News@Cisco: EMEA Government Customer News

Cineca, Italy's Largest Computing Center, Expands Research and Accelerates Projects with Cisco and IBM High-Performance Computing

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:00:00 PST

BOLOGNA, Italy, 26 June 2007 - Research projects that affect peoples' lives, such as predictions of volcanic eruptions or the development of new medicines and treatment, could soon be completed faster and at a lower cost. Italian universities and research organizations that use Cineca, the largest computing center in Italy and one of the largest in world, will benefit from the recent deployment of high- ...

Cisco Helps Telford & Wrekin Council Integrate and Transform Community Services

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, June 5, 2007 - Telford & Wrekin Council in the West Midlands will transform local community services by using a Cisco® Unified Communications system to integrate multiple agency services and deliver them to residents in a way that is transparent to the customer, even in residents' homes. Children and parents will be able to visit their local schools to access not just education but also a range of council services such as social care and benefits as well as non-council services ...

Deutsches Forschungsnetz Creates National Research and Education Network Based on Cisco IP NGN Architecture and Featuring the Cisco CRS-1

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

COPENHAGEN, May 22, 2007 - Cisco® today announced at the TERENA Networking Conference that it has been selected by Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN), Germany's National Research and Education Network (NREN), to deliver the core routing platform for a new national backbone that will put the NREN at the forefront of innovation in Europe while delivering significant operational expenditure savings. X-WiN is operated by the DFN Society (DFN-Verein) - a nonprofit association ...

Core Network for World's Largest Multinational Communications Interoperability Exercise Moves to All- Internet Protocol, Powered by Cisco

Thu, 10 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

BAUMHOLDER, Germany, May 10, 2007 - As global defense organizations increasingly move to Internet Protocol networking, this year's Combined Endeavor is advancing to an all-IP core network infrastructure, powered by Cisco equipment. Combined Endeavor 2007 is a two-week operation designed to test and document the interoperability of vital communication systems of 42 nations for multinational forces deployed in humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster-relief efforts. The exercise's large-scale ...

Italian Province Deploys Wireless Mesh Network to Stimulate Economic Growth and Bridge Digital Divide

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:00:00 PST

MILAN, Italy, April 19, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that the Italian Province of Brescia will use an outdoor wireless solution based on mesh technology to deliver wireless broadband connectivity and Internet Protocol (IP) services to its rural communities. The goal is to help stimulate economic growth and bridge the growing digital divide throughout the region. The solution will help the province deliver broadband Internet to local government organisations, citizens and businesses. ...

Birmingham City Council to Bring Community Agencies and Citizens Together in One Network

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, April 16, 2007 - Birmingham City Council has announced plans to connect 450 schools, 60 libraries and 240 council-related offices in one of the UK's most advanced local government networks. Using Cisco technologies, Service Birmingham, a partnership between the council and Capita, is building an Internet Protocol (IP) network around Birmingham to provide citizens with improved delivery of and access to services. The new network will support the council's business transformation ...

Glasgow City Council Develops e-Government Strategy with THUS plc and a Cisco Connected Government Solution

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

GLASGOW, February 19, 2007 - Glasgow City Council is implementing Access Glasgow, a comprehensive e-government strategy to improve the delivery of services to nearly 600,000 citizens. Fundamental to this approach is a modern, high-bandwidth communications infrastructure provided to the Council by THUS and a unique relationship with Cisco®. Access Glasgow will deliver a citywide network platform to integrate data, voice and video communication and support a host of front-line ...

French Minister for Trade to Address Public Sector 'Meeting of Minds' in Stockholm During Nobel Prize Week

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:00:00 PST

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - November 20, 2006 - The city of Stockholm and Cisco® today released details of the speakers that have been confirmed so far for the forthcoming Public Services Summit @ Nobel Week 2006, to be held Dec. 8-10 in Stockholm. Christine Lagarde, French minister for trade Kristina Alvendal, deputy mayor, city of Stockholm Vance Hitch, chief information officer, U.S. Department of Justice Shih Choon Fong, ...

The City of Amsterdam Starts Building Fibre Network Using Cisco Ethernet Fibre to the Home Technology to Deliver Telephony, TV and Internet Services

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM - October 12, 2006 - Today marks the beginning of the building of a city-wide glass fibre network in the City of Amsterdam. The objective of Glasvezelnet Amsterdam is to create an open and future-secure communication infrastructure through an innovative private and public collaboration. The rollout of the network starts in the Zeeburg district of Amsterdam, followed by Oost/Watergraafsmeer and Osdorp. The network is designed to provide a new and advanced communication ...

Cisco Provides Core Network Infrastructure for World's Largest Multinational Military Exercise

Mon, 15 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

LAGER AULENBACH, Germany, May 15, 2006 - Cisco Systems® announced today that it will provide the core network infrastructure for Combined Endeavor 2006, a two-week operation designed to test and document the interoperability of vital communication systems for multinational forces deployed in humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief efforts. Data gathered from earlier exercises has played a key role in recent multinational operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo as well ...

Cisco Provides Coalition Network Infrastructure for U.S. European Command's Global Interoperability Exercise

Fri, 05 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

WHAT: Combined Endeavor 2006 (CE 06) is a two-week testing operation sponsored by the U.S. European Command designed to ensure vital interoperability for joint and multinational forces that deploy in response to humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief operations. Data gathered from earlier exercises has played a key role in recent multinational operations in Iraq, Afghanistan Bosnia and Kosovo as well as humanitarian operations in Pakistan and the ...

Cisco Systems Joins Pioneering French Technology Initiative "Secure Communicating Solutions" (SCS)

Thu, 04 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

ISSY LES MOULINEAUX, May 4, 2006 - Cisco Systems is strengthening its commitment to Research & Development in France and is announcing its involvement in the French initiative "Secure Communicating Solutions" (SCS). Cisco will be participating in pioneering projects through its technology center in Sophia Antipolis. The centre will be focusing on key Cisco technology areas such as IPv6 for new generation Internet addressing, MPLS for IP network service quality and Mobile IP for the ...

UNET Delivers Gigabit Broadband Services to the City of Almere with Cisco Carrier Ethernet Technology

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

ALMERE, The Netherlands, February 21, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that UNET B.V., one of the leading providers of innovative broadband services in The Netherlands, has chosen Cisco® Carrier Ethernet technology to deliver ultra-high-speed (100 megabits per second and above) broadband voice, video and data services over an optical fibre network to all public buildings and not-for-profit organizations throughout the city of Almere in The Netherlands. UNET won the ...

Ofsted Uses Cisco IP Communications to Help Create Nation- wide Organisation and Improve Services

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, UK, February 9, 2006 - The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), the government department responsible for inspecting schools and childcare provision in England, is to deploy a Cisco Systems Internet Protocol Communications (IPC) solution to help it develop a more integrated and national organisation. The Cisco IP Communications (IPC) solution will be delivered over a fixed and wireless converged network infrastructure and is expected to help Ofsted reduce costs by removing ...

Cisco IP Communications Technology Brings Citizen Benefits to Award-winning City Council in Malmö

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:00:00 PST

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 1, 2005 - Cisco Systems and TeliaSonera Sweden are delivering one of the largest IP telephony projects in the European public sector to the City of Malmö, bringing the cumulative worldwide shipments of Cisco IP phones to seven million units. The new IP telephony system will help the City of Malmö to provide new and improved front-line services to its 270,000 citizens with 24-hour accessibility and call waiting times reduced to less than 30 seconds. The ...

Cisco Launches City-Wide Outdoor Wireless 'Mesh' Solution

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 15, 2005 - In an era of booming, city-wide wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) deployments, Cisco Systems® today announced the unveiling of a Cisco first - an intelligent wireless "mesh" solution that leverages Cisco's advanced technology leadership in Wi-Fi technologies to enable municipalities to provide high-speed wireless network and Internet connectivity services. "The market drivers that propelled widespread wireless adoption in the home and ...

Belgian Federal Public Service Finance Chooses Cisco Systems for 4,000-Internet Protocol Phone System

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:00:00 PST

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 6, 2005 - Cisco Systems® today announced it has created a converged data and telephone network providing 4,000 civil servants in the Belgian Federal Public Service Finance with a more efficient working environment based on Internet Protocol technology. The project, managed jointly with IBM, represents one of the biggest telephony tenders in Belgium within half a decade. The project focused on combining voice and data networks to help speed the ...

Cisco Technology Provides UK's First IP Video Call Centre for Deaf People

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, England, September 28, 2005 - SignVideo (part of Significan't), Britain's only Video Contact Centre for deaf people has launched a specialist video service offering deaf people immediate access to highly qualified sign language interpreters to communicate with their local authorities and other public sector organisations. The contact centre has been developed using a converged voice and data network, based on Cisco's CallManager Video Telephony and Internet Protocol (IP) Contact ...

Cisco Systems Technology Enables Latin American Research & Education Network

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 19, 2005 - DANTE, an organization that plans, builds and operates pan-European networks for research and education, has selected Cisco Systems technology for the development of the ALICE project, "America Latina Interconectada con Europa" (Latin America connected with Europe). The ALICE project has created the network for the connection of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Latin American countries. It provides a direct link to the G& ...

Ethiopia Telecom's Next Generation Network Supports a Nation's Economic Transformation

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 04:00:00 PST

Turning Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest nations, from an agriculture-based economy to one influenced heavily by information and knowledge is no small challenge. But it is one the Ethiopian government is intent on rising to - with help from Cisco Systems®. In fact, the government sees this transition as vital for the future of the country. Ethiopia had an estimated gross national product of less ...