Nortel has entered the high-bandwidth stackable switch fray with the BayStack 5510, which comes in 24- and 48-port 10/100/1000Base-T models. The price is very sweet at $7,000 for the 48-port ...

OTTAWA — Nortel Networks Corp. continued its rapid-fire acquisition drive Friday with a stock deal valued at about $7.3 billion to buy Web switch developer Alteon WebSystems Inc. Nortel ...

To deliver a consistent experience to users, networks have to provide application awareness and control ... later this month, Nortel's Alteon Application Switch 2424 is designed to optimize ...

To that end, Nortel is introducing enhanced versions of its Alteon application switch line and ... the need for VPN client software. The new switches take application control beyond load balancing ...

SAN JOSE — Nortel Networks is readying a high-end switch for service providers that could improve Web site and network application uptime for firms that outsource their hosting operations.

Nortel Networks announced just over a week ago that it would acquire Web switch maker Alteon Websystems for $7.8 billion. Topics Spotlight: Managing modern risks ...

Nortel's BayStack 5520 stackable switch offers better performance, increased link aggregation capacity, new Layer 3 forwarding and a 25% price drop compared with its predecessor.

Nortel Networks Corp. and Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc. last week separately released software for call centres aimed at strengthening communication lines between call agents and ...

I have an older Nortel BayStack 450-24T switch set up at my desk to become familiar with the console configuration & the Nortel Device Manager software. We're using 5510's now, but I'm learning on ...

Nortel (NT) chief Mike Zafirovski turned another page on the company's big turnaround plan. In an effort to refocus the Toronto telecom titan, Zafirovski moved Monday to spin off the company's ...

The future could bring a takeout for the likes of F5 and Foundry. A chat with Alteon's Selina Lo.

Nortel Networks Corp. has postponed the release of a much-anticipated switch for optical networks, according to company officials.