As part of Nortel's layered defense approach to security as advocated in the Unified Security Framework, enterprises and service providers can be assured that the solutions delivered in partnership with Nortel will address their unique security requirements.

Nortel is leveraging our branded Developer Program to initiate and foster relationships with market-leading companies who develop and deliver security applications and products that complement our scalable, robust, High Availability security hardware platforms for end-to-end delivery of Security Solutions.

The Developer Program for Security builds on Nortel's commitment to industry standards and open architecture strategies in creating ever-increasing opportunities for the developer community at large to partner with us. Through these relationships, Nortel creates and can position increasingly competitive security solutions in the marketplace.

• Access to Development Support Services from Nortel to conduct interoperability or compatibility testing
• Access to Nortel technical support and technical documentation
• Sales and Marketing Support Services to jointly market solutions in the marketplace

What does this means for the Enterprise customer? The developer program relationships benefits Enterprises by:

• Ensuring their network technology solutions provide the highest levels of security, reliability, flexibility and scalability.
• Simplifying configuration and deployment—thus lowering costs & risks—while maximizing performance with their technology solutions.
• Having confidence that Nortel stands behind a partners' Compatible Product or Select Product designation.

For a list of Developer Program for Security members, please visit Nortel Developer Program for Security website >>