Microsoft, Nortel partner to deliver communications
TechWeb | at | by Mike
Microsoft and Nortel Networks Ltd. on Tuesday announced a strategic alliance to help companies migrate off of traditional telephone systems and onto a unified communications platform that encompasses email, instant messaging, Internet telephony, and multimedia conferencing.
Under the four-year deal, Toronto-based Nortel will provide the services and networking technology and Microsoft the software to help companies transition from traditional PBX systems to Internet-based communications.
In a joint teleconference, Mike Zafirovski, president and chief executive of Nortel; and Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Redmond, Wash.-based, Microsoft, promised to provide products and services that would transition companies without causing major upheavals in their operations.