Avaya Announces Leadership Changes

Hackney Appointed to Lead Global Sales, Marketing and Field Operations in Addition to Avaya Government Solutions

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, June 3, 2010 - Avaya, a global leader in enterprise communications systems, software and
services, today announced that Joel Hackney has been appointed Senior Vice
President of Global Sales and Marketing and President of Field Operations. In
this role, Hackney replaces Todd Abbott. Abbott, who has led the work of
transforming Avaya's go-to-market strategy over the past two years, has
decided to step down to pursue other interests and will remain with Avaya
during an appropriate transitional period.

"In the past six months, Avaya has undergone some significant
and exciting changes, including the rollout of several innovative products
and solutions. Today's leadership changes will allow us to build on that
momentum and stay on track to deliver even more solutions that create
customer value and respond to the evolution in real-time business
communications and customer service," said Kevin Kennedy, Avaya President and
CEO.

Hackney, who is currently leading the Avaya Data and Government Solutions
business units, will continue to drive the federal government business. The
data solutions organization will now report to Steve Bandrowczak, who becomes
Vice President and General Manager, Avaya Data Solutions. Bandrowczak will
serve as a member of the Avaya Executive Committee, reporting directly to
Avaya President and CEO Kevin Kennedy. Previously, Bandrowczak served as Vice
President, Sales and Marketing for Avaya Data Solutions. Prior to joining
Avaya, Bandrowczak led the North American Enterprise Sales and Marketing team
for Nortel and has also served as the CIO for leading companies such as
Lenovo, DHL and Avnet.

The company also announced today that Jim Chirico has been appointed
Executive Vice President, Business Operations. Chirico will retain his
current responsibilities and assume the added accountability of driving
cross-functional alignment of key workstreams, including Avaya growth,
transition, integration and restructuring activities.

These leadership changes are effective June 14th.

About Avaya

Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems.
The company provides unified communications, contact centers, data solutions,
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.

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