Nortel Buzzboard

Is it really time for Interop Las Vegas already? I have always associated Interop, the industry’s big enterprise data event, with the last big show before summer…but it’s still snowing in Minnesota. All the same, the industry is off to Vegas this week to the beautiful Mandalay Bay (which is a Nortel customer by the way).

And while the conference officially kicks off tomorrow, Nortel has already come out of the gate with news on our new network virtualization solution. The solution is based on Nortel’s Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, and the new Nortel Virtual Services Switch 5000.  The ERS 8600 provides network virtualization through high-density 10G switching, industry-leading resiliency, Layer 3 routing virtualization and simplified VPN provisioning. The VSS 5000 provides service virtualization by consolidating and virtualizing multiple network services -such as firewalls, application switching and SSL acceleration - onto a single platform, and is able to provision these services on-the-fly. VSS 5000 is also interoperates with server virtualization solutions such as VMware.

The new Nortel Virtual Services Switch 5000 - part of Nortel’s new virtualization solution

In essence, Nortel’s virtualization solution pools together separate elements, even separate networks, to work as one and for their collective capabilities to be used where they are needed, when they are needed. For hosted service providers, this solution enables them to “do more with less,” allowing virtual separation of customer networks and services.  For enterprises, the solution provides CapEx benefits through reduced network gear, and the ability to bring up new services quickly. NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation (a systems integrator in Japan) and PLC a construction company in Edmonton, Alberta) have already deployed the solution.

Nortel at Interop this week

If you are a the show this week, here’s what you can see from us (booth #1331).  On Tuesday and Wednesday, you can attend educational track sessions led by Nortel’s Darwin Engwer, Tony Rybczynski, Tony Pereira, and Steve Given.

Also this week at Interop, Nortel will be showing off a tool that first became a crowd favorite at VoiceCon - the Nortel Energy Efficiency Calculator. There is also a bevy of other solutions on display including:

• Microsoft-Nortel Converged Office
• UC data-ready infrastructure for SMBs
• Enterprise mobility
• Telepresence
• Security
• Network management tools
• SOA and Web services

For more, visit Nortel’s Interop event page.