Unified Communications Delivers 'Convergence Innovation' and the Foundation for Success

The MaRS Discovery District is a 700,000-square-foot next-generation research facility, bringing together academic, business, capital and scientific research communities to collaborate on and commercialize new scientific discoveries. Central to MaRS' success was a leading-edge information technology infrastructure capable of serving as the foundation for advanced collaboration and research. A Nortel Unified Communications Solution consisting of voice, data and video enabling multimedia collaboration, high-performance reliable networking and secure mobile communications. The Nortel Multimedia Communication Server 5100 - along with Nortel's Communication Server 1000, CallPilot and IP telephones - delivered a carrier-grade multimedia communications platform, while Nortel Ethernet Routing Switches created a high-performance, scalable 10-Gbps core data network.