Category Archives: Technology

Nortel Rules the VoIP World

By Mark Evans | Published: September 9, 2009
According to a new report by Dell’Oro Group, Nortel is once again the leading supplier of VoIP equipment. In the second quarter was the leading vendors in a market that grew 7% to $737-million from the first quarter. Dell’Oro said the increase was most due to service providers buying new equipment and renewing license inventories. [...]
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Let’s Resurrect Bay Networks

By Mark Evans | Published: July 1, 2009
It looks John McHugh, VP, enterprise data solutions with Nortel’s enterprise business, looks to be getting his ducks lined for a new employer amid rumors the business could soon be sold to Avaya for $500-million. In an interesting interview with Network World’s Tim Greene, McHugh suggests that Nortel should bring back the Bay Networks brand, [...]
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Nortel Going Back to the Basics

By Mark Evans | Published: May 20, 2009
In an effort to jump-start its enterprise business, Nortel said it’s “getting back to the basics” by “bringing out innovative products that add value”. John McHugh, Nortel’s vice-president of enterprise data solutions, unveiled the new approach yesterday at the Interop conference where Nortel introduced the VSP 9000 and a new secure router, the Nortel Secure [...]
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The Rise and Fall of BCE and Nortel

By Mark Evans | Published: April 30, 2009
Time Magazine has a story looking at how Nortel and BCE – and, for that matter, telecom equipment makers and carriers around the world – are struggling with changing technology and heightened competition. Technorati Tags: bce, nortel
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Nortel Has a Pulse But….

By Mark Evans | Published: April 22, 2009
David Burton has an interesting blog post about how he believes Nortel shouldn’t be written off just yet. Before anyone gets too excited about Burton’s thesis, he’s focused on the technical side of the house, including projects such as web.alive. The problem with Nortel has more to do with senior management and strategic vision, and [...]
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Nortel Helps to Save Right Whales

By Mark Evans | Published: April 17, 2009
On now for something different: some news about Nortel being involved in a good cause. Nortel’s government services business is working with the U.S. Coast Guard on a project to save the right whale from extinction. For the past 10 years, the Mandatory Ship Reporting System has been in place to automate the collection and [...]
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