Nortel’s network and security infrastructure can be deployed alongside Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) components, providing customers solution built around both technologies. Microsoft has announced that NAP will be available in Windows Server 2008.

Aziz Khadbai, general manager of converged data networks at Nortel, said: As more and more applications and devices are used within today’s enterprise, a vast increase in bandwidth demand is creating huge amounts of network traffic. Nortel calls this trend Hyperconnectivity and it is forcing people to rethink how they design their networks. Nortel is addressing this challenge and the security impact that comes with it by building a portfolio that is simple to deploy, flexible and secure.