AVST and CIT Enter Strategic Relationship

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. - Applied Voice & Speech Technologies (AVST) entered a strategic partnership with CIT Group (NYSE:CIT), a global provider of commercial and consumer finance solutions. The new partnership provides AVST resellers and end-user customers with financing solutions for its CallXpress product line and related IP telephony equipment. A provider of unified communications solutions, AVST has partnered with CIT to enable businesses of all sizes to realize the business and productivity benefits of a second generation communications platform through financing options. AVST's CallXpress platform delivers call processing, voice messaging, unified messaging, and speech applications. CIT Vendor Finance provides customized financing solutions to customers in nearly 40 countries, supporting a wide variety of industries, including health care, industrial equipment, and technology.