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  • Ciena sets sights on NBN

    With the recent acquisition of Nortel’s optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets under its belt, Ciena has set its sights on the National Broadband Network (NBN) as a launch pad for its Australian and New Zealand operations.

  • WA welfare departments call in UC

    The Western Australian Department of Child Protection (DCP) and the Department for Communities (DFC) are planning to upgrade and replace their existing telephone systems in a bid to move closer to a fully unified communications environment.

  • How dead is Nortel?

    Analysts are mixed on whether Nortel, the disintegrating telecom titan, will survive in some form or die off, becoming a distant memory of a bygone era and century.

  • Avaya launches post-Nortel roadmap

    Avaya’s post-Nortel acquisition product roadmap should provide clarity to Australian customers of both companies according to ANZ managing director, Rob Wells.

  • Avaya lays out Nortel migration road map

    Avaya tomorrow will reveal a road map that shows how its customers – in particular its newly minted Nortel customers - can move to unified communications technologies without ripping out existing gear.

  • Nortel's bankruptcy: A year of major change

    Thursday marks the end of a very busy year of bankruptcy for Nortel, one that saw painful dismantling of the once mighty telecom giant and that leaves Avaya on the verge of revealing exactly what it plans to do with the enterprise VoIP and switching assets it bought.

  • Avaya closes Nortel deal

    Avaya's purchase of Nortel is final as of Friday, with Avaya promising integrated voice/data branch-office gear and an aggressive integration of Nortel's products and roughly 6,000 personnel.

  • Nortel purchase to test Avaya big time

    2010 should be a watershed year for Avaya, which has been reinventing itself for the past three years and is just about to take on the challenge of acquiring and integrating the enterprise assets of Nortel.

  • Tech industry's biggest M&A deals of 2009

    The top 10 mergers and acquisitions in the network industry in 2009 all cracked the billion-dollar barrier, and involved vendors in hardware, IT services, collaboration, storage, wireless infrastructure and other segments. IT behemoths such as Oracle, Cisco, Dell, HP, EMC and IBM were among the biggest spenders.

  • Nortel in '09: Dismantling of a tech stalwart

    This year saw the slow, painful dismantling of Nortel. Its gradual exit from the tech scene played out the entire year, as each month brought news of more layoffs, markdowns or sell-offs.

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