitive review of mid-sized (100-999 stations) IP-PBXs, scoring 90 points out of a possible 100 and tying with Alcatel for 100 percent call completion. Cisco and Alcatel followed in second and third place respectively. “Best IP-PBX Value” was awarded to Mitel based on cost-per-station while Cisco was awarded “Most Secure IP-PBX.”
The evaluation was conducted by East Windsor, NJ-based Miercom, a network consulting and product test center. Five vendors — Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, and Siemens — participated in the test which rated products based on architecture, endpoints, management and administration, features, security, and performance.
The IP-PBXs were tested at a load of 25,000 calls per hour — a volume that roughly equates to a system of 1,700 IP stations — continuously for nine hours.
Avaya topped the list in the architecture and endpoints categories while Cisco took first place for security. Leading in management and administration, Alcatel also received received a perfect score for performance. Avaya, Cisco and Mitel tied in the features category.
In January 2005, Avaya also took first place in BCR's review of large (1,000+ stations) IP-PBX's as well. Copies of both reports are available at www.miercom.com. | |
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