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AudioCodes Plays Key Role in American Axle & Manufacturing Communications Migration
[June 08, 2015]

AudioCodes Plays Key Role in American Axle & Manufacturing Communications Migration


LOD, Israel, June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AudioCodes (NasdaqGS: AUDC) Press Release

Highlights

  • American Axle & Manufacturing recently completed a major communications infrastructure migration, moving from legacy Nortel PBX systems to Microsoft Lync unified communications
  • AudioCodes Mediant systems played a key role in facilitating the migration across 32 global locations
  • As a result of their migration, American Axle avoided costly upgrade fees and significantly reduced their audio conferencing costs

Details

AudioCodes, a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, today announced that American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM), a global Tier-One automotive supplier of driveline and drivetrain systems, has completed a global migration of their communications systems from legacy Nortel PBXs to Microsoft Lync, utilizing AudioCodes Mediant networking solutions and professional services.

AAM is a leading, global Tier-One automotive supplier of driveline and drivetrain systems and related components for light trucks, SUVs, passenger cars, crossover vehicles and commercial vehicles with a regionally cost competitive and operationally flexible global manufacturing, engineering and sourcing footprint. AAM is a multi-billion dollar company with a footprint that has more than 30 facilities around the world.

With a goal to avoid costly upgrades of their aging Nortel PBX systems and reduce conferencing service costs, AAM initiated a search for a new state-of-the-art Unified Communications system, eventually selecting Microsoft Lync and AudioCodes Mediant networking equipment for their global deployment.

"As a result of our migration to Microsoft Lync, we've avoided costly upgrade fees and significantly reduced our audio conferencing costs, with all of the savings going directly to the bottom line of American Axle," said Jeff Bryngelson, Global Network & Communications Manager at American Axle & Manufacturing.   "AudioCodes played a key role in enabling our migration to Microsoft Lync and has helped us prepare for our Skype for Business implementation in the future."

"We are especially pleased to be a part of American Axle & Manufacturing's communications transformation," said Nimrode Borovsky, Vice President of Marketing, AudioCodes. "The cost savings realized by American Axle demonstrates the ROI often found in Lync implementations, enabled by AudioCodes' ntworking equipment and professional services."



A video interview held with Jeff Bryngelson, Global Network & Communications Manager at American Axle & Manufacturing during Enterprise Connect 2015, describing American Axle & Manufacturing's communications transformation is available on YouTube.

About AudioCodes


AudioCodes Ltd. (NasdaqGS, TASE: AUDC) designs, develops and sells advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader, focused on converged VoIP and data communications, and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Enterprise networks and Cable. The Company provides a range of innovative, cost-effective products including Media Gateways, Multi-Service Business Routers, Session Border Controllers (SBC), Residential Gateways, IP Phones, Media Servers, Value Added Applications and Professional Services. AudioCodes' underlying technology, VoIPerfectHD™, relies on AudioCodes' leadership in DSP, voice coding and voice processing technologies. AudioCodes' High Definition (HD) VoIP technologies and products provide enhanced intelligibility and a better end user communication experience in Voice communications. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com.

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Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and the demand for existing products; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development, upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; possible need for additional financing; the ability to satisfy covenants in the Company's loan agreements; possible disruptions from acquisitions; the ability of AudioCodes to successfully integrate the products and operations of acquired companies into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

©2015 AudioCodes Ltd. All rights reserved. AudioCodes, AC, HD VoIP, HD VoIP Sounds Better, IPmedia, Mediant, MediaPack, What's Inside Matters, OSN, SmartTAP, VMAS, VoIPerfect, VoIPerfectHD, Your Gateway To VoIP, 3GX, VocaNom and One Box 365 are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.

Company Contacts
Shirley Nakar,
Director, Investor Relations
AudioCodes
Tel: +972-3-976-4000
[email protected]

IR Agency Contact
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KCSA Strategic Communications
Tel: +1-212-896-1206
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