Why it took the company so long to embrace this reality is puzzling -- Give it a rest. There is no puzzle here. 4 CEOs in 8 years itself is a strategic issue. You can blame the board for this. This time it looks like they are finally headed in the right long term direction. Remember good companies don't make 2 year plans but 5, 10 and even 20 year plans.
shortterm
· 1 year ago
so the walmart of telecom now wants to focus. good. however need to see commitment on this long term. usually these strategies change very quickly as we have seen in the past. products getting canned. getting out of access and then trying to rush in. hope the shrinkage will be focused and profitable.
only issue with partners. too many of them as well which should shrink too so that key profitable partnerships are kept, nourished and harvested. presently even the partnerships are so many to stick their fingers into everything.
pretty much bad news 2-5 year term for Canada. narrow focus translates to very niche specialized skills. sense a move out of the crown jewel Ottawa campus to a smaller site.
Nortel new hire
· 1 year ago
Shortterm, I believe your interpretation of the ottawa campus is incorrect. Even though the rest of Canada (Belleville and Calgary) will become NT's specialty sites, Carling campus in Ottawa will remain a full service R&D centre: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id...
Currently as far as I know, the Belleville location does R&D for Enterprise Solutions only, and I know the calgary location has a lot of RF and wireless related research.
shortterm
· 1 year ago
come back when you get some more 'nortel' experience.
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Give it a rest. There is no puzzle here. 4 CEOs in 8 years itself is a strategic issue. You can blame the board for this. This time it looks like they are finally headed in the right long term direction. Remember good companies don't make 2 year plans but 5, 10 and even 20 year plans.
only issue with partners. too many of them as well which should shrink too so that key profitable partnerships are kept, nourished and harvested. presently even the partnerships are so many to stick their fingers into everything.
pretty much bad news 2-5 year term for Canada. narrow focus translates to very niche specialized skills. sense a move out of the crown jewel Ottawa campus to a smaller site.
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id...
Currently as far as I know, the Belleville location does R&D for Enterprise Solutions only, and I know the calgary location has a lot of RF and wireless related research.