Nortel's rocking financial situation and announced layoffs this week of 1,300 people likely won't have much short-term impact on the company's four-year unified communications alliance with Microsoft, including before the deal's expiration in 2010, according to experts.
But the long-term outlook is that users will likely see vendors such as Microsoft, IBM and Cisco rise to the top of the voice pile via their UC platforms built around integrated software applications and middleware.
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