Nortel news from Network World

Nortel adds to Metro Ethernet before it subtracts

Jim Duffy — 2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

Nortel this week said it will resell customer premises Ethernet termination equipment from ANDA Networks.

5 tech companies that could use a bailout

Brad Reed — 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z

While tech companies may not have the same level of clout among Washington policy makers as AIG or General Motors, many of the industry's biggest players have hit hard times in recent months and could certainly use a health infusion of cash to help them right their ships.

Microsoft/Nortel committed to marriage but future is cloudy

John Fontana — 2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nortel's rocking financial situation and announced layoffs this week of 1,300 people likely won't have much short-term impact on the company's four-year unified communications alliance with Microsoft, including before the deal's expiration in 2010, according to experts.

Nortel's business units will need their increased speed

Jeff Caruso — 2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

As I mentioned last time, Nortel's latest restructuring may be a sign that the company is getting ready to break apart. But is it too late?

Where does Nortel go from here?

Jeff Caruso — 2008-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nortel this week revealed just how precarious a position it is in, announcing layoffs and restructuring in the wake of a staggering $3.4 billion loss in the most recent quarter.

Nortel's CTO on the way out

Jim Duffy — 2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

Four Nortel executives, including CTO John Roese, will be leaving the company in January following a restructuring announced this week along with third quarter results.

Nortel reports loss, plans layoffs

2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nortel Monday reported a net loss of $3.4 billion for the third quarter, and also announced plans to cut 1,300 jobs in a bid to lower costs.

Nortel could slash workforce by 10% on Monday

Jim Duffy — 2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

Nortel is expected to announce significant job cuts when it reports third quarter results on Monday. That would be on top of the 2,100 jobs that the company said in February it was cutting. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/022708-nortel-cuts-jobs.html

Nortel rolls out Business Communications Manager for midsize companies; Sylantro puts Synergy in the cloud

Steve Taylor,Larry Hettick — 2008-10-22T00:00:00Z

Three news items today: the global availability of Nortel's Business Communications Manager 450, Sylantro's support of Amazon Web Services' Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for its Synergy platform, and the merger between the IMS and NGN forums.

How to exploit a down economy to get special security needs satisfied

Ellen Messmer — 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When there's not quite the right fit in network security gear to meet your needs and goals, you might wind up settling for some distant second choice, if one exists. But enterprise technology managers are proving you can get what you want by pushing vendors to innovate -- a trend that may be growing because of the economic downturn.

Is your data center ready for tomorrow's applications?

2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

Click here to see what Gartner, Network World and other experts say about the new data center.