Captaris Selected for Gold Membership in Avaya DevConnect Program
June 03 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Highlights BELLEVUE, Wash., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Captaris, Inc., (NASDAQ:CAPA) a leading provider of software
products that automate document-centric processes, today announced
it has been selected by Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of
business communications applications, systems and services, for
Gold membership in the Avaya DevConnect program. The Avaya
DevConnect program promotes development, compliance-testing and
co-marketing of innovative third-party products that are compatible
with standards-based Avaya solutions. Member organizations have
expertise in a broad range of technologies, helping companies
extend the value of multivendor networks and deliver true value to
the bottom line. Captaris specializes in document capture,
recognition, routing, workflow and delivery. Captaris RightFax is
the market leader in document delivery and fax software that
enables companies to deliver business information from virtually
any application via fax, email, print devices or over the Internet.
For companies extending unified communication strategies with
IP-based document delivery, RightFax for Fax over IP supports a
direct connection to Voice over IP gateways or routers via the T.38
real-time Fax over IP standard. "RightFax for Fax over IP allows
organizations to leverage the latest technology advancements for
transmitting data with reliable and proven network-based fax
management," said Paul Yantus, executive vice president of
marketing and new product development for Captaris. Companies using
Avaya Intelligent Communications recognize the benefits of moving
to a VoIP infrastructure. Integrating Fax over IP further leverages
IP investments and can eliminate or reduce analog and ISDN lines.
"Membership in Avaya's developer community will help us deliver the
compliance-tested, interoperable solutions customers need to
realize cost-savings," Yantus noted. "Building on Avaya's
resources, we are able to provide solutions in a manner that
reduces network complexity, improves security and reliability and
speeds time to deployment." The Avaya DevConnect program currently
includes thousands of software and hardware developer companies,
integrators, service providers and customers. As a member of the
DevConnect program, companies have access to a wide range of
support from Avaya, including technical resources and training.
Members have created a broad array of innovative solutions tested
for Avaya compliance. "With the involvement of companies like
Captaris, our Avaya developer community has become a catalyst for
rapid innovation -- creating multivendor applications that help
enterprises around the world unleash powerful new possibilities for
operating more efficiently and effectively," said Eric Rossman,
vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya.
"We help businesses embed secure, reliable Intelligent
Communications into the very fabric of their organization so
employees and customers have ready access to information regardless
of where they are and how they prefer to communicate." Through the
DevConnect program, Avaya provides a number of tools and
capabilities to member companies. One example is Application
Enablement Services (AES)-- a set of application programming
interfaces, protocols and Web services that makes it easier for
developers to create Avaya-compatible networks, devices and
applications. There are three levels of DevConnect membership --
Registered, Gold and Platinum -- each entailing progressive levels
of marketing and sales involvement. Free Registered membership is
available to anyone interested in designing Avaya-compatible
solutions. Gold-level members and Platinum members must meet
rigorous Avaya criteria for customer satisfaction, product support,
business operations, marketing and sales. Captaris is a Gold member
of the Avaya DevConnect program. Membership information and a
listing of solutions developed and tested under the DevConnect
program are available at http://www.avaya.com/devconnect. About
Avaya Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help
companies transform their businesses to achieve marketplace
advantage. More than 1 million businesses worldwide, including more
than 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500(R), use Avaya solutions for IP
Telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Centers and
Communications-Enabled Business Processes. Avaya Global Services
provides comprehensive service and support for companies, small to
large. For more information visit the Avaya Web site:
http://www.avaya.com/. About Captaris Captaris, Inc. is a leading
provider of software products that automate document-centric
business processes. Captaris specializes in document capture,
recognition, routing, workflow and delivery. Captaris integrated
solutions provide interoperability with leading line of business
applications and technology platforms. Captaris products include
RightFax, Captaris Workflow, Alchemy, FaxPress, DOKuStar, RecoStar,
Single Click Entry and IDStar which are distributed through a
global network of leading technology partners. Captaris customers
include the entire Fortune 100 and the majority of Global 2000
companies. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Captaris was
founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market
under the symbol CAPA. http://www.captaris.com/. (C)2008 All rights
reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or
translated into any language in any form by any means without the
written permission of Captaris. The following are registered
trademarks and trademarks of Captaris Inc. and its subsidiaries:
Captaris, the Captaris logo, Alchemy(R), Captaris Workflow(TM),
RightDocs(TM), RightFax(R), RightFlow(TM) and RightStar(TM) in the
US and/or other jurisdictions. FaxPress(TM) is a registered
trademark of Castelle. RecoStar, DOKuStar, DOKuStar Capture Suite,
Single Click Entry, and Invoice CENTER are registered trademarks
and trademarks of Captaris Document Technologies GmbH. All other
brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. DATASOURCE: Captaris, Inc. CONTACT: media, Kim LaPlante of
Captaris, +1-425-455-6000, ; or Lynn Newman of Avaya,
+1-908-953-8692, Web site: http://www.captaris.com/
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