News@Cisco: ANZ Press Releases

Mater Health Services Hits Key Milestones in Smart Hospital Strategy

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:00 PST

BRISBANE, Australia - September 30, 2009 - Cisco announced today that Mater Health Services, Queensland's largest not-for-profit hospital group, is making significant strides in achieving its Smart Hospital strategy with a roll-out of an expanded suite of business applications on its Cisco® Medical-Grade Network across its seven ultra-modern hospitals. At the forefront of ...

Telstra Deploys Cisco ASR 9000 Edge Router

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:00:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia – August 25, 2009 — Cisco® today announced that Telstra is deploying Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series (ASR) as their carrier Ethernet platform supporting a range of bandwidth-intensive, content-based services such as video. Telstra selected the Cisco ASR 9000 as its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) ...

Bottoms Up for Foster's Group as they Increase Productivity with Cisco Unified Communications

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 17, 2009 – Foster's Group Ltd, a premium global drinks company is deploying a Cisco collaboration and unified communications solution including IP communications to increase productivity, and to drive operating efficiencies across its global enterprise. To streamline processes, reduce complexity and enable better collaboration, Foster's is migrating ...

Cisco Telemedicine Pilot Program Demonstrates a New Way to Deliver Health Services Across the Globe

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. ; ABERDEEN, Scotland – July 15, 2009 - Cisco today announced results from Cisco HealthPresenceTM pilot programs in Aberdeen, Scotland and San Jose, Calif., which found that more than 90 percent of the patients were satisfied with the remote care experience and would recommend it to others. Cisco HealthPresence is a patient care delivery concept that combines ...

University of Queensland Creates a Collaborative Academic Experience With World's Largest 802.11n Wireless Network

Wed, 27 May 2009 20:00:00 PST

BRISBANE, Australia – May 28, 2009 - The University of Queensland is working with Cisco to become Australia's most connected tertiary institution, deploying the largest 802.11n wireless network in the world to create a unique collaborative environment. The university is also deploying the largest tertiary Cisco TelePresenceTM network in Asia Pacific to facilitate international ...

Australian SMBs Reap Rewards in Cost Savings and Productivity from Online Collaboration With Cisco WebEx

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:45:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia – May 21, 2009 – Cisco announced today that leading Australian small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are using Cisco WebExTM collaboration tools to aid their expansion, improve productivity and reduce expenses by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two Cisco WebEx customers, StatSeeker and Kinetic Securities, are amongst the leading SMB adopters of ...

Cisco and Telstra Help Educators in Far North Australia

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia, March 30, 2009 – Cisco and Telstra have come together to help develop education and Internet-based communication in northern Australia by deploying a wireless broadband network and Cisco® Unified Communications at Djarragun, an indigenous school in far north Queensland. The aim of the deployment is to enable the network to become the platform for ...

Cisco Opens World-Class Customer Briefing Centre in Sydney

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia, March 25, 2009 – Cisco today unveiled its first Australian Customer Briefing Centre (CBC), a US$3 million Internet Protocol networking technology showcase, in its Sydney offices. The federal minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy, Sen Stephen Conroy, officially opened the CBC. The CBC, which includes Cisco TelePresenceTM System 3000 and ...

Australia Deploys National Government TelePresence System from Cisco

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:00:00 PST

CANBERRA, Australia, February 27, 2009 – The Australian Federal Government is driving global innovation by working with Telstra to deploy a Cisco TelePresenceTM system across more than 20 government offices. The network, the largest government deployment of Cisco TelePresence, will span thousands of kilometres and reach across all Australian states and territories. It will help ...

Cisco Announces The Consumer Channel Network

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS - January 7, 2009 - Cisco® today announced a new channel initiative in the United States and Canada, specifically developed for resellers that cater to customers in the home and small office/home office (SOHO) market space. The Cisco Consumer Channel Network (Cisco CCN) is part of Cisco's award-winning Channel Partner Program and will provide resellers with resources, tools and ...

University of Wollongong Drives Innovation with Cisco Virtualisation and Collaboration Network

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia, December 9, 2008 – The University of Wollongong is working with Cisco to create one of Australia's leading University information technology platforms. The Cisco network being deployed will include the delivery of 1 gigabit Ethernet to the desktop, video, Unified Communications and virtualisation to help facilitate the delivery of innovative research and provide ...

Cisco to Help Photojournalist Produce Australia and New Zealand's First Online Collaborative Artwork

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia, October 3, 2008 - Cisco announced today that it is working with a leading artist to create the first online collaborative artwork based in Australasia. The project will showcase a range of Cisco collaboration technologies, which are also available to businesses to help them increase their productivity and innovation. The project facilitator is Moshe Rosenzveig, an award- ...

Nine Australian Businesses Win $50,000 in Communications Technology to Improve Productivity

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

Cisco Networkers BRISBANE, Australia, September 17, 2008 – Cisco announced today at its annual Networkers conference that it had received 1,000 entries from Australia's small and medium-sized businesses in its inaugural SMB Makeover Competition. Nine businesses have been selected to receive $50,000 worth of Cisco equipment to help improve operational efficiencies and connectivity with an ...

The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Works with Cisco to Build Schools of the Future

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PST

MELBOURNE, Australia, August 29, 2008 - The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, (DEECD) Victoria, has selected Cisco as a technology Foundation Partner for its best practice education change initiative at Broadmeadows. The Broadmeadows project aims to encourage new thinking about the design and delivery of education for 21st century learning. Cisco, along ...

Cisco, West Coast District Health Board and Gen-I Announce First Cisco HealthPresence Trial in New Zealand

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:00:00 PST

GREYMOUTH, New Zealand, July 9, 2008 – Cisco New Zealand, the West Coast District Health Board (DHB) and Gen-i today announced an agreement to deliver the first global trial of Cisco® HealthPresence between two organisations, Buller Health in the town of Westport and Grey Base Hospital, about 100 kilometres away in Greymouth. Cisco HealthPresence is a new solution developed by the ...

Hon David Cunliffe Opens Cisco New Zealand's Head Office

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 20, 2008 – Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe officially opened Cisco New Zealand's new head office in Auckland last night. As part of the ceremony, the Minister and Geoff Lawrie, Cisco New Zealand country manager conducted a virtual face-to-face meeting from multiple locations around the world with Martin Harvey, the New Zealand ...

Australians and New Zealanders Embrace Internet Video Revolution, Cisco 'Connected Consumer' Study Finds

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

SYDNEY - May 20, 2008 – Australian and New Zealand broadband users are spending considerably more time using the Internet than watching television or movies and are downloading video in significant numbers, a leading study by Cisco has found. The survey, one of the first of its kind in Australia and New Zealand, also concluded that Australasians are interested in the concept of a single ...