Posted by Dane Newman
Jan22
On January 19th, 2010 Avaya unveiled their Technology Roadmap for the future of the products they acquired in their purchase of Nortel. It was refreshing from a number of standpoints. First, they did what they said they were going to do; they presented a roadmap one month after the acquisition was finalized. They chose an approach to protect the current investments made by Nortel and Avaya users. And, they unveiled a strategy using SIP to connect client communications to other business applications via their Aura platform.
This approach shows that they do not want customers to have to rip and replace their systems. It shows they did not just “buy the base”. The model gives their clients the time and ability to progress to more integrated communications enabled business process on their own terms. They can keep what works and evolve to the sophistication they need. A customer can upgrade to the latest software and not have to throw away the bulk of their switch hardware and terminals.
We have prepared a presentation for the Indianapolis Nortel users group that includes some of the slides presented in the roadmap.
Posted by Keith Doucette
Jan20
What happens when you mix the color Red (Avaya) which represents energy, strength and determination with the color Blue (Nortel) which represents reliability, trust and loyalty? You get Purple which combines the reliability of Blue and the energy and strength of Red.
The Avaya-Nortel Roadmap
We have been a Nortel Partner for the past 25 years and recently undertook the on-boarding process as an approved Avaya Partner based on the fact that Avaya purchased the assets and intellectual property of the Nortel enterprise portfolio of products and personnel.
After participating in the Avaya partner and public technology roadmap presentations we are excited about the direction the new Avaya is heading. Instead of dealing in just one primary color, Nortel Blue, we now have another primary color, Avaya Red plus an exciting secondary color, Purple. We believe this decision to integrate and blend the two most trusted technologies in the industry together positions Avaya as a leader in the next generation telecommunication and unified messaging market.
Whether you are an existing Avaya, Nortel or a new customer, having a pallet of technology options from one vendor should put you at ease as you look forward to your own technology decision roadmaps for the coming years and for many years to come.
