By now you probably have heard all about the Avaya and Nortel combination. Avaya has acquired a large piece of Nortel, and is merging that branch into the Avaya company. The goal is to provide new and improved technologies that help their customers and clients in even more ways than ever before. If you're an existing client for either of these two companies or you're a business looking to get on board with the latest developments with an entirely new system, then it's very important to be fully informed about what you can expect in both the short term and long term future.

Avaya laid out all of their plans in a roadmap about Avaya Nortel integration. The goals are fairly clear, and it's all about taking the best of both worlds in order to produce better, more intelligent and more efficient technology solutions and communication platforms.

Through this process, products that overlap will be weeded out from the product lines, and within a year or two all existing Nortel products will no longer be available as a part of the product line. Some as mentioned will be weeded out, others will be essentially the same but be under the Avaya brand name and others will be combined with different Avaya products and solutions to help capitalize on new capabilities and efficiencies.

One of the major goals of the new Avaya Nortel products and systems will be more capable and intelligent integrated communication systems. This is really where the future is heading, and the days of having separate email, phone, voicemail, instant messaging and more systems is really of the past. The latest technology products will offer better and more streamlined ways to handle everything from one spot, saving time and energy and making everybody more productive.

Another major area of focus for Avaya Nortel products in the future will be improving on the backend technologies. Making them more efficient will allow for more flexibility, more overall capability and more efficiency. You'll be able to handle a heavier load, you'll save money on your operating costs and more. Data networking and network management solutions will be more important and more capable than ever before.

Additionally, energy saving technologies, gateway technologies, improved server technologies and more will all be focal points. There promises to be new and improved technologies and products for businesses of all shapes and sizes, across a complete spectrum of industries. Highly individualized and tailored products will continue to be utilized, as opposed to mass produced, one size fit all systems that fail to get the job done as well as they could.

Of course this is only the beginning for what the future of Avaya Nortel holds. It will be a very exciting time over the next 12 to 18 months, as new products are rolled out, new efficiencies and capabilities are revealed and new solutions are unveiled. The Avaya Nortel combination promises to provide a great deal of innovation and progress, with products and integrated solutions that can improve upon your business in numerous ways.