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Over the last few weeks I’ve shown you two new Nortel TV commercials, as well as three really well-done videos on energy efficiency that were “homemade” by a few talented Nortel employees.  But the response from employees wasn’t limited to just the three videos that are part of the voting.

We received a dozen videos — all of them great in their own way.  But we couldn’t include all the videos in the vote.  So in order to give an “honorable mention” to some of the other employee efforts, I’m going to post another energy efficiency video that you haven’t seen yet.

Below, this high-energy video highlights the energy efficiency benefits of Nortel solutions.

And a quick update on the …

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While unified communications is the big technology buzzword that today’s enterprises are considering as they evolve their voice and data networks, a lack of education and “know how” on how to approach deployment of UC solutions may be hindering rapid adoption of UC across the industry. Such is the concern of Scott Schauer, Nortel’s Director of Certification.

I recently talked to Scott about the education and training needed to move to UC, his efforts heading up Nortel’s certification activities, as well as a new effort called Nortel Press which publishes certification self-study guides on industry technologies and Nortel products.

Scott was telling me about a new UC self-study guide that Nortel recently introduced, and it got us talking about the uncertainty some enterprises may face when looking to understand the benefits, costs, and technology choices of moving to UC.

As an application, UC is new territory for many enterprises and their IT departments. Uncertainty about “where do I start” with something as “powerful” as UC can cause businesses to put off the decision (and benefits) of transitioning.

One way enterprises can get a better understanding of how to deploy UC is through Nortel Press, books first introduced in April. Nortel Press takes existing traditional certification training courses and converts them to self-study guides. The guides contain the same material you’d see in the classroom, but makes it available at a lower price (as little as $75) and with a more flexible format. Each book maps into a Nortel certification, and a certification practice exam is on a CD-ROM that’s included with each book (the cost of the actual Nortel certification exam is not included).

Vendor neutral self-study guides focusing on Unified Communications and VoIP are available now as well as a book focusing on the  Nortel BCM 50. New study guides available in the 4th quarter of this year or early next year will cover Nortel’s Ethernet Routing Switch product line, Data Networking and Real Time Networking.

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