of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . june 2015 this article may require copy editing for grammar style cohesion tone or spelling . you can assist by editing it . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message avaya inc. type private industry next generation communications predecessor lucent technologies founded 2000 ; 16 years ago 2000 headquarters santa clara california united states area served worldwide key people kevin j. kennedy ceo dave vellequette cfo products network equipment for businesses revenue 4.371 billion fy 2014 fy 2014 1 operating income 197 million fy 2014 1 net income 298 million fy 2014 1 total assets 7.234 billion fy 2014 1 owner tpg capital silver lake partners number of employees 11 701 sep 2015 2 subsidiaries avaya government solutions website avaya.com avaya office avaya inc. va . is an american multinational technology company headquartered in santa clara california that specializes in internet telephony wireless data communications and customer relationship management crm software 3 and provides business communication solutions for customer and team engagement . 4 avaya currently services organizations at over 1 million customer locations worldwide with operations divided globally in 5 regions 5 and is ranked at 101 on forbes america s largest private companies . 6 contents 1 history 1.1 early years until 2000 1.1.1 origin of the name 1.2 growth 2001 2006 1.3 going private 2007 2012 1.3.1 2007 1.3.2 2008 1.3.3 2009 1.3.4 2010 1.3.5 2011 1.3.6 2012 1.4 2013 and later 1.5 2016 2 acquisitions 2.1 purchase of nortel s enterprise assets 3 corporate information 4 training 5 government business 6 patents 7 see also 8 references 9 further reading 10 external links history edit early years until 2000 edit in 1995 the company that would become avaya was a part of lucent technologies . before that it had been a part of at & t. 7 in 2000 lucent s management decided to spin off this business which was then known as its enterprise communications group for flexibility and accelerated innovation and improved operations . 7 avaya inc. with the stock symbol av became an independent company and started trading on the new york stock exchange on october 2 2000 . origin of the name edit many anecdotes and myths surround the origin of this name . the official statement at the time of announcement of the independent entity stated avaya sounds open and fluid reflecting a company that s open minded and one that provides seamless effortless interconnections among people and businesses . 8 growth 2001 2006 edit 2001 avaya interaction center for customer relationship management crm debuted which enabled businesses to evolve multi platform call centers to multimedia multi site contact centers . 2002 avaya ip office avaya unified communication center launched proposed converged communications roadmap focused on the crucial role applications would play in making communications an enabler of better business performance ran the communications networks for the fifa world cup games in japan and korea 2003 introduction of avaya multivantage communications applications integrated with avaya communications manager 2004 avaya s contact center express was launched as the first complete multimedia contact center solution designed solely for medium sized businesses 2006 louis d ambrosio took over as the ceo and president of avaya avaya one x quick edition was launched based on the emerging sip based communications fifa world cup games in germany ran on avaya communications network 2007 avaya customer interaction suite based on end to end session initiation protocol sip support was launched introduction of avaya communication manager 4.0 going private 2007 2012 edit 2007 edit on october 26 2007 avaya was acquired by two private equity firms tpg capital and silver lake partners for 8.2 billion . 9 10 2008 edit avaya speech to text let people read their voicemail messages on their mobile devices or computers avaya unified communications focused on role based communications needs for teleworkers home agents enterprise and small business mobile workers branch office integration retail stores and branch banking kevin kennedy took over as the ceo and president of avaya . 11 2009 edit integrated communication offering avaya aura was launched nortel enterprise solutions was acquired 2010 edit official converged network equipment supplier for the vancouver 2010 olympic and paralympic winter games avaya aura contact center was launched 2011 edit in june 2011 avaya filed with the sec to raise up to 1 billion in an initial public offering . 12 on october 4 2011 avaya reported that it was acquiring sipera systems for its session border controller sbc functionality and uc security applications . 13 14 on october 19 2011 it was reported that avaya would buy aurix . 15 2012 edit on april 30 2012 the shareholders approved the acquisition of radvision by avaya for about 230 million . 16 17 18 2013 and later edit avaya fabric connect supported the network backbone at interopnet 2013 official supplier of network equipment for sochi 2014 olympic winter games 19 launch of avaya stadium in san jose california in 2015 2016 edit according to news articles 20 citing internal sources in may 2016 avaya s private equity owners silver lake partners and tpg capital are considering a sale of telecommunications equipment company avaya inc that could value it at between 6 billion and 10 billion including debt . 21 ceo kevin kennedy on the company s earnings call had earlier confirmed that goldman sachs was helping avaya evaluate expressions of interest that have been received relative to specific assets as well as in exploring other potential strategic opportunities . 22 acquisitions edit since 2001 the company has sold and acquired several companies to support its current product set including vpnet technologies inc. vista information technologies inc. routescience tenovis spectel nimcat networks traverse networks ubiquity software corporation agile software nz limited konftel sipera aurix radvision and esnatech . 23 purchase of nortel s enterprise assets edit through nortel s bankruptcy proceedings certain assets related to their enterprise voice and data business units were put up for auction . avaya placed a 900 million bid and was formally announced as the winner of these assets on september 14 2009 . 24 25 corporate information edit avaya s headquarters are located at 4655 great america parkway santa clara california . the company has offices located in over 145 countries worldwide . 26 the company also sponsors a users group . 27 training edit avaya sponsors training programs for it professional certifications and training for use of avaya s products . 28 government business edit in 1985 performance engineering corporation later pec solutions inc. was formed to offer technology services government customers . 29 on june 6 2005 nortel networks inc. completed the acquisition of pec solutions inc. to form nortel pec solutions inc. 30 31 on january 18 2006 nortel pec solutions was renamed nortel government solutions . 32 on december 21 2009 avaya acquired nortel s government business as part of nortel s asset sale . 33 34 patents edit avaya bought nortel enterprise and acquired its patents including the following 35 36 us20050007951 routed split multilink trunking 37 7173934 system device and method for improving communication network reliability using trunk splitting 38 6496502 distributed multi link trunking method and apparatus 39 7068641 unistim see also edit companies portal new jersey portal avaya stadium references edit a b c d avaya fy 2014 financial results pdf . avaya.com . retrieved jan 16 2015 . sec filing sept 2015 . sec . avaya on the forbes america s largest private companies list . forbes . retrieved 2016 05 31 . company overview pdf . avaya . office locations by country . avaya 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230 million . business week . retrieved 4 sep 2012 . james emmett december 1 2011 sochi 2014 signs telecoms supply deal sports pro media retrieved january 3 2011 abdul rahim december 7 2011 sochi 2014 announces its supplier of network equipment the olympics sports retrieved jan 3 2011 avaya s private equity owners explore sale . fortune . 2016 05 20 . retrieved 2016 05 31 . avaya s private equity owners explore sale sources . may 20 2016 via reuters . edited transcript of avaya inc earnings conference call or presentation 16 may 16 9 00pm gmt . www.yahoo.com . retrieved 2016 05 31 . avaya acquisitions . avaya.com . retrieved jan 22 2015 . nortel networks form 8 k current report filing date sep 14 2009 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 19 2013 . sean michael kerner september 14 2009 . avaya closes nortel enterprise deal for 900m . internetnews . retrieved feb 16 2010 . avaya worldwide locator . retrieved aug 18 2011 . iaug . retrieved jan 30 2015 . avaya professional credential program . avaya learning . retrieved nov 9 2014 . pec solutions inc. . washington post 200pec solutions inc. 2005 . retrieved apr 1 2011 . nortel completes acquisition of pec solutions inc. . business wire . june 7 2005 . retrieved apr 1 2011 . witte griff april 27 2005 . nortel to buy pec solutions for 448 million . the washington post . nortel pec solutions renamed nortel government solutions . nortel . january 18 2006 . retrieved apr 1 2011 . avaya nortel combination aims for greater growth . nortel . dec 21 2009 . retrieved jan 11 2012 . who we are . avaya government solutions . retrieved apr 1 2011 . avaya closes nortel enterprise deal for 900m . internetnews . sep 14 2009 . retrieved feb 26 2011 . list of patents that have issued to the nortel family of companies pdf . nortel . retrieved feb 26 2011 . routed split multilink trunking . retrieved feb 23 2011 . routed split multilink trunking united states patent application 20050007951 . retrieved feb 26 2011 . system device and method for improving communication network reliability using trunk splitting . retrieved feb 26 2011 . distributed multi link trunking method and apparatus . patentstorm . retrieved feb 26 2011 . distributed multi link trunking method and apparatus patent 6496502 . retrieved feb 26 2011 . further reading edit david rohde july 3 2000 . lucent spinoff avaya plays to its strengths . network world . retrieved march 2012 . check date values in access date help jeffrey burt march 15 2012 . avaya to buy radvision ramping competition with cisco . eweek . retrieved march 17 2012 . avaya after months of speculation is buying radvision external links edit find more about avaya at wikipedia s sister projects media from commons learning resources from wikiversity official website v t e avaya products routers and switches vsp 9000 series vsp 8000 series vsp 7000 series vsp 4000 series ers 8800 series ers 5600