News@Cisco: News Releases

Telenor Connexion Expands Machine-to-Machine Services Using Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure

2010-02-09T12:00:00+00:00

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2010 – Cisco today announced that it is working with Telenor Connexion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor Group and the sixth-largest mobile operator in the world, to help deliver intelligent managed machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions. M2M communications travel between mobile devices and other electronic devices such as personal digital ...

Cisco Unveils the Cisco ASR 5000

2010-02-09T12:00:00+00:00

SAN JOSE, CA, Feb. 9, 2010 – Cisco today announced it has expanded the ASR Series platforms with the introduction of the Cisco ASR 5000 as a result of the Starent acquisition. The addition of the ASR 5000 gives Cisco a comprehensive end-to-end Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and offers mobile operators a platform specifically designed to ...

Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast Predicts Continued Mobile Data Traffic Surge

2010-02-09T12:00:00+00:00

San Jose, Calif., Feb. 9, 2010 – Cisco today announced the results of the Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Forecast for 2009-2014. The research projects that annual global mobile data traffic will reach 3.6 exabytes per month or an annual run rate of 40 exabytes by 2014. Such a figure equates to a 39-fold increase from 2009 to 2014, or a ...

Cisco and TANDBERG Provide Technology Roadmap Update Prior to Transaction Close

2010-02-09T06:05:00+00:00

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK, and OSLO, Norway, February 9, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL) today provided details about the integrated product portfolio that will be unveiled after the close of Cisco's voluntary public cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares in TANDBERG. Cisco and TANDBERG remain competitors until close. The companies anticipate ...

Customers Adopt Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture to Optimize Performance, Improve Business Agility and Cut Costs

2010-02-08T12:00:00+00:00

San Jose, Calif. - Feb. 8, 2010 - Cisco today announced that Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Salem Hospital, ExamWorks, and University of Sydney have selected Cisco® Data Center 3.0 technology to optimize data center resources, simplify data center management, and reduce the total cost of ownership, while increasing business agility and productivity. Cisco Data Center 3.0 ...

Cisco Statement on Resolution of Ward Litigation

2010-02-05T22:00:00+00:00

SAN JOSE, Calif. - February 5, 2010 - Please find below a statement from Cisco on resolution of the Cisco-Ward litigation: "The parties are happy to report that the disputes among them have been resolved to their mutual satisfaction and Frenkel and Cisco apologize for the statements of Rick Frenkel on the Troll Tracker blog regarding T. John Ward, Jr. At Cisco's request, Ward has agreed ...

Cisco and EMC Together With VMware Showcase Asia Pacific Data Centre Customer Deployment With Optus Business and Alphawest

2010-02-04T23:00:00+00:00

February 4, 2010 What: Cisco will host a live Internet TV broadcast and Q&A session to discuss an Australian university's journey into cloud computing with its telecom partner and ICT provider. Cisco will be joined by special guests Peter Nikoletatos, CIO of Curtin University of Technology, one of the first Asia Pacific customers to deploy the Cisco Unified Computing SystemTM; Andrew ...

City of Canoas Adopts Public Safety and Security System With Cisco Technology

2010-02-04T12:00:00+00:00

CANOAS, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Feb 2, 2010 – The city of Canoas, in Rio Grande do Sul, announces today the implementation of a video monitoring system that will start operating in the next several months. The city has chosen the Cisco® Video Surveillance Manager, an open architecture and interoperable security-management software solution that integrates audio and video in an ...

Cisco Reports Second Quarter Earnings

2010-02-03T20:05:00+00:00

Q2 Net Sales: $9.8 billion (increase of 8% year over year) Q2 Net Income: $1.9 billion GAAP; $2.3 billion non-GAAP Q2 Earnings per Share: $0.32 GAAP (increase of 23% year over year); $0.40 non-GAAP (increase of 25% year over year) SAN JOSE, Calif. – February 3, 2010 – Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, ...

PepsiCo Strengthens Cross-Company Collaboration with BT and Cisco TelePresence

2010-02-03T12:00:00+00:00

EL SEGUNDO and SAN JOSE, Calif. Feb. 2, 2010 – BT and Cisco today announced that PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, will be deploying Cisco TelePresenceTM systems across PepsiCo's major offices worldwide. The technology includes fully managed "concierge-level" services from BT, including intercompany capabilities that will help enable cross-company ...

British Business Counting Pennies, Not Carbon

2010-02-03T12:00:00+00:00

LONDON - February 3, 2010 – British businesses are giving mixed messages about their level of commitment to carbon reduction targets, according to The Smart Carbon Research, released today by Cisco and Greenbang. The researchers used both quantitative and qualitative techniques to investigate attitudes among British energy providers and corporate consumers to impending ...

Cisco Announces Upcoming Event with the Financial Community

2010-02-02T20:30:00+00:00

SAN JOSE Calif., February 2, 2010 - Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community during the month of February. The events will be webcast. Interested parties can view this event on Cisco's Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Thomas Weisel Thomas Weisel 2010 Technology and Telecom Conference ...

Cablevision Monterrey Delivers 50 Mbps Broadband With Cisco Technology

2010-02-02T12:00:00+00:00

MONTERREY, Mexico, Feb. 2, 2010 – Cablevision Monterrey announced that it is now offering cable Internet broadband service with an ultrafast downstream transmission rate of 50 megabits per second. The 50 Mbps connection that Cablevision offers is based on Cisco® technology. Cablevision has been testing this technology successfully since 2006. The new Cablevision ...

Cisco to Introduce Melissa Hathaway in New Security Advisory Role

2010-02-02T12:00:00+00:00

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Feb. 2, 2010 - On Thursday, Feb. 4, Cisco will host a live Cisco TV broadcast and Q&A session to introduce Melissa Hathaway, previously acting senior director for Cyberspace within the National Security Council for President Barack Obama's administration, as senior adviser to the Company's security team. The broadcast will spotlight the work she will be involved in to help ...

South Africa's Department of Health Successfully Road- Tests Cisco HealthPresence Solution in Free State

2010-02-02T12:00:00+00:00

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, February 2, 2010 - Cisco joined forces with the Free State Department of Health recently to test Cisco's HealthPresenceTM solution in the province. The solution is aimed at improving rural health care and providing patients in the region with the best possible remote access to medical treatment. The solution was successfully tested at the Free State Department of ...

Cisco Korea Launches 'One Volunteer Activity per Employee' Campaign

2010-02-01T23:00:00+00:00

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb 1, 2010 - Cisco Korea announced today that as part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility, it is conducting a 'One Volunteer Activity per Employee' campaign. The program follows the establishment in August 2009, the beginning of Cisco's financial year, of a Cisco Korea Civic Council. The council's goal is to create activities to encourage all ...

Cisco Outlines 2nd Quarter Fiscal 2010 Technology & Customer Highlights

2010-02-01T12:00:00+00:00

Date/Time Stamp: San Jose, Calif.: February 1, 2010, 5:00 a.m. (PT) At its Collaboration Summit,Cisco introduced new products in Cisco TelePresence, unified communications, enterprise social-software, and hosted email technologies to facilitate fundamental changes to how organizations communicate and collaborate. At the 2010 International Consumer ...

Jazan Economic City Uses Cisco Smart Connected Communities Master Plan to Develop World-Class Smart City Services in Saudi Arabia

2010-02-01T12:00:00+00:00

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, 01 February 2010 - Cisco has been appointed to support the creation of the critical information and communications technology (ICT) master plan for the Jazan Economic City (JEC) 100-million-square-meter "smart city" project. The Cisco Smart+Connected Communities project at JEC will be coordinated in conjunction with JEC's master plan developers, Malaysian MMC ...

Cisco Launches 2nd I-Prize Global Innovation Contest to Find Next Potential Billion-Dollar Idea

2010-01-27T12:00:00+00:00

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27, 2010 – Cisco today announced the launch of the second I-Prize contest, an open global innovation competition in which entrepreneurs worldwide can collaborate and submit their proposals with the potential to be Cisco's next billion-dollar business idea. Following last year's competition, which drew nearly 2,500 entrants, this year innovative thinkers will have ...

Cisco's Grand Project in St.Petersburg

2010-01-26T17:45:00+00:00

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Jan. 26, 2010 - Cisco announced today that Grand Hotel Europe, one of the oldest and most prominent hotels in Russia, has completed the deployment of a Cisco® Unified Communications solution. It marks the first case of Cisco's advanced Internet Protocol (IP) communications systems being used in the hospitality business of Russia's northern capital. The hotel ...