On December 18, Avaya officially closed its takeover of Nortel's enterprise business, and earlier this week, the company shared the "integrated product roadmap" that it would follow. Also, the firm said that going forward; both VARs from Avaya and Nortel would be effectively utilized.

It is interesting to note that Avaya has decided that it would continue to maintain the data portfolio contained by Nortal, which is a major addition to the practice of the company and will help it compete with giant rival Cisco more efficiently.

The blending of the units will also reflect a shift in Avaya's overall indirect business, which will help it manifolds.

Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy had, in October, suggested that the company aims to reach at least 85% indirect sales over the coming three years.

The coming together of two giant and legendary companies does mean that there will be tons of changes and lots of training involved.

Nortel's acquisition had cost Avaya a total of US$915 Million.