Nortel Networks kicks off major roadshow across the Middle East

Visiting major cities in Europe, Middle East and Africa, the two-day 'Transforming the LAN' roadshow will gather channel partners and IT managers from some of Nortel's key enterprise customers to brief them on the future of business-driven networking. The event is also scheduled to visit Kuwait, Riyadh and Jeddah this month on the 21st, 28th and 30th November, respectively.

"LAN solutions can help organisations upgrade their IT infrastructures to be truly convergence-ready and enjoy such benefits as enhanced power and performance on individual desktops, fast and secure access to new applications, with availability anytime, anywhere. The challenge is of course, setting up a LAN infrastructure that is cost-effective and easy to manage," said Ramin Attari, Vice President Middle East, Nortel.

"The roadshow will provide details on the latest developments in LAN networking, IP enabled devices and convergence applications and bring useful insight on how best to plan, build, secure and manage a converged network that meets the business needs of an organisation."

The event will present sessions on network investments and how to build solid and advanced networks with a special focus on security and traffic management. Nortel will also present some case studies on major European customers who have adopted Nortel's IP technologies to improve their business processes. For example, Nortel's IP multimedia solutions allow organisations to increase network application performance and reduce costs by allowing them build on their current telephony infrastructure and expand their networks with IP multimedia capabilities as needed. New services allow these organisations to improve collaboration both internally and externally via the most convenient and effective methods - phone, e-mail, instant messaging or video conferencing, used individually or in combination.