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Roese Blogs on Nortel 2008
By Mark Evans | January 15, 2008
Nortel CTO John Roese has posted his first blog post in a month (John: someone’s got to monitor you!), and he provides a nice overview on what’s happening on the telecom landscape and how Nortel is positioned to, of course, capitalize on it.
Here’s one paragraph that caught my attention:
“And, we will see the IT and telecom worlds converge in ways we have never seen before …the reason we chose to partner with IT companies like Microsoft and IBM rather than merge with telecom companies that only duplicate our skills. In fact, we are already seeing telecom services such as presence, voice, conferencing and collaboration become web services embedded in a wide range of classic enterprise applications (CRM, ERP, healthcare systems, hospitality…).”
So, how should you read this paragraph? Does it suggest Nortel is leaning more towards partnerships these days than acquisitions? If so, it would be a little surprising given how much Nortel was talking about its willingness to make a move just a few months ago.
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