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Hackney Hired by Avaya

By Mark Evans | Published: December 8, 2009
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 [...]
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Hackney’s Speech to the Enterprise Troops

By Mark Evans | Published: September 14, 2009
Here’s an e-mail that Joel Hackney, who heads up Nortel’s enterprise business, sent out after Avaya’s $900-million purchase of the business: Team, Today marks an important day in the future of our Enterprise Solutions business as earlier this morning it was affirmed that Avaya is the winning bidder. Avaya was selected as the stalking horse [...]
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1,000 Jobs Cuts Coming in Enterprise

By Mark Evans | Published: August 10, 2009
While Mike Zafirovski’s departure as Nortel’s CEO captured the spotlight today, there’s also big news from the enterprise business. Joel Hackney, who heads up the enterprise business (at least for now given Mike Z. has left the house) said in a Webcast today that 1,000 enterprise jobs will be slashed by the end of Q3 [...]
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