Tag Archives: Nortel

The End of VoIP?

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It was over 10 years ago that Cisco completely disrupted the slow, traditional telephony market.  TDM had been around for years, was highly reliable and well proven.  Most of the incumbent manufacturers didn’t see Cisco as a risk and spoke arrogantly about Cisco Call Manager.  Ten years on and many of the companies who dominated Continue Reading

Risk Management

An illustration of how to compare the attacker (left) and defencer (right) dice in Risk.
By general consensus the last few years have been difficult for many suppliers. It has clearly been a troublesome time for retailers, manufacturers, construction and many other sectors. The communications sector escaped 2008/9 relatively well without the loss of household names. However balance sheets of many UK suppliers, including some of the big names, were Continue Reading