There was an email message sent out to Nortel customers today announcing an Avaya/Nortel Enterprise Solutions Integrated Roadmap event on Tuesday January 19th at 1PM (EST).
You can click on the image to the left for all the details as well as the option to register for the event.
I’m not sure how in-depth and technical this event is going to be but this is going to be Avaya’s first major step in retaining the existing Nortel customer base. The event is only scheduled to take one hour so I’m not sure how much can be covered in detail within 60 minutes.
Here’s the agenda of the event;
- Announcement of Avaya’s Vision for the future of Business Communications, the Avaya Reference Architecture and the new Integrated Portfolio Roadmap. This session will be led by Avaya CEO, Kevin Kennedy, Dr. Alan Baratz, Joel Hackney, Chris Formant, and other Avaya leaders.
- In-depth breakout sessions focused on key product and service areas
- Q&A with product experts and sales leadership throughout the event
Here’s an additional blurb from the email message and registration page;
The virtual event will show you how the combination of Avaya and NES products, solutions and expertise will deliver the best of both companies—giving you more ways to improve your company’s productivity, cut costs, and differentiate your business in the competitive marketplace.
Are you going to register and attend the event?
Cheers!
Yes, I will be attending. Keeping an open mind.
Yep – am registered and will see what they have to say. I don’t see it changing our commitment to Nortel products in the near to mid-term (e.g. we are committed to the SRG solution for our remote location).
I registered as well… I thought it was neat how they provided a link (.vcs file) so you could update your Outlook calendar with the scheduled event.
In total I would guess that we have around 30,000+ Ethernet ports and 20,000+ phones across our Nortel equipment.
I did hear today from a few sources that Nortel customers should “be pleasantly surprised”. I’m not sure exactly how to interpret that but we’ll find out more on January 19, 2010.
Cheers!
I will be attending, however, are you guys members of INNUA??? (International Nortel Networks Users Association )
If you are you should have recevied an e-mail today inviting you to a dicussion on the same subject which is taking place on the 11th of Jan…
Here are some breif details of the event…
“Avaya is pleased to host an exclusive web conference for members of the user group community. This session will focus on the strategy and direction of the new Avaya and will provide a forum for direct question and answer. As previously communicated, this session will be held on Monday, January 11 at 11 am EST.”
There are folks in my organization that are members of INNUA and attend the meetings. I’m not personally a member myself. I believe the last INNUA meet in the Pennsylvania area was in Pittsburg, PA back in the first half of 2009.
I’ve heard the roadmap is complete and has been shared with the internal (Nortel/Avaya) sales team so perhaps Avaya plans to release the roadmap early to INNUA members.
Very interesting… thanks for the heads-up Dave!
No problem.. I’m the UK myself and have only recently signed up to be a member. Lets hope that what we hear pleases us all! Ill report back here if you don’t get the info from your people and blog before me :-)
No earth shattering news given during the call. It really seemed to be a reassurance session for existing members of the many user associations. The only pertinent point I thought that was worth mentioning was that they said the Microsoft / Nortel partnership had run it’s course. They also said that they do not agree with Microsoft’s view of replacing the PBX when it comes to MS pushing OCS (which is an awesome product BTW)
What people wanted was a heads up on the road-map and we were all told to wait until the 19th!
I am sure we are all waiting with bated breath to see what happens to our investments!
Thanks for the feedback Dave!
Sigh… Accessing the web-site times out – the browser says the server is taking too long to respond. Have been trying since around 12:50 Pm. On to other things…
As noted previously, we are committed to the Nortel hardware/software solution set. Even if products are EOL’d, it won’t make a whole lot of difference to us, as there is ample used hardware available in the marketplace.
I had the same problems Tom. I was unable to connect to the provider, on24.com, and only succeeded around 1:45PM – probably after many folks started disconnecting. The little big that I did see seemed to focus around marketing… I’m hopefully that I’ll be able to analyze the material and give everyone hear my breakdown of the news.
I would agree with you Tom concerning existing Nortel/Avaya equipment. However, we also have a lot of large projects and initiatives which need to move forward. If Nortel/Avaya can’t provide us a clear roadmap, then I need to evaluate alternatives and engineer interoperability between existing Nortel/Avaya solutions and whatever equipment we may procure in the future.
I’m trying to download the video presentation and will post it here for those folks that follow this blog. I also believe there will be a re-broadcast on Thursday January 21st at 9:00AM, more information to follow.