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Nortel Networksis in the data center

Nortel Networks takes full advantage of its own High-Performance

Data Center solutions to simplify and secure its network,improve performance, and dramatically reduce expenses.

Success Story

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The Nortel Networks High-Performance Data Center offers acomprehensive range of capabilities:

High-availability content storage,caching, distribution, management,and accounting

Web switching with intelligent load-balancing of servers and devices

Intelligent routing and redirectionfor premium response times andresource utilization

High-speed optical connectivityacross wide area networks orbetween data centers

Branch office and road warrior-to-headquarters virtual private networkconnectivity

Complete security protection withno performance penalty.

The High-Performance Data Centerportfolio takes full advantage of thefollowing Nortel Networks technologies:

OPTera Metro 3500 MultiservicePlatformsupports a mix of voice,video, and data traffic from acommon platform that is one ofthe most compact, flexible, andcost-effective in the industry.

OPTera Metro 5200 Multiservice

Platformharnesses the power ofdense wavelength division multi-plexing (DWDM) to transparentlydeliver high-bandwidth networkservices across an open, scalableoptical transport platform.

Alteon Web Switchprovideshigh-availability traffic managementby filtering and switching trafficbased on application and contentinformation.

Richard Ricks, Chief InformationOfficer of Nortel Networks, will tellyou that the newly announced NortelNetworks High-Performance DataCenter solution portfolio comprisesthe very latest innovations in connec-tivity, content management, and secu-rity. It provides enhanced IP-based

data center capabilities and deliverssignificant capital and operatingsavings.

Richard Ricks knows. Because Ricksis a High-Performance Data Centercustomer.

Eighteen months ago, says Ricks,we embarked upon a program ofdata-center consolidation. We hadapproximately 120 data centersglobally with servers and storage

distributed everywhere.Ricks and his staff selected a networkdesign that would allow NortelNetworks to consolidate down to 10global data centers supporting some1,100 applications worldwide.

An ambitious plan, to be sure.One that today has been realized.

And in the course of doing so, saysRicks, weve been able to reduce ourserver infrastructure by 6,400 devices,from a base of 12,000.

We have over 16,000 partners

that are named users that

interact with our infrastructure

on a routine basisso the

Contivity Secure IP Services

Gateways are a key component

of our infrastructure and a

key component of how we

allow Nortel Networks to

operate effectively.

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Alteon Content Cachestoresfrequently requested content closerto users to improve bandwidthutilization and make it cost-effective

to deliver high-value streamingmedia applications.

Alteon Switched Firewallprovidesmulti-gigabit firewall service fortough perimeter defense withoutperformance penalty.

Contivity Secure IP ServicesGatewaysprovide secure IPtunneling from customer premisesto the data center.

Passport 8600 Routing Switch

provides high-capacity, high-avail-ability, intelligent traffic manage-ment with the level of QoS requiredfor mission-critical applications.

Nortel Networks High-PerformanceData Center Solutions are designedto support:

Secure High-Performance DataCenters enable enterprises to confi-dently and confidentially rely on crit-ical IP-based business applications

while benefiting from the consolida-tion of servers and network resourcesand utilizing high-performance securitywithout performance penalties.

Optical Ethernet Data Centersprovide LAN-speed, high availabilityinterconnect service between datacenters for storage networking,data center consolidation, orbackup/recovery.

Enterprise Content DeliveryNetworks efficiently and cost-effec-tively deliver massive volumes of staticand streaming-media content over the

Web for such enterprise applicationsas eLearning, Web site hosting, andcorporate Webcasts.

Ricks points out that a high-perfor-mance data center solution has allowedhim to take costs out of his networkand to better utilize and better manageassetsfor example, the corporationnow runs multiple applications on asingle server.

So when Richard Ricks affirms,

The products that Nortel Networksprovides that enable a high-perfor-mance data center are second to none,he speaks from experience.

We leverage our content caching and redirect

capabilities as a key component of our Webcasting

infrastructure. We did over 1,200 Webcasts last year;

we expect to do 4,000 this year. We expect to save over

$70 million through improved employee productivity

as well as travel cost reduction.

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Nortel Networks is an industry leader and innovator focused on transforming how the worldcommunicates and exchanges information. The company is supplying its service provider andenterprise customers with communications technology and infrastructure to enable value-addedIP data, voice and multimedia services spanning Metro Networks, Wireless Networks, and OpticalLong Haul Networks. As a global company, Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries.More information about Nortel Networks can be found on the web at:

www.nortelnetworks.com

For more information, contact your Nortel Networks representative, or

call 1-800-4 NORTEL or 1-800-466-7835 from anywhere in North America.

*Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks logo, the globemark design, Alteon, Passport, and OPTera are trademarks ofNortel Networks. All other trademarks are the property of their owners.

Copyright 2002 Nortel Networks. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subjectto change without notice. Nortel Networks assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document.

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