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The Avaya Roadmap for Nortel’s Enterprise Unit
This is a guest post by Jeff Wiener, president with Digitcom and writer of The Telecom Blog. It looks like the Nortel saga is finally drawing to a close and current Nortel customers can now move to new direction with greater clarity. For those of you not aware, Nortel filed for bankruptcy in January 2009. [...]
Avaya to Unveil New Road Map on Jan. 19
With the $915-million purchase of Nortel’s enterprise division now complete, Avaya plans to provide analysts with a roadmap of its strategic plans for the new, larger business on Jan. 19. Aside from providing details about how Nortel’s 6,000 employees will fit into the scheme of things, Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy is also expected to talk [...]
Avaya Replaces Nortel for Vancouver Olympics
With the Olympics coming to Canada for the first time since the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Nortel scored a huge coup by being the “Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier”. It made sense to have a Canadian company be the “Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier for the 2010 Winter Games” With the sale, however, of [...]
Thoughts on Avaya-Nortel Deal
With Avaya’s purchase of Nortel’s enterprise business now officially complete, The Telecom Blog’s Jeff Wiener has some thoughts about what happens now. He writes that early indications suggest Avaya has a good handle on folding Nortel’s enterprise unit into the fold, as well as the market forces at play. “Now customers and dealers have to [...]
Hackney Hired by Avaya
Joel Hackney, who headed up Nortel’s enterprise business before it was acquired by Avaya, will join Avaya as Senior Vice President and President, Avaya Government Solutions & Data. “In this new role, Joel will lead the strategically important combined Avaya and Nortel government-focused organizations serving the U.S. Federal Government market post-closing. He will also provide [...]
RIP, Nortel Norstar