Nortel, Microsoft Innovative Communications Alliance Gains Momentum
with New Commercial Offerings, C
Nortel, Microsoft Innovative Communications Alliance Gains Momentum with New Commercial Offerings, Customer Wins
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Nortel Delivers Unified Communications Advantage with MicrosoftTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 14, 2009) - Five new commercialofferings for the Nortel(1) (OTCBB: NRTLQ) and Microsoft InnovativeCommunications Alliance (ICA) were introduced today at the MicrosoftWorldwide Partner Conference. The new solution packages are tailoredto the specific needs of enterprises to deliver the simplicity andenhanced speed of operations enabled by unified communications. Thenew technologies enable companies to realize significant productivitygains and operational efficiencies that provide a competitive edge.Nortel has experienced significant success deploying Microsofttelephony solutions for global organizations as part of the Microsoftvoice pilot program. The new commercial offers demonstrate thecontinued innovation, investment and commitment to the ICArelationship."Transitioning to a unified communications environment does not needto be complicated, and these new ICA solutions are designed toprovide a simple, cost-effective means for companies to make thattransition," said Craig Schuman, director of business development andstrategy for the unified communications group at Microsoft. "Nortel'sdedication to providing unified communications solutions thatintegrate simply with Microsoft Office Communications Server andMicrosoft Exchange Server has been a key factor in the success of theInnovative Communications Alliance.""Unified communications take business operations to a new realm,"said Joel Hackney, president, Enterprise Solutions, Nortel. "CXOs arerealizing a new mindset - one that goes beyond business continuityand extends into realm of business possibility. ICA solutions deliverthe capabilities that enable this fundamental shift. Companies cannotstand still in this environment, and need every advantage available.Nortel and Microsoft are delivering the means to realize thatadvantage quickly, holistically and economically. Being the topMicrosoft partner is of key importance to delivering thesecapabilities to our customers - and we look forward to nurturing therelationship in the years ahead."New Solution Bundles Provide UC FoundationThe five new commercial offerings for the Innovative CommunicationsAlliance are designed to accelerate deployment and simplify thetransition to unified communications. The integrated packages lowerthe barrier to entry, simplify their purchase and deployment, andprovide a cost-effective means to evaluate the technology to provetheir value in the customer's networking environment. New solutionbundles include:- SIP Contact Center 7.0 + Microsoft Office Communications Server:The Contact Center 7.0 release brings unified communications into thecontact center through its integration of OCS2007 presencecapability, providing the capability to immediately contact theappropriate subject matter expert leading to higher first callresolution rates.- Web Services: Targeted at companies with 100-500 users, thissolution includes UC capabilities that enable seamless userexperience with presence and click-to-call into other businessapplications and processes.- Enterprise Lighthouse: This offering provides a cost-effectiveoption for the large enterprise to take advantage of the enhancedproductivity that unified communications provides. The offer includesdeployment services to enable UC integration, including OfficeCommunications Server Voice and Conferencing and Microsoft ExchangeVoicemail for deployments of greater than 2,000 users.- Enterprise Mini Lighthouse: This offering provides a cost-effectiveoption for the small enterprise to take advantage of the enhancedproductivity that unified communications provides. The offer includesdeployment services to enable UC integration, Office CommunicationsServer Voice and Conferencing and Microsoft Exchange Voicemail fordeployments starting at 250 users.- UC Conferencing: For very large-scale conferencing capabilities,this package provides a cost-effective option for enterprises to takeadvantage of the enhanced productivity that unified communicationsprovides through Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release2. The offer includes consulting and the needed deployment servicesto enable the Office Communications Server conferencing capabilityfor a minimum of 500 users.New Customers Drive MomentumIn addition to the 1,300 ICA customer wins over the three yearagreement between the companies, Movares and SQLSoft+ are the mostrecent customers to realize the advantages of deploying ICAsolutions."We anticipate a fast ROI on this deployment," said Steve Brugger,president, SQLSoft+. "We are realizing savings of 30 percent eachmonth on reduced phone and data charges alone. Our overseas employeesstay connected transparently and have all but eliminated their cellphone charges when contacting our US office. Since we had alreadydeployed ECALS on the client machines, our client hardware costs werelimited to inexpensive USB handsets, which were one-third the priceof most IP phones. Being able to run our old and new phone systems inparallel during deployment made for a very fast training and adoptioncycle as well as a smooth cutover. The conferencing features havealso reduced our costs." SQLSoft+ selected Nortel ProfessionalServices to help implement the solution. Nortel is a Gold CertifiedSystems integrator for Microsoft UC solutions.Peter Dubbelman, senior IT advisor, Movares, an engineeringconsultancy company based in The Netherlands said, "We chose Nortelbecause of their collaboration with Microsoft, as this provided a lowrisk and seamless integration for Unified Communications with ourexisting Microsoft environment. Our objective was to enable workinganywhere anytime, using integrated voice and data services on bothcomputers and smartphones. After the pilot, 96 percent of ouremployees would not want to go back to our old system, and scaling upto the entire company yielded lots of compliments for our ICTdepartment.""Nortel remains a stalwart Microsoft partner and is committed to thesuccess of ICA as a means to helping our customers solve theirbusiness problems," said Susan King, leader, InnovativeCommunications Alliance, Nortel. "We have sharpened our executionwith a focus on delivering critical software and services to augmentMicrosoft's unified communications offering. These new capabilitiesare helping our customers streamline and truncate their operations byextending their unified communications capabilities deeper withintheir organization's business applications and processes."About NortelNortel delivers communications capabilities that make the promise ofBusiness Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generationtechnologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks,support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel'stechnologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers toefficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks andconnecting people to the information they need, when they need it.For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. Forthe latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as"could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends","estimates", "targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similarlanguage and are considered forward-looking statements or informationunder applicable securities legislation. These statements are basedon Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts andprojections about the operating environment, economies and markets inwhich Nortel operates. These statements are subject to importantassumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predictand the actual outcome may be materially different from thosecontemplated in forward-looking statements. For additionalinformation with respect to certain of these and other factors, seeNortel's Annual Report on Form10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Qand other securities filings with the SEC. Unless otherwise requiredby applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention orobligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of NortelNetworks.Use of the terms "partner" and "partnership" does not imply a legalpartnership between Nortel and any other party.Contacts:NortelPat Cooper425-450-7523pat.cooper(at)nortel.comNortelGreta Brown+44-(0)1628-432968gretab(at)nortel.comwww.nortel.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. 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