ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) and Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration have announced the availability of the new Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral in the UK. The ‘work-from-anywhere’ cloud solution, which provides unified communications across voice, video, team messaging, file sharing and fax, is now available to partners in the UK through ScanSource Cloud Services. ScanSource is the first Master Agent for Avaya in EMEA, and as Avaya’s largest distributor globally, ScanSource enables partners’ acceleration to the cloud.
ScanSource is uniquely positioned to help VARs and agents succeed with the addition of Avaya Cloud Office, further strengthening its already-robust suite of cloud offerings. For VARs, ScanSource Cloud Services provides a new route to market, enabling them to begin the transition to a recurring revenue model. For agents, Avaya Cloud Office is a robust addition to their solution portfolio, providing new opportunities for their end users. What’s more, partners in need of additional support and guidance in building a cloud practice can access ScanSource’s comprehensive training resources.
“We are pleased to offer our partners Avaya’s complete suite of solutions, enabling them to accelerate their cloud transformation, while also delivering communications solutions to their end users in their preferred consumption model,” said Marcus Ollenbuttel, Senior Vice President, Europe Digital Distribution, ScanSource. “There has never been a more important time to help partners grow their collaboration offering. With Avaya Cloud Office, our partners have a clear path to selling cloud communications, along with the support and partnership they have come to expect from ScanSource.”
“UK businesses and organisations looking to transform their communications and empower employees to communicate, collaborate, and work better together can now do so at their own pace with the help of Avaya Cloud Office,” said Rudo Tielrooij, Director of Cloud Sales International, Avaya. “There is tremendous excitement around this new offer, and we are pleased to be deepening our valued partnership with ScanSource to make our new UCaaS solution available to as many customers as possible.”