Avaya VPNremote for IP Phones 2.0 is a software solution designed to let businesses easily embed virtual private network (VPN) capabilities into Avaya IP phones, and to provide employees working at home or in temporary locations with the same enterprise-class IP communications experienced in a corporate office. With this version, Avaya VPNremote phones now support VPN environments of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, the company says.

Teleworkers employees working in remote locations away from their companys main office can install a VPNremote IP phone in their home with minimal equipment or IT assistance, Avaya adds. This is similar to how a laptop PC is connected for secure remote access via Internet, requiring just a power source, a broadband router and a password.  With this solution, businesses have a simplified, more cost-effective way to boost the productivity of teleworkers, and drive greater business continuity in an emergency, the company says.

Avaya claims that expanding the solution to interoperate with third-party VPN environments reinforces the companys commitment to delivering open standards-based solutions that can be easily deployed on multi-vendor networks.