Why was Android used to implement Avaya Flare? - Avaya Connected Blog

Collaboration | By Christian von Reventlow | 28 Sep 2010

Why was Android used to implement Avaya Flare?

Let's discuss why Android was used to implement Avaya Flare. This question came up in an article in Network world. Network world reported in his article "New Avaya device takes on Cisco (Apple, too) in tablet war" on Avaya Flare in Networkworld on Avaya Flare .

They call it "a powerful Android-based touchscreen tablet that support new communications software to rival Cisco's recently announced communication tablet Cius". And move on to describe the user experience "Members are drawn in from a Rolodex of contacts listed on the right of the screen and dragged into a spotlight at the center, representing the conference".

Check the user experience out at the Avaya Flare Experience tour. Plus see how our customers use the device in the videos: Executive using Avaya Flare plus higher customer satisfaction in Financial Institutions using Avaya Flare .

In the comments section at network world readers asked: why was Android used to implement Avaya Flare? The reasons are

• Android is an open platform. The tablet thus can run 10.000's of standard applications off the shelf
• There is a large Android developer community - so it's easy for an Avaya customer to find someone building special applications for the customers business context. In addition leveraging Avaya Ace no special telecom skills are needed to write applications.
• Android did give my development team a jumpstart. Many functions we had to develop in projects before were available right out of the standard Android load.
• Last - but not least - its fun to develop with new technologies. Our developers love to learn new things and apply it to our customer's business environment. As a consequence we have a motivated and energized team.

Let me know what your thoughts on the use of Android are! Here on the Avaya blog as well as on my private blog at telecomdisruption.blogspot.com

Christian von Reventlow, VP new Products at Avaya, Inventor of Avaya Flare

Posted 28 Sep 2010 at 12:41 PM

Christian von Reventlow is Vice President of New Products. He enjoys creating great products by involving customers, building a great user experience and leveraging the newest technologies. more

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