Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Phybridge Inc., a leading innovator in VoIP infrastructure and safety solutions, today announced that its UniPhyer is compliant with key Internet protocol (IP) telephony PBX and Telephone solutions from Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services. 
The Phybridge UniPhyer helps businesses by enabling a low-cost, risk free, quick migration path to IP Telephony. The Phybridge UniPhyer leverages existing telephony cabling to provide QOS, PoE and centralized power management; allowing users to realize all the benefits of IP Telephony while retaining the reliability of legacy telephone systems. The Phybridge UniPhyer seamlessly converges with the LAN; allowing for non disruptive deployment with drastically reduced costs and deployment time.  

The application now is compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with: Avaya Communication Manager, Avaya IP Office and all current Avaya IP Telephones.
“Being rated Avaya Compliant gives our clients and partners the comfort that the Phybridge UniPhyer has been subjected to rigorous testing in a first class laboratory;’ said John Croce, Phybridge CEO. Our relationship with Avaya is critical to the many clients and partners that trust Avaya for IP communication expertise and solutions.’  Partners can confidently transition their clients to their chosen Avaya VoIP solution using the risk free, low cost, fast, reliable Phybridge UniPhyer.”
 One of the companies that sees the benefits from the interoperability of Phybridge and Avaya solutions is Unity Telecom a very successful Platinum Avaya Business Partner that specializes in IP and TDM communications solutions.
 “We are excited about enabling Avaya IP solutions with the Phybridge UniPhyer because we believe that clients will welcome the simple TDM to IP migration that the Phybridge UniPhyer enables;” said Dave Sherry, Unity Telecom President. “The simple installation process will get our clients taking advantage of their new IP communications solution immediately.”
 
 Phybridge Inc. is a member of the Avaya DevConnect program—an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company’s investment in its network.  
As a Gold member of the program, Phybridge Inc. is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab in Lincroft, N.J.  There a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant.  Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure—speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs.  
“By offering compliance testing to the many innovative companies like Phybridge Inc., who are members of our DevConnect program, Avaya promotes fully interoperable solutions that help businesses unleash powerful new possibilities,” said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya.  “They are able to use Unified Communications to connect employees and customers to information from wherever they are, over whatever device they have available – getting more out of their multivendor network and delivering new value to their bottom line.”

About Avaya
Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems.  The company provides unified communications, contact centers, and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world.  Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness.  For more information please visit www.avaya.com.  For more information on the Avaya DevConnect program, visit www.avaya.com/devconnect.

About Phybridge Inc.
Phybridge Inc. is a provider of risk-free IP telephony and safety infrastructure. The company brings practical innovations to market that provide organizations with an easier way to deploy and manage their communications. The company’s UniPhyer solution makes any Avaya IP PBX into a simple risk-free, plug-and-play installation with significantly lower costs than traditional deployments. It’s deployment from the end-user organization’s perspective. For more information on Phybridge, visit www.phybridge.com.