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Avaya Closes Acquisition of Nortel Business Unit

December 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Avaya is looking to take the lead in enterprise telephony with its $900 million purchase of Nortels Enterprise Solutions business. The enterprise business is the latest unit that bankrupt Nortel has sold off this year. Still, despite its efforts to drastically shrink the company, Nortel is continuing to roll out products, most recently announcing a 100G optical solution.
– Avaya has completed its $900
million acquisition of bankrupt Nortel Networks enterprise business, a
deal that analysts say will push Avaya ahead of Cisco Systems in the enterprise
telephony market.
With Nortels Enterprise Solutions business in the fold, Avaya, which
announced the closing of the…

Avaya, Cisco Lead Growing UC Market, Dell’Oro Says

December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Avaya and Cisco Systems were the top vendors in a unified communications market that saw strong growth in the third quarter, according to Dell’Oro Group. However, while the UC space is doing well in the second half of 2009 and is expected to continue growing in 2010, it will be a while before it reaches the pre-recession numbers of 2008.
– Avaya and Cisco Systems were the top vendors in a growing unified
communications space in the third quarter, according to research company Dell’Oro
Group.
In a statement released Dec. 3, Dell’Oro analysts said more than 70 percent
of the vendors in the space contributed to the market’s growth in…

Avaya Offers Virtualized UC Solution Aura

October 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Avaya’s virtualized unified communications solution, Aura, is aimed at businesses with less than 2,400 employees.
– Unified communications company Avaya has released a single-server virtualization UC solution for companies with up to 2,400 employees. Aura, a real-time virtualization technology, enables unmodified versions of Avaya Communication Manager, voice messaging, SIP enablement services, application enabl…

Avaya Offers Virtualized UC Solution Aura

October 13th, 2009 | No Comments

With Nortel Deal, Avaya Moves Past Cisco in Enterprise Telephony

September 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Avaya will pay more than $900 million for Nortel Networks’ Enterprise Solutions business, which includes Nortel’s unified communications technologies. The deal will give Avaya a 25 percent share of the enterprise telephony market, putting Cisco Systems in second place at 16 percent, according to analysts. The deal is part of bankrupt Nortel’s decision to sell off its businesses piecemeal.
– Avaya is propelling itself to the top of the enterprise telephony market
with its $900 million purchase of bankrupt Nortel Networks’ enterprise
business.
The combination of Avaya and Nortel’s enterprise business will give Avaya
about 25 percent of the enterprise telephony market, outdistancing C…

Avaya Bids $475 Million for Nortel Enterprise Business

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Nortel, the bankrupt communications vendor looking to sell off its businesses to raise money, has accepted a $475 million bid from Avaya for its Enterprise Solutions Business. The agreement sets the floor for the bidding for the business unit, and gives Avaya the right to match other bids. The announcement comes a month after Nortel announced a similar agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks for two other business units. One analyst said he expects consolidation in the bloated business communications market to continue.
– Bankrupt communications vendor Nortel Networks is continuing to sell
off its businesses most recently, Avaya put in a bid for its enterprise
division and the fire sale looks like it will continue.
Nortel July 20 announced a $475 million Â“stalking horseÂ” agreement
with Avaya for its Enterprise So…