Product BriefNortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Release 5.1Increasingly, companies are turning totechnology to help boost their bottomline and increase employee produc-tivity. Advances in technology, however,have led to some very real challenges,particularly how to efficiently and cost-effectively connect a myriad of differentdevices, disparate systems and multiplelocations. The answer to addressingthese challenges lies in virtualization ofthe network.Virtualization can transform your ITinfrastructure and your business byproviding a clear path to advancedapplications that create a unifiedcommunications environment foryour organization. Among other things,virtualization provides for networksimplicity, flexibility and scalability,and enables faster time-to-market in thedata center and core campus. It worksby virtualizing servers, and centralizingservices, management and security— without compromising the high-availability, security and performance onwhich you’ve come to rely. As a result,virtualization delivers many benefitsA resilient, flexible and scalable solution that delivers network virtualization, exceptional valueper port and one of the industry’s highest 10G densities per module/rack.Unified communicationsenables the collaborativetechnologies required to shareresources within your entireorganization, improve day-to-day operational processesand communicate more cost-effectively with customers,partners and suppliers.to your business, including simplifiedmanagement, accelerated decision-making, decreased recurring costsand increased employee productivitythrough unified communications.By offering advanced virtualizationfeatures and one of the industry’shighest 10G densities per module/rack,the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch8600 can turn your network into ahighly reliable, efficient and cost-effective infrastructure that drivesunified communications and criticalbusiness applications.