Since the earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan on March 11th 2011, companies across the country have been re-evaluating their Business Continuity Processes. According to analyst firm IDC, media tablet shipments have increased 133% year over year in Japan*. With the dramatic growth in use of the iPad and the proliferation of Android-based devices, the tablet market is growing rapidly and many companies have announced large-scale deployments. ORIX Rentec will provide the supporting infrastructure and also provides rental services for tablet devices and PCs for those companies who wish to rent devices to use the service. With this service, customers can speedily adopt a secure collaboration solution with limited startup costs, and without having to own or operate their own infrastructure. The Avaya Flare Experience Cloud Service is a monthly service, initially offered at a subscription fee of only 7,000 Japanese Yen (approx. In addition, the Avaya Flare Communicator for iPad Device, which users can download from the Apple App Store, will enable subscribers to the service to communicate from anywhere - from the office, on the road or from home - with an intuitive interface direct from their iPad. Simply by choosing someone to contact, and then selecting from the communication methods that person has as their current contact preferences, users can collaborate with colleagues easily. The Avaya Flare Experience integrates communication tools including video, fixed and mobile telephony, instant messaging and e-mail - all through one user interface. Based on this agreement, ORIX Rentec will provide the Avaya Flare Experience Cloud Service, one of the world's first services to provide the Avaya Flare Experience as a cloud-based offer.

TOKYO, JAPAN - Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems and services, and ORIX Rentec Corporation, the largest high tech equipment rental and leasing company in Japan, have concluded a service provider agreement for Avaya's video collaboration solution featuring the Avaya Flare® Experience. With the Avaya Flare Experience Cloud Service, customers can speedily adopt a secure collaboration solution with low startup cost and without having to own or operate their own infrastructure.ORIX Rentec will provide an innovative monthly collaboration solution - the Avaya Flare® Experience Cloud Service - beginning in July 2012.

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