Nortel, Microsoft roll out plan for unified services

NEW YORK – Nortel Networks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. outlined a joint road map today to deliver their shared vision for unified communications. The road map, the product of an alliance between Microsoft and Nortel announced in July 2006, includes three new joint solutions to improve business communications by breaking down the barriers between voice, e-mail, instant messaging, multimedia conferencing and other forms of communication. Speaking at an event in New York in front of about 100 customers along with reporters and analysts, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and Nortel CEO and president Mike Zafirovski outlined how companies can improve...