Maxed Out
Because the System i can run at redline speed all day long . . .
June 12, 2007
System i VoIP: Now Calling Nortel
Nortel and IBM have teamed up to deliver a new unified communications suite — read "VoIP, etc" — for small and medium businesses. The exact naming of anything VoIP or IP telephony is pretty fuzzy these days, and the Nortel-IBM solution is no exception. There are so many components, both hardware and software-related, that naming a solution is nearly impossible.
In any event, IBM is referring to it as the Nortel-IBM System i Unified Communications solution, and neither company is completely clear on the details yet. Of course, we should give them a break because the offering(s) won't hit the streets until the fourth quarter of 2007.
The solution will combine IBM's System i and Lotus Sametime unified communications solutions with Nortel's suite of VoIP and multimedia technologies into a complete package that runs on a single system.
Many questions remain. For instance, how does 3Com fit in? Right now, it looks like the 3Com-based IP telephony solution will be a competing offering that also utilizes the System i. As for the tech portion, we might assume that the Nortel solution will run on a Linux partition like the 3Com version does, but then again, it might not.
Still, This Deal Rocks
The important point to take away is that Nortel is already selling into the SMB IP telephony space, and the company has a set of solutions geared specifically to SMB customers. The System i will benefit by the Nortel distribution, service, and support. IBM solution providers will also be able to sell and support the solution.
I'm working on the details and will post a follow-up soon.
Posted by cmaxcer at June 12, 2007 9:39 AM
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