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Nortel Networks Case Study: Fossil, Inc.

Fossil, Inc. is a design, development, marketing and distribution company. The company needed a scalable, highly reliable converged data and voice network to support its mission-critical applications and accommodate rapid growth. As a solution a dual-core Nortel Ethernet Routing solution at headquarters was deployed, paired with converged voice and data...

Tags: Fossil Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Networking, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2006-06-02

Nortel Converged Networking Solutions Support a Rapidly Growing Global Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail Operation for Fossil, Inc.

Fossil, Inc., a design, development, marketing and distribution company, is known principally for its extensive line of fashion watches sold in its own retail stores and in department stores worldwide. Fossil, Inc. needed a scalable, highly reliable converged data and voice network to support its mission-critical applications and accommodate rapid...

Tags: Network, Fossil Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Manufacturing, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Retail, Networking, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

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