Jun 3 2008 3:13PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Security,
VAR,
Unified Communications,
UC,
VoIP,
ETM System,
SecureLogix,
Nortel
Nortel has formed an alliance with SecureLogix to enable Nortel VAR’s to market and sell the SecureLogix ETM System and other security services in conjunction with Nortel’s new Voice Security Services offering. Adding to the arsenal already available to Nortel VAR’s, the SecureLogix ETM System provides a powerful voice security and management platform. Nortel customers will be able to optimize their investment in voice technologies, while protecting the voice and data networks from telephony-based attacks and abuses. Unified communications and VoIP are hot technologies that many companies have adopted or are looking at implementing soon, but few have taken the time to understand the security risks or proactively safeguard their unified communications investment. Nortel and SecureLogix are moving in the right direction by recognizing the security concerns and providing products and services to help their customers leverage the benefits of these new technologies securely.
May 31 2008 12:16PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
UC,
VoIP,
Unified Communications,
Nortel,
Dallas,
Global Connect 2008
This is admittedly very short notice, but in my defense I just learned of this conference myself and its in my ‘back yard’ so to speak. The Global Connect 2008 conference is being held at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, TX near Dallas starting tomorrow, June 1. Actually, for some there is even a Leadership Conference being held today. The stuff going on Sunday is primarily Special Interest Group meetings and such, along with a reception being hosted by Nortel. Nortel’s President of Enterprise Solutions, Joel Hackney, is also kicking off the general session with a keynote speech. For more details about the conference and what you can expect to see or learn there, take a look at the Advance Program.
May 8 2008 12:36PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
government,
Security,
VoIP,
DOD,
Department of Defense,
IPv6,
Unified Communications,
UC,
Application Server 5300,
Nortel
Companies generally have confidential information- financial projections, intellectual property, trademarked secret formulas, etc. But, the magnitude of secrecy and the need for confidentiality pale in comparison with a government, especially the United States government. Nortel has developed a new unified communications solution based on their Application Server 5300, which provides the level of service assurance and security that government agencies, and civilian agencies linked with the government require. The new offering complies with IPv6 and Department of Defense (DoD) requirements for secure, resilient VoIP and unified communications. The Nortel appliance also supports multi-level precedence and pre-emption, a DoD system to enable the most critical communications higher priority over existing calls.
Apr 11 2008 3:31PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Unified Communications,
UC,
SCS500,
SIP,
IBM,
Dell,
Nortel
Built on an open source foundation, with the collaboration of the open source community in the SIPFoundry Project, Nortel’s new SCS500 (Software Communications System) provides small and medium businesses from 30 to 500+ employees with an affordable unified communications solution. The SCS500 is a SIP-centric unified communications product that provides instant messaging, presence, IP telephony, conferencing, and other unified communications capabilities. Nortel believes that there are 5 key elements to unified communications for the SMB market: productivity, efficiency, flexibility, cost savings, and mobility. They believe that the SCS500 delivers on each of these elements. The SCS500 is offered on popular Dell and IBM server platforms. You can learn more about the Nortel SCS500 in this CNNMoney.com article.
Mar 31 2008 9:05PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
IP,
communications,
PBX,
VoIP,
UC,
Unified Communications,
UC 1-2-3,
Nortel
Unless you have been living under a rock the past year or two, you are probably aware that Unified Communications is the hot trend. VoIP is still hot as well, and is a key component of unified communications, but the trend is evolving beyond just moving the phone system from the traditional PBX to an IP data network, and into the next generation striving to bring the web of communications tools and methods into a centralized, simplified, and manageable system. It may seem daunting or overwhelming, especially for smaller businesses. That is why Nortel developed UC 1-2-3. The Nortel UC 1-2-3 site steps you through some of the basics and explains some the benefits of unified communications to help you understand what the hype is about and what it can do for you. You can find out more by visiting the Nortel UC 1-2-3 site.
Mar 19 2008 1:10PM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
wi-fi,
Mobile phones,
Unified Communications,
UC,
Nortel
Communications have come a long way in the last couple decades. People used to have one phone number. At one point, that was one phone number with no voicemail which meant you either got a hold of the person at their desk, or you didn’t get a hold of that person. Over time, that person has acquired voicemail, email, a mobile phone number, instant messaging. Suddenly, you could communicate with a person almost any time, and almost anywhere…as long as you could figure out which method to use to find them. One of the promising features of Unified Communications in general is the idea of merging the ubiquitous communications methods down to a single client- providing a means for reaching someone any time and anywhere without having to figure out which method to use, and without the receiver having to figure out which device or application to use. Nortel has taken another step in that evolution by providing technologies that bring Unified Communications to the mobile phone by leveraging dual-mode capabilities in some phones to use Wi-Fi networks when in range, and cellular networks when out of range, allowing a single phone number to function both in, and out, of the office. You can learn more by reading this TMCNet article.
Mar 12 2008 3:12AM GMT
Posted by: Tony Bradley
UCC,
Cisco,
VoIP,
Office Communications Server 2007,
Office Communicator 2007,
SIP,
Unified Communications,
Nortel,
Avaya,
Microsoft
Officially, Microsoft and Nortel have been buddies on the Unified Communications front for over a year and a half. Prior to now, however, the partnership was more rhetoric and lip service than actual solutions and products. Now, the partnership is resulting in a flurry of joint products designed to play together for an even more unified Unified Communications. Nortel released Nortel Converged Office, which integrates Nortel’s Communication Server 1000 IP-PBX with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Microsoft has also certified the Nortel Secure Router 4134 to run Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. The combination of Microsoft and Nortel is a formidable team capable of going to head to head with other network and telephony communications providers in the UC arena such as Avaya and Cisco. Read Nortel, Microsoft Expand Unified Communications at InternetNews.com for more details about the Microsoft / Nortel partnership and the new products and services that have resulted from it.
