Participants Design Solutions for ‘Succeeding
in a Hybrid World’
AVAYA ENGAGE 2021 – Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader
in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and
collaboration, today announced the winners of its TADHack
Mini-Orlando – a communications technology hackathon – themed
“Succeeding in a Hybrid World” and sponsored by Red Hat, Subspace,
Telnyx, Toolwire, and Avaya Experience Builders™.
This is the first time in two years the TADHack event has been
held at Avaya ENGAGE due to the pandemic, and organizers
incorporated this into the theme. To enhance the authenticity of
joining face-to-face and virtual engagements, hackers were
challenged with bringing hybrid experiences to life – making each
feel genuine – finding connections as we often do at work, in
social environments or in the communities in which we live.
At TADHack Mini-Orlando, participants including customers,
channel partners, and programmers were tasked with using Avaya
application programming interfaces (APIs) such as Avaya Social
Connections, Avaya Spaces, Avaya OneCloud™ CPaaS Communication
APIs, and Avaya OneCloud™ Orchestration APIs (conversational
intelligence). In addition to Avaya tools and resources, hackers
also had access to APIs from Google, Red Hat, Subspace, Telnyx and
Toolwire. Hackers received support from the Avaya developer team,
as well as Avaya software developer kits (SDKs). Mentors from
Google, Red Hat, Subspace, Telnyx and Toolwire also were available
to provide support.
The hackathon is another facet of Avaya Experience Builders™ –
Avaya’s network of Avaya experts, partners, developers, and
customers—working together using pre-built frameworks and unique
tools to solve complex problems. Nearly 50 teams pitched their
ideas representing universities, businesses, channel partners, and
private programming enthusiasts while participating in TADHack
Mini-Orlando both in-person and remotely. Winners were selected at
the close of the hackathon and had the opportunity to showcase
their ideas to Avaya ENGAGE attendees.
“We are in a unique period where monolithic applications no
longer satisfy experiences for customers and employees in a
cloud-based world; experiences must be composed,” said Simon
Harrison, SVP and CMO at Avaya. “All of the hackathon participants
deserve congratulations for their efforts facing a unique challenge
and delivering viable solutions using Avaya’s composable
communications technology.”
The winning hacks and their creators are as follows:
First Place Hack
name: Meeting Minion Team
name: ConvergeOne Members: Kevin Kramer, Brent Bailey, and David
Matthiesen. Used Avaya CPaaS to dial into a meeting bridge to cover
for a participant who is unable to attend the meeting. Using Google
Dialogflow, the minion will transcribe the meeting in real-time and
listen for questions from their “boss.” If a question is asked
during the meeting, the system will send a text message to the boss
who will respond with the answer and then it will be read to those
in attendance. If a participant requires that person to join the
meeting, the minion will transfer them into the conversation.
Resources used: Avaya OneCloud CPaaS,
Avaya Spaces, and Google Dialogflow
Second Place Hack Name: Smart rescue, powered by Avaya fly
monitor Team Name: Spaces Rescue Squad
Members: Alok Kulkarni, Tejas
Bramhecha, and Kalyani Bhate Developed a solution to communicate
with people impacted by natural disasters such as earthquakes,
floods, and more by showcasing how Avaya solutions can play a vital
role in rescuing and helping people in affected areas. Avaya Spaces
allows the admin team to continuously monitor responses collected
by telephony bot while using a drone Spaces call to remotely obtain
assistance from specialists who assess the damage with real-time
information. Resources used: Avaya
OneCloud CPaaS, Avaya Spaces, Google Dialogflow, Telnyx, Spaces
Learning, and Toolwire
Third Place Hack
Name: Metashop Team:
Genesis Barrios MetaShop is a 3D interactive web store built
with Node.js, Babylon.js, and Avaya APIs. Resources used: Avaya OneCloud Orchestration and
Avaya Spaces
Fourth Place Hack
Name: Bender Team Name:
TeamZero Members: Ebtesam Al
Haque, Muntaser Syed, Javier Carrion, Derrick Wilson-Duncan, and
Chris Woodle. An AI-powered robotic bartender. Resources used: Avaya OneCloud CPaaS, Avaya
OneCloud Orchestration, Google Dialogflow, Subspace, and Red
Hat
Fifth Place Hack
Name: Telepaper Members:
Jared M, Ashcraft and David Sikes Augments the distance
learning and collaboration experience by allowing users to
seamlessly write notes to each other in real time with a tablet and
stylus. Each user would have a tablet and the notes would appear
between tablets in real time. Since the tablets are separate
devices, screen sharing is unnecessary, and the face-to-face aspect
of communication would be retained. Resources
used: Avaya Spaces, Subspace, and Red Hat
About Avaya
Businesses are built by the experiences they provide, and
everyday millions of those experiences are delivered by Avaya
Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA). Avaya is shaping what's next for the
future of work, with innovation and partnerships that deliver
game-changing business benefits. Our cloud communications solutions
and multi-cloud application ecosystem power personalized,
intelligent, and effortless customer and employee experiences to
help achieve strategic ambitions and desired outcomes. Together, we
are committed to help grow your business by delivering Experiences
that Matter. Learn more at http://www.avaya.com.
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