Nortel's 10G switch deals Cisco a blow

摘要

Nortel's long-anticipated, next-generation 10G Ethernet switches will be the centerpiece of a $6.2 million converged network the vendor is building for the city of San Jose — a contract Nortel won A botched $5 million Cisco deal with the city ended "In scandal last year, which was particularly embarrassing for Cisco — especially because it is headquartered there. San Jose will install four Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s, based on the vendor's latest 10G architecture, slated to be announced next month. Based on its former Passport line, the new technology brings Nortel's high-end switch up to speed with 10G gear from rivals 3Com, Cisco, Extreme Networks, Force 10 and Foundry Networks, observers say The deal with San Jose also is a coup for Nortel, as it won a re-bidding process for the project after the city canceled an agreement with Cisco when an investigation turned up irregularities in how it was awarded. In that deal, an independent auditor found that Cisco and city IT staff had inappropriate contact during the RFP process. As a result, San Jose CIO Wandzia Grycz resigned in August.