Nortel Delivers Office Anywhere Mobility Solutions
Customers, Enhanced Solutions Drive Nortels Mobility
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. April 19, 2005 Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] today
announced enhancements to its mobility solutions
designed to accelerate the Companys
leadership in mobile communications. With new applications and
solutions, Nortel makes it possible for workers to take their
Office Anywhere through reliable, secure mobile access to business
applications wherever they are.
Nortels Office Anywhere mobility solutions build on the strong
foundation of the Virtual Enterprise,
designed to allow dispersed
employees to collaborate as effectively as though they were in the
same office, regardless of physical location. The solutions further
the graceful mobility evolution demonstrated by recent mobility
announcements with Research In Motion and on the companys broadened
wireless local area networking (WLAN) 2300 portfolio for
enterprises of all sizes. Office Anywhere solutions are planned to
deliver secure remote access, unified communications and
collaborative applications across indoor and outdoor WLANs,
cellular networks and wired networks to allow workers to increase
their productivity whether at
home, on the road, or roaming
around a business campus.
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Motion (RIM*) [NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM] has teamed with Nortel to
deliver enterprise solutions. Systems integrators including
Computer Science Corporation (CSC) are using Nortels mobility
solutions to provide new services to customers, while leading
companies including arvato systems, Goldsmith Agio Helms, Salins du
Midi, VeriSign, and Rusk County, Wisconsin, are already embracing
Nortels Office Anywhere approach.
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Thinkpad Nortel has been positioned in the leader quadrant in the Unified
Communications Magic Quadrant**, based on Nortels vision and
ability to execute on the vision. Published by research and
advisory firm Gartner, Inc., vendors listed in the leader quadrant
are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction
and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership
position in the market.
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Microsoft "It's essential for companies to provide employees with the
tools necessary to measure and manage their time as well as their
communications, said Steve Blood, research vice president, Gartner.
Accessing business applications in real time is just as important
for mobile workers."
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Laptop Computers Nortel has introduced the following new platform capabilities
that deliver unified communications to mobile workers, helping
enterprises realize the benefits of an efficient,
globally-dispersed workforce:
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Laptop Computer * Multimedia Communications Server (MCS) 5100 Release 3.5
delivers voice, call management and instant messaging to a mobile
workforce. The MCS BlackBerry* device soft client enables a
BlackBerry device user to communicate or to respond to voice calls
using instant messaging. In addition, the client enables mobile
users to see the status of their instant messaging contact
list.
* CallPilot* Unified Messaging Release 4.0 delivers enhanced
e-mail capabilities, allowing voice messages to be embedded within
e-mail, and real-time message notifications to mobile workers via
their BlackBerry device or handheld.
* Nortels SSL VPN (Secure Socket Layer Virtual Private Network)
Net Direct capability provides mobile workers full network access
to internal business applications and services, including IP
(Internet Protocol) telephony and multimedia, from SSL-enabled Web
devices like computers, cell phones and PDAs. Nortels SSL VPN also
provides secure access to partners and customers without having to
deploy and support traditional VPN access, requiring specific
clients, devices, locations and designated networks.
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Desktop Computer Companies interested in experiencing Nortels Office Anywhere
solutions can take part in the MCS 5100 Hosted Evaluation Program,
which provides a free 60-day MCS trial. The evaluation allows
customers to test-drive the powerful collaboration and multimedia
capabilities that enable employees to communicate via the most
effective means available, regardless of where they are or how they
communicate. Companies interested in participating should visit:
www.nortel.com/promotions/mcs_eval/index.html.
Notebooks We share Nortels vision of delivering the means for employees to
be more productive and companies to be more competitive by enabling
employees to access wireless enterprise applications that enhance
personal and organizational workflow, said Mark Guibert, vice
president, Corporate Marketing, Research In Motion. Our
relationship with Nortel is focused on enabling mobility in the
enterprise and providing employees with a means of business
communications that gives them freedom from their desks.
Lenovo Nortels mobility solutions enable the enterprise to operate
efficiently outside of physical boundaries and are designed to
ensure both telecommuters and road warriors have the same level of
access and mobility they would in an office environment, said
Malcolm Collins, president, Enterprise Networks, Nortel. Nortel is
enhancing the human condition by continuing to drive the
development of applications on business devices to facilitate the
Office Anywhere concept. Enterprises are taking advantage of
Nortels unique mobility solutions, which is a testament to our
commitment to enabling communications anytime, anywhere.
Hard Drive Customers are driving increased productivity through Nortels
mobility solutions.
Travelstar VeriSign operates secure, intelligent infrastructure services
for the Internet and telecommunications networks and maintains the
Internet directory for all .com and .net top-level domains. The
company uses the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and mobility
capabilities of Nortels MCS 5100 to provide employees with a single
phone number that works in the office, on the road and in other
regions and countries, affording seamless availability.
Gateway "VeriSign is known for providing reliable, secure services with
high availability," said Ken Silva, chief security officer,
VeriSign. "We need to ensure that our customers are constantly able
to communicate with us, no matter where their primary
representative is located."
Laptop Parts Goldsmith Agio Helms, a private investment
banking firm, relies on the ability
of its investment bankers to communicate seamlessly with clients,
prospects, and among themselves while continuously on the move.
Software "It isn't practical to expect our people to be able to provide
the meaningful and comprehensive level of service our clients
expect if they are only able to work at their desks, said
Christopher T. Ferski, director,
Information Technology,
Goldsmith Agio Helms. Our people travel extensively, and based
on our research and selection process, we found there was no
other mobile solution that met or exceeded our requirements like
the Nortel solution does. Using the mobility solutions from
Nortel, our clients will be able to reach our people when
needed, regardless of where they might be and what other
activities in which they may be engaged.
Hard Drives Salins du Midi, one of Europes major salt producing companies,
recently deployed a mobility solution from Nortel to broaden remote
access to its network and allow employees to communicate with high
security and reliability in real time, regardless of location.
Using Nortels MCS 5100, the new Salins du Midi network provides
highly secure and reliable access to voice, video and multimedia
applications anywhere, anytime for enhanced productivity,
collaboration and mobility.
Electronics Rusk County, Wisc., through a grant from the United States
Department of Agriculture, is piloting Nortels MCS 5100 and SIP
protocol structure with the goal of addressing rural telemedicine.
Rural hospitals and health services in remote areas experience
difficulties in providing the same level of health care as those
located in major metropolitan areas, said Shirley Van Dam,
director,
Home Healthcare Services, Rusk
County, Wisc. The focus is to demonstrate that virtual nursing,
on-site instrumentation and measurements, rapid multimedia
communications, timely information, human resource sharing and
reliable feedback to all participants can radically improve home
healthcare medical applications, even in a remote,
resource-limited rural environment like ours.
Canon Computer Sciences Corporation has teamed with Nortel to deliver
Xtended Office, a secure mobility solution. "Nortel's vision of
mobility is wide ranging and allows for people to work efficiently
almost anytime and anywhere, said Steve Langford, director, Global
Network Service Offerings, CSC. At CSC we have worked in
partnership with Nortel to deliver the XtendedOffice, a focused
mobility solution for Enterprises, providing secure remote access
for employees based upon Nortel Secure VPN products supporting IP
Telephony and Unified Messaging. XtendedOffice is a part of CSC's
collaborative enterprise mobility suite and we expect to continue
working with Nortel to introduce new service offerings in the areas
of Multimedia Collaboration and Fixed Mobile convergence."
Desktop Pc Nortel makes its Office Anywhere easy to implement with services
offered by channel partners and Nortel Global Professional Services
including:
Desktop Computers * Market Characterization Nortel and partners evaluate the added
services and benefits of teleworking in the dynamic environment
particular to a customers industry, including identifying new paths
to profitability and market differentiation that teleworking may
offer.
* Network Assessment evaluation of network capabilities and
operational resources for remote access.
* Network and Operations Cost Modeling Nortel projects
expenditures based on the companys specific architectures and
processes.
Think Pad Nortel solutions help make telecommuting a seamless and
affordable alternative for workers, helping to ease the worlds
dependence on oil. By 2020, the worlds oil reserves are expected to
be reduced by 50 percent. If just 175 cars are taken off the road
each day, a company with 1,000 employees can save 44,000 gallons of
gasoline annually and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 420 metric
tons per year.
Repair About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power
global commerce, and secure and protect the worlds most critical
information. Serving both service provider and enterprise
customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions
encompassing end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia
services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to help
people solve the worlds greatest challenges. Nortel does business
in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on
the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
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