NICE Certified for Avaya Aura(TM), Delivering Maximized Performance and Reduced Costs for SIP-based Contact Center Environments

RA'ANANA, Israel, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NICE Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE), a leading global provider of advanced solutions that enable enterprises and security organizations to extract Insight from Interactions, transactions and surveillance to drive business performance, reduce risk and ensure safety, today announced that Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, has presented NICE with the Avaya Certification Award for successful testing of NICE Perform 3.2, part of NICE SmartCenter, with Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager R5.2.1 and Avaya Aura™ Application Enablement Services 5.2.

NICE Perform 3.2 offers a robust solution with full support for recording in SIP-based environments. Companies standardizing on SIP across the organization can achieve cost savings by eliminating redundant network infrastructure and reducing resources through data center consolidation, enabling organizations to reduce call recording costs while increasing call capacity.

NICE Perform 3.2 with its ground-breaking SIP-based recording capabilities has been tested by Avaya's Certification Technical Team and has been officially accepted as certified in the following configurations: Trunk Side Total, DMCC (Dual Registration, Single Step Conference and Service Observe), and Passive Station Side VoIP.

The Avaya certification process, conducted by NICE and the Avaya Certification Technical Team, is a comprehensive test program which includes testing and analysis in the following areas: installation, functionality (including complex call scenario tests including multi-party conferencing and transfers), performance, interoperability (with Avaya applications and appliances as well as common desktop applications), and serviceability (including "rainy day" scenarios).

"We are extremely pleased to advance our support for Avaya's IP-based contact center solutions with this certification of NICE applications for Avaya Aura," said Udi Ziv, President of NICE's Enterprise Product Group.  "The integration of our technologies constitutes the most innovative solution available today to enable our valued base of joint customers with a high-quality, cost-efficient IP-based contact center environment.  This is an important evolution of our partnership and demonstrates another example of NICE's collaboration with Avaya."

NICE solutions are sold worldwide through Avaya and Avaya channels.  NICE is also a Platinum 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.

About NICE SmartCenter

NICE SmartCenter is a suite of pre-packaged business solutions that address specific business issues, powered by best-in-class functional components spanning call recording, quality management, multi-channel interaction analytics, workforce management and performance management. The business solutions capture, analyze and impact customer interactions across a variety of channels, from audio, email and chat to social media and text messaging.  The solutions include nine packaged offerings: Customer Churn Reduction, Sales Effectiveness, Customer Experience, Marketing Effectiveness, Collections Optimization, Quality Optimization, First Call Resolution Optimization, Average Handle Time Optimization, and Compliance Management.  These solutions can be deployed on premise, in a hosted model, or via a managed service, and can be implemented stand-alone or fully integrated with customer relationship management and business intelligence solutions.

About NICE Systems

NICE Systems (Nasdaq: NICE) is the leading provider of Insight from Interactions solutions and value-added services, powered by advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia content - from telephony, web, radio and video communications. NICE's solutions address the needs of the enterprise and security markets, enabling organizations to operate in an insightful and proactive manner, and take immediate action to improve business and operational performance and ensure safety and security. NICE has over 24,000 customers in more than 150 countries, including more than 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. More information is available at http://www.nice.com.

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