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Cisco’s 2008 Outlook Not So Hot

By Mark Evans | Published: February 7, 2008

If Cisco is a harbinger for the health of the telecom equipment market, 2008 might be a tough year. In posting fairly good fiscal second-quarter results, Cisco said revenue will only grow 10% in the third-quarter compared with its long-term expectations of 12% to 17%. He said customers in the U.S. and Europe are being [...]

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Cisco Rules…Router and Switch Markets

By Mark Evans | Published: November 21, 2007

This is not a surprise…but Cisco continues to dominate the worldwide router and switch market. According to Synergy Group Research, Cisco had 66.1% of the $3.3-billion router market in Q3. The router market grew 21% year-over-year, with service provider routers accounting for $2.4-billion of sales (+29%). Juniper gained 1.7% market share in the carrier ethernet [...]

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Nortel Partners with Dell

By Mark Evans | Published: October 19, 2007

Lost amid Microsoft’s announcement earlier this week about its unified communications products was a deal that will sell Nortel’s enterprise products, including its VoIP, data and wireless networking products. To support its sales activities, Dell will also be using Nortel’s professional services. While Dell is known more for selling PCs and laptops, it seems like [...]

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Nortel-Microsoft: One Year Later

By Mark Evans | Published: July 16, 2007

Has it really been a year since Nortel signed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to provide unifed communication services to business users? According to both companies, the deal has been a huge success with 430,000 individual end-user licenses for their “joint offerings” from more than 100 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. [...]

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Nortel’s Unveils MSFT Plans

By Mark Evans | Published: December 14, 2006

For anyone wondering about what Nortel and Microsoft plan to together in the wake of their partnership announcement earlier this year, all the juicy details – or at least some of them – can be found here.

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Nortel Tiene gusto Del Americano Latino

By Mark Evans | Published: September 5, 2006

In keeping with Nortel’s all-bullish, all-the-time approach these days, the company is optimistic about Latin America where first-half sales climbed 22%. Latin Business Chronicle has a story featuring Martha Bejar, who heads up Nortel’s Latin American operations. "The region is…..fantastic," she said. "We’re very bullish about it." Bejar said there is strong demand for all [...]

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