| So, in September of 2006 these were the rankings. What are they today?
Honestly the main focus I see for each:
Nortel - promotes Carrier class reliability
Avaya - Mostly promotes management but also takes every opportunityt to hammer Mitel/Shortel and Cisco on any feature they can find (this changes with every new release of competitors software service releases)
Mitel - cost cost cost (read: cheap cheap cheap)
Cisco - Security, network consolidation, XML applications, Video
Shortel - cost, true IP (but you have to add a whole other infrastructure to support the phones)
Alcatel - in the US for enterprise? Haven't seen them
Seimans - they took forever to realize that no one wanted to upgrade the 9006 to be "IP Enabled" by adding an expensive card and modules to the bottom of the existing phones. but still run two seperate drops to the desk.
What is this groups oppinion of these companies now? Is Shortel still under appreciated? Is Nortel still cheaper and Cisco still security driven? What would be your snapshot of the market today?
Cheers,
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