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• Extreme offers glimpse of integrated Avaya, Brocade technology future

  Extreme said it expects the Avaya and Brocade deals to push its revenues to over $1 billion for its Fiscal 2018

• Avaya files Chapter 11 reorg plan, reduces debt by $4 billion

  Avaya's pre-filing debt will be reduced by more than $4 billion

• Avaya plan deploys network virtualization, segmentation to guard business jewels

  Avaya has rolled out products it says will help enterprise customers more easily segment traffic between widely dispersed networked resources and effectively protect corporate data.

• Extreme grabs Avaya’s networking business for $100M

  Extreme’s Ed Meyercord, President and CEO said he expects the deal will broaden the company’s software and strengthen its presence in vertical markets such as healthcare and manufacturing.
  Norman Rice, an executive vice president with Extreme added that some of Avaya’s strengths included its networking fabric and Network Micro-Segmentation technology that helps customers secure enterprise components.

• Users greet Avaya bankruptcy with shrugs

  The news that sprawling networking company Avaya has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is being treated with nonchalance by at least some of its customers, for whom the saga of the firm’s financial troubles has been ongoing.

• FAQ: What's going on with Nortel?

  With Nokia Siemens bidding on Nortel's wireless business and Avaya rumored to be grabbing up its enterprise gear, it is all but inevitable that the rest of company will be broken up and sold off in pieces, which raises questions. Here are some of them and the answers.