Avaya has unveiled its IP Office 8.0, the new version of the company's unified communications (UC) solution for small and mid-size enterprises (SME).  The new version introduces a range of advancements for improving collaboration, including a set of mobile capabilities.

The new mobility application for Avaya IP Office 8.0 called one-X Mobile Preferred for IP Office enables users to access a comprehensive set of unified communications capabilities on Android-compatible devices now and on iPhone devices in early 2012.  Avaya's new one-X Mobile Preferred for IP Office application builds on the previously-available Essential Mobility solution for IP Office, a solution that extends voice capabilities such as one number access and call control.

Avaya IP Office 8.0 also offers "serverless" collaboration capabilities delivered through an integrated unified communications module, called the Avaya C110 Unified Communications module. This can eliminate the need for an external server in IP Office implementations, helping to simplify deployment for partners, reduce installation times and decrease equipment costs.

Jeff Stark, Technology Director, Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC), said, "In our business running a large convention center, you have to be two steps ahead of what is happening to meet client needs. One day we are serving a rock concert, the next a hockey game, so we need the best communications to meet all kinds of customer expectations. The mobility advancements in Avaya IP Office 8.0 are the most comprehensive we've seen, and will be essential in helping us run a location as large as the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, where you never know where anyone is."