You might have seen John Roese's blog, in which he, as Nortel CTO, talked to the transformation of R&D in Nortel.
Most visibly, the R&D program has shifted to what we call "20-60-20"- 20% is late-lifecycle spend, 60% is focused on growth and mature product activity, and a full 20% is directed to emerging and new technologies and markets, such as those in application software. An excellent example of the latter is the Nortel Agile Communication Environment, communications integration software.
Some are asking, whether this transformation is still on track given that John is leaving Nortel at the end of the year and given the state of the world economy.
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