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Written by Dustin Welch
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 12:36 |
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As of last Friday, Nortel is now owned by Avaya. With this new deal in place, Avaya is promising an 'aggresssve' integration of past and current Nortel products into their infrastructure. Avaya is planning to keep selling the current Nortel line for at least 12 to 18 months while they decide which technologies will be kept or phased out. Their current SIP-based architecture will allow customers to blend their current Nortel gear with future Avaya platforms. The jury is still out on how this will affect Cisco, with some saying Avaya will have a 10-percentage point lead in the telephony market, while others contend that it will still be trailing the networking giant. Regardless, Avaya is now much bigger, adding 6,000 Nortel employees to it's staff and keeping most of it branch offices. Customer service functions and miscellaneous operations are still being integrated and a 'road map' of Avaya's future plans should be released in the next 30 days. Former Nortel customers need not worry, their equipment is still viable and will be for years to come!
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:08 |
