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Archive for September 25th, 2008

Philippe Morin talks more about the MEN business

Philippe Morin, Nortel President of Metro Ethernet NetworksPhilippe Morin, President of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business, has been busy since last week’s announcement that Nortel intends to sell the business.  Earlier this week, Philippe did a “mini media tour,” talking to multiple media pubs about Nortel’s plans to divest the business.  Below are links to the resulting articles, as well as a few nuggets that I’ve pulled from each.

Network World’s Jim Duffy talked to Philippe Morin yesterday and wrote this article — “Nortel looks to software as it shops Metro Ethernet unit.”  The article focuses on the overall shift for Nortel to “a more software-driven business model.”  …

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