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It’s been a blur at Avaya Engage during the early part of this week in Phoenix, and I was only able to stay for part of it. I’ve moved on to part 2 of back-to-back events this week, and will have a more of an analysis once I get back from my travels.

In short, Avaya is “all in” - and while that can mean many things, the underlying message is that Avaya is in it to win it, and there’s a good story shaping up here. Until I can tell that story, I’ll leave you with some photos from my time at the event.

Jim Chirico going “all in”, with Vlad Shmunis from RingCentral, new CMO Simon Harrison, Ian Mofford from Avaya’s consultant relations program

Some shots from the show floor - IAUG, demo booth for ACO - Avaya Cloud Office (RingCentral partnership for UCaaS), main Avaya area, Noble Systems, one of their many partners there.

On the fun side — smokin’ house band playing during the event (didn’t catch their name), with the king of social media Evan Kirstel, lucky me to be in a zelfie with Zeus, at the Super Bowl party held at Chase Field where the D Backs play.