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Canadian University Deploys Cisco Unified Wireless Network

Mon, 14 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

May 1, 2007 Business Challenge As the oldest educational facility in Canada and the first institution in North America to offer a higher education entirely in French, Université Laval is one of Canada's leading universities. In addition to a comprehensive liberal arts undergraduate program, the university offers postgraduate programs in professional areas including medicine, dentistry, and actuarial studies. Laval's main campus in Quebec City covers 1.2 ...

Top 12 UK Legal Firm Invests in Cisco Connected Workplace Solution

Thu, 03 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, May 3, 2007 - Norton Rose, one of the largest law firms headquartered in the UK, is deploying a Cisco® Unified Communications system in its UK office to help improve its customer service and competitive advantage. The system is part of a Cisco Connected Workplace for Law Firms blueprint that consists of a set of network solutions, customer services and application partners that provide an integrated and collaborative way to link the firms' lawyers and support staff to important ...

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 ...

Cisco Advances Strategy to Transform Business' Safety and Security Operations

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS, ISC West - March 27, 2007 - Demonstrating its commitment to help transform isolated security operations into a strategic asset using the Internet Protocol (IP) network, Cisco® today announced key additions to its IP-based video surveillance product portfolio that unlock the value of video. The new offerings use the IP network as a platform for accessing video, and transforming disparate legacy security systems to be more collaborative and responsive while preserving ...

Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System 2.0 Improves Public Safety and Speeds Incident Response

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 26, 2007 - Cisco today announced the release of Cisco® IP Interoperability Collaboration System 2.0 (IPICS). The Cisco IPICS family of products and applications helps enable personnel within the same or different agencies to communicate across previously isolated radio, IP and non-IP networks. This improves the speed of responsiveness by delivering information to various types of communications devices whether a radio, a telephone, an IP phone, a mobile phone ...

Cisco Fortifies Enterprise Wireless LANs with Self- Defending Network

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 14, 2007 - Cisco® today unveiled a tested and validated wireless solution to secure business critical applications and data, as well as business environments with today's launch of the Cisco Secure Wireless Solution. This solution forges robust network security using Cisco's Self-Defending Network with the latest wireless security features enabled in its Unified Wireless Network. Ideal for organizations that must meet stringent government regulations, ...

Security Issues Weigh Heavily on Small Businesses

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

Small businesses face many of the same security problems as larger companies, including virus attacks, malware, and employee data theft. The difference is that they often lack the resources of a Fortune 500 company. In addition, many continue to use a disparate array of endpoint security solutions installed piecemeal over the years--firewalls, intrusion detection software, antivirus software, log management--from ...

SAVVIS Launches New Managed Security Service Based on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO (RSA) - February 6, 2007 - SAVVIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVS), a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, today launched a new managed security service for its business customers through which SAVVIS configures, supports, manages and monitors the newest and most advanced security device from Cisco -- the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA). The Cisco ASA is a core component of the Cisco Self-Defending NetworkTM, the company's security solution ...

Cisco Raises Self-Defending Network's Power to a New Level

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - February 5, 2007 - Cisco® today announced significant new capabilities for enhanced collaboration among several products and services in its security portfolio, simplifying the ability for organizations to control and contain information security threats in a more coordinated, flexible fashion across networks while streamlining management and protecting confidential communications to remote users. The collective enhancements involve Cisco's Intrusion ...

Piggly Wiggly Strives to Meet Payment Card Industry Compliance with Cisco's Secure Store Program

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

NEW YORK, N.Y., January 16, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that Piggly Wiggly, with 111 stores throughout South Carolina and the southeastern regions of Georgia and North Carolina, is using the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Solution for Retail, part of the Cisco Secure Store program, to help ensure data security by protecting cardholder information and corporate assets. The Cisco PCI Solution for Retail is a set of recommended and audited network architectures that can be tailored for each ...

Coming to a Store Near You: Intelligent Fitting Rooms, Shelves Lighting the Way to Your Correct Size

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

You are standing in the aisle of a major electronics store trying to choose between a plasma or LCD flat-panel TV. They both seem impressive, but you are unsure which would offer greatest clarity in your living room. At Circuit City, soon you may no longer have to make an educated guess. According to Brian Bradley, Steward of Innovation and Strategy at Circuit City, a major factor that determines the quality ...

Amsterdam Regional Community College Uses Cisco Service- Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) to Deliver Connected Learning

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:00:00 PST

Online Educa, BERLIN, November 30, 2006 - Cisco® today announced that it has been chosen by the largest community college in the Netherlands, the Amsterdam Regional Community College (Regionaal Opleidingencentrum van Amsterdam or ROCvA), to provide voice, mobility and security services for delivering teacher tools and innovative 'connected learning' applications to 3,500 staff and 35,000 students across 67 locations. Wireless technology is being used to provide an electronic learning ...

Stanford University Advances High-Performance Computing

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14, 2006 - Cisco® today announced that Stanford University, a premier research and education institution, is able to conduct first-of-a-kind complex computer simulations at its High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC) using Cisco 7008 InfiniBand Server Fabric Switches as the platform for server and inter-switch. After stringent benchmarking to determine the overall price-performance of the top-ranked InfiniBand switches available in the market, Stanford selected ...

Financial Services Organizations Investing in Cisco Smart Business Communications

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 30, 2006 - Highlighting its commitment to help transform the way business is done, Cisco® today announced it is experiencing strong momentum in the financial services market with its Smart Business Communications platform. The Smart Business Communications platform streamlines the customer's business process, improving productivity, reducing total cost of ownership, and enhancing the customer experience with innovative voice, video, data and mobility solutions ...

The Children's Hospital of Denver Chooses Global Technology Resources, Inc. to Implement Cisco Unified Communications System

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 20, 2006 - Cisco Systems®, Inc. announced today that The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado will work with Cisco Gold Certified Channel partner, Global Technology Resources Inc. (GTRI), to design and implement a resilient Cisco Unified Communications solution for its new facility. With more than 600 experienced clinicians, specialists and researchers representing the full spectrum of pediatric care, Children's is home to many nationally and ...

Cisco Fortifies Mobile Enterprise Security

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 17, 2006 - Building on the recent acquisition of Meetinghouse Data Communications, Cisco® today unveiled the Cisco Secure Services Client 4.0 - advanced security software that provides enterprises with a single authentication framework for multiple devices to securely access wired and wireless networks. For enterprise administrators, the Cisco Secure Services Client provides unparalleled client security while easing the complexity of deploying and ...

Metropolitan Transit System Puts Privacy and Security in the Fast Lane

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

BUSINESS CHALLENGE The City of Montréal's transit system, the Societé de Transport de Montréal (STM), operates four subway lines, a fleet of 759 cars serving 65 metro stations, 188 bus lines, 1567 buses, and 94 paratransit minibuses across the metropolitan region, providing more than 1.3 million trips each weekday. The STM's IT department acts as the nerve center to maintain the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the 120 information systems ...

Cisco Introduces Industry's First Master Specialization to Address Emerging Customer Demand for Sophisticated Security Capabilities

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 12, 2006 - Building on its commitment to enable its channel partners to align with changing security market dynamics and customer needs, Cisco Systems® today unveiled the Master Security Specialization. Master Specialization is a new brand that represents the highest level of partner specialization and depth of expertise. Cisco channel partners can achieve the Master Security Specialization for proven and sophisticated security expertise in the areas of ...

As network safekeeping gets harder, Cisco Partners Masters Security Specialization offers help

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:00:00 PST

Ask any IT or business professional about the security landscape, and they'll tell you it is changing. Fast. Threats continue to rise, from annoying viruses, worms, and spyware, to more direct assaults, such as security breaches, compromised data, identity theft, and other cyber crimes. Where firewalls once kept data protected, organizations have opened up communications to more users and across a ...