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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Avaya reportedly offering $500M for Nortel enterprise biz; New Internet2 CTO

Nortel had no choice; Top 500 supercomputer rankings; Coalition formed to push fiber via ARRA
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Avaya reportedly offering $500M for Nortel enterprise biz

Nortel is reportedly close to selling its enterprise division to Avaya for $500 million. According to an article in Canada's Globe and Mail this week, Avaya has emerged as the "favored bidder" for Nortel's Enterprise Solutions group, which develops and markets the company's switches, routers and telephony gear to businesses. Read full story

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