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Avaya Appoints Eileen Rudden Vice President, Enterprise Communications Applications Division

Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2003, 06:00 CDT

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avaya Inc. , a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, today announced that it has appointed Eileen Rudden, vice president, Enterprise Communications Applications Division. Rudden will further advance the company's global leadership in IP telephony, and its strategic emphasis on software communications applications.

Reporting directly to Mike Thurk, group vice president, Enterprise Communications Group, Avaya, Rudden will have offices in Concord, Mass., and Basking Ridge, N.J.

"Eileen is a great asset to Avaya and reinforces our momentum as we expand our global leadership in communication applications," said Mike Thurk, group vice president, Enterprise Communications Group. "She will leverage our current expertise in contact center, messaging and unified communications, to extend our reach into the marketplace as well as develop new solutions to serve customer needs."

Avaya is number one in North America in contact centers, according to Frost and Sullivan (2Q03), and is also number one worldwide in unified messaging, according to Radicati (2Q03). In addition, Avaya ranks number one worldwide in voice messaging, according to In-Stat/MDR (2Q03), and in IP telephony, according to Synergy Research Group (2Q03).

Rudden brings a wealth of experience in enterprise software to Avaya from FORTUNE 500(r) and startup environments. Her experience includes more than 14 years with Lotus/IBM with an emphasis on business alliances, product marketing and product development. She led the Communications Products Division and was responsible for worldwide business performance with more than 1,000 people in development, product management and marketing. Under her leadership revenue for Notes/Domino tripled to $700 million worldwide while users grew from 5 million to 50 million in four years. Prior to Lotus, Rudden was at Wang Laboratories and The Boston Consulting Group. Most recently Rudden was President and CEO of Fairmarket, Inc., and affiliated with Axxon Capital.

In addition to her extensive business background, Rudden is very active at Brown University where she is the President of the Alumni Association and a member of the Board of Trustees. She currently lives with her family in Cambridge, Mass. She is a native of Nutley, N.J.

About Avaya

Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than 1 million businesses worldwide, including 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500(r). Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol (IP) telephony systems and communications software applications and services.

Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business applications -- and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services -- Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve superior business results. For more information visit the Avaya website: http://www.avaya.com/.

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