Comments on: Tom Astle’s Take on NT: From Zero to Hero to Zero

By: icns01

icns01 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:04:10 +0000

Very refreshing analysis. I'm in a blue mood with this whole Nortel demise. I built a business partially around Nortel. This movie is sooooo hard to watch...At the same time I have a business to run, and so I'm trying to really understand whether there is any sense in investing precious company funds in further Nortel training or just begin the switch to Cisco and/or another vendor like Mitel.

The official word from Nortel to its Enterprise reseller partner community seems like so much PR, so independent (tell it like it is) anlysis is really important to folks like me now. Thanks to All about Nortel, Tom and Mark for your perspective.

BDB

By: icns01

icns01 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:04:10 +0000

By: Inside the Mind of an Analyst | the Wealthy Canadian

Inside the Mind of an Analyst | the Wealthy Canadian — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:17:18 +0000

[...] Mark Evans, on his blog All About Nortel, reprints an excellent report by NT analyst, Tom Astle. [...]

By: protosphere

protosphere — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:48:18 +0000

What an informative and brilliant author this Tom Astle with the rare ability to count and spell. I add him to my proven heros list with Mark and Duncan.

I only questions, swimming against contemporary tide yet again, whether there will be anything left to restructure with considering their catalyzing decline after my much anticipated Chapter 7.

By: Canadian Business Blog » Blog Archive » An analyst’s lessons from Nortel

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:33:54 +0000

[...] blogger and former National Post reporter behind “All About Nortel,” got permission to reprint a report published by Dundee Securities’ analyst Tom Astle in the wake of Nortel (TSX:NT) filing for [...]

By: NortelEmp

NortelEmp — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:50:45 +0000

Lesson 6: "The lesson here is to focus on external factors and actual company results and concrete actions – and don’t get lost in the rhetoric of polished management teams."

Last summer's analyst conference and the one from the previous year were perfect examples of how analysts can get caught up in management hype. Although the facts (internal and external) indicated otherwise, analysts bought into promises and creative communication. To what extent, therefore, did analysts contribute towards the current situation? Had the analysts stuck to the facts and 'punished' management until the facts were cleaned up, maybe management would have behaved differently.

Is it only insiders who are responsible for a company's demise or are there controllable external influences that also contribute? (That's a rhetorical question).

By: The Razzor - Essential Information for Small Business » Blog Archive » Posts about Small Business Info as of Thursday, January 22, 2009

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:22:29 +0000

[...] 22nd, 2009 by admin Tom Astle’s Take on NT: From Zero to Hero to Zero – allaboutnortel.com 01/22/2009 Earlier this week, I mentioned an interesting and insightful [...]