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Avaya and Nortel Update
February 12th, 2010 | 
Author: On January 19, 2010 Avaya officially released the products and portfolio map for
the integration of the Nortel solutions with Avaya’s solutions.
Avaya’s executives have created a blend of the best solutions from both
portfolios in order to move ahead with a comprehensive package for client
solutions. Existing Nortel customers will be able to purchase both company’s
existing products for the next 12 to 18 months. They will also be able to receive
support on these products for the next five years as well. Following this transition
period Avaya will have a clear and well defined migration path for clients to
follow in order for them to operate with the latest technology and support
offerings.
“We definitely overlap in a number or areas, but we found we have strengths in
different components and we’ve been able to bring those strengths together to
accelerate our growth.” said Alan Baratz, senior vice president and president for
Global Solutions at Avaya.
Avaya has also announced a policy of nine months advance notice to all End Of
Sale announcements with service commitment for at least six years following the
EOS announcement. There will be no more planned EOS announcements in 2010.
The Avaya plan includes a reduction in the number of current telephony offerings
for small and midsize enterprises. This product portfolio adjustment will be
implemented over the next 18 months. Any Nortel or Avaya products that are
deemed “End of Sale” will be supported for at least six years from the official
notice date. The key element moving forward will be SIP (Session Initiated
Protocol). Adding an essential SIP layer into the communications hierarchy will be
accomplished with Avaya Aura. This is the SIP based communications platform
that will be integrated into the communications infrastructure.
Avaya has also announced the preservation of the existing Nortel Data portfolio
offerings. This includes the Ethernet Routing Switches (ERS), Contivity, wireless
networking and more.
We believe that the contents contained in this newsletter are accurate and up to
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