Avaya wins Nortel enterprise business for $900 million

Ethernet switch vendors propose data center collapse; EMC lures away Intel executive; Tucci to stay as CEO until 2012 Data Center Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by NetApp Masters of Enterprise Storage Visit the Masters of Storage site to learn of newest storage advancements, issues and product announcements. Check us out today and get the latest Featured Resource, "Forrester: Server Virtualization, Q3 2008", view the weekly blogs, briefs on storage technologies, products and more. Click here. Spotlight Story Avaya wins Nortel enterprise business for $900 million Avaya has emerged as the winning bidder for Nortel's enterprise business, beating out Siemens Enterprise Communications over the weekend. 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