Dec. 19, 2018 - CHICAGO - AVANT Communications, a master agent and leading channel sales enablement company specializing in next-generation IT solutions, and Logicworks, a market-leading cloud services provider specializing in migration and management of public cloud infrastructure, today announced an alliance that will offer the agent channel community a suite of services for cloud migration, operations, and optimization.

AVANT’s team of qualified and experienced Cloud Sales Engineers got a big boost with the recent hiring of three new members.  Our Cloud Sales Engineering team is one of the key resources that our partners leverage as part of our Channel Sales Enablement program, as an extension of their own team or as objective third-party experts brought in as a skilled asset.  With this explosion of engineers, we welcome Ghazal Baniasad, Sarah Arnstein and Dane Menke to the team!

AVANT Communications today announced that Rick Reed assumed the newly created position of Senior Director of Channel Sales, South-Central Region. Reed joins AVANT with more than 17 years of experience in telecom between AT&T and Informa (Channel Partners), with 5 years of channel experience between AT&T (leading marketing launch efforts at AT&T Partner Exchange) and Channel Partners (leading the Channel Partners brand most recently as the SVP of sales and strategy). 

Chicago, Illinois—March 6, 2018  AVANT Communications, the leader in channel sales enablement for next-generation IT solutions, today announced completion of its first company NPS® survey. AVANT surveyed its customers -- leading VARs, MSPs and Agencies located in the US, UK and Canada -- receiving an NPS score of 84.

Chicago, Illinois—January 26, 2018  AVANT Communications, the leader in channel-sales enablement for next-generation IT solutions, today announced it is now supporting channel sales in Canada and expanding business in the UK with over $6M (USD) worth of sales in 2017. AVANT also intends to build a multi-location, nationwide network of regional BattleLabs, its state-of-the-art training and channel sales enablement centers for use by its ecosystem of partners. 
 

When you think of AVANT, we hope you think about next-gen solutions like UCaaS, SD-WAN, Security, and IaaS.  Now, we also want you to think “Cable”.  As technology evolves, the ability to deliver enterprise grade service over low-cost public Internet connections, like cable, will only increase.  As the world becomes more reliant on the cloud, having cost effective redundant connections to the Internet will prove to be mandatory for many enterprises.

Chicago, Illinois—Sept. 25, 2017 AVANT Communications, the leader in channel-sales enablement for next-generation IT solutions, doubled its channel support resources, further enhancing the company‘s superior level of support. AVANT also made significant investments in its BattleApp technology platform, allowing partners to intelligently search more than 1,000 sales and marketing resources, selecting relevant content with machine learning.
 

AVANT is increasing our commitment and investment in the channel by dedicating Howard Huerta, a senior executive with a long successful history in the channel sales with AVANT, XO, CenturyLink and Time Warner, as their first VP of Channel Sales Enablement.

CHICAGO--May 15th, 2017--AVANT Communications, a channel sales enablement company and the nation’s premiere distributor for next generation technologies, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Jennifer Gallego, executive vice president of channel sales-west, to its prestigious 2017 Women of the Channel list. 

LAS VEGAS – April 12, 2017 – Channel Partners magazine, a resource for indirect sales channels offering IT and telecom systems and services, is pleased to announce that Ian Kieninger, CEO, AVANT, has been selected as a winner of the 2017 Circle of Excellence Awards.