Avaya: From Lucent Spinoff to IPOAvaya: From Lucent Spinoff to IPO
Assuming the planned IPO takes place sometime in the near future, this seems like a good time to take a look at the company: where it came from, where it is now, where it's going.
January 16, 2012
Assuming the planned IPO takes place sometime in the near future, this seems like a good time to take a look at the company: where it came from, where it is now, where it's going.
Ever since I saw the masterful infographic that Seattle P-I published on Skype back when its acquisition by Microsoft was first announced I've been raring to try my hand at something similar. The challenge was to find a topic that's newsworthy, that's backed by a considerable amount of statistical data, and that I'm sufficiently informed about to offer commentary. Avaya's long overdue IPO seemed to fill the ticket. Assuming the IPO takes place sometime in the near future, this seems like a good time to take a look at the company: where it came from, where it is now, where it's going. Let me know what you think...and tell me if you'd like to see more of this kind of thing.
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Oh, and to be more transparent about my sources than the hyperlink-less infographic will allow, here's where I drew most of the data:
Financial and sales info: Avaya S-1 and 10-K
Ancient origin of Avaya's name
PBX market share: MZA
Contact center market share: Frost & Sullivan
Networking market share: Infonetics
