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Harnessing Hyperconnectivity
by Net Payne, Vice President, North American Marketing, Nortel
We live in an exciting time. The devices and applications we use to communicate, garner information and entertain are increasingly becoming connected to the network. Everything and everyone that would benefit from being connected will be connected. At Nortel we refer to this as Hyperconnnectivity and believe it is the next mega-trend in communications.
We have already started to see hard evidence that the hyperconnected world is here to stay. Its influence on business and personal life will only become more persuasive in the future.
Consider the results of a recent Nortel-sponsored IDC survey. 16 percent of today’s workforce is hyperconnected. That is, they use a minimum of seven devices for work and personal use plus 9 applications such as IM, text-messaging, web conferencing and social networks. The number of hyperconnected workers is expected to explode to 40 percent in 5 years.
There are other indicators that we are living in a culture of connectivity. On the heels of those who are hyperconnected is a segment which represents 36 percent of the workforce, defined as increasingly-connected. They use a minimum of four devices for work and personal access and six or more applications.
Dealers
Nortel and Paragon
Paragon has been chosen by Nortel to be an Authorized Certified Remanufactured partner based on its 10-year reputation as one of the country’s largest suppliers of refurbished telecom equipment. Headquartered just outside of Boston, MA, sales exceeded $40 million in 2007. They currently have more than 100 employees and a 200,000 square foot facility, including a test/repair laboratory and warehouse. Nortel also acknowledged Paragon’s commitment to customers by providing a high level of technical expertise, customer support and on-hand inventory of Nortel equipment.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Nortel,” said Mike Prefontaine, President. “Our experience in the industry and existing business model are firmly in place to fully support the Nortel Certified Remanufactured program. As a supplier our trained sales team understands the many challenges facing our customers today. Whether we are helping existing Nortel customers maintain their networks or reaching out to new ones, Nortel Certified Remanufactured equipment allows us to offer complete solutions at excellent prices.”
Nortel View
The UC-Ready Network
by Jake Power, Director of Marketing, Converged Data Networks, Nortel
Unified communications solutions are all about simplicity and speed. Improved productivity and reduced time-to-decision are a few results that can be realized. Yet enterprises wanting to reap the full benefits are faced with an important question: is their data network ready?
A UC-ready data network should score high in three key areas: performance, resiliency and energy efficiency. With one purpose-built for UC, companies can experience dramatic productivity gains and an excellent return on investment.
Customers are selecting Nortel as they look to replace legacy, proprietary data networks that are expensive and offer performance ill-suited to support the move to UC. In fact, Nortel recently showcased over 50 customers from around the globe who selected the company’s solutions over the competition.
Partners
Veramark
Veramark announced the release of VeraSmart 8.0 Communications Management Suite. It introduces new international capabilities designed to help multinational organizations reduce the cost of their global communications networks.
Ken Kogut, Vice President of Business Development, said, “The new features give our customers more control over their communications expenses, including the cost of U.S. and international land and mobile telecommunications services. VeraSmart 8.0 helps drive expense reduction and cost avoidance, resulting in an increase in bottom line performance.”
International capabilities are designed for customers with switches located outside the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and includes more than 130,000 global city and country codes and multi-currency call detail record (CDR) rating. Optional services include a rate table service as well as international usage tracking.
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