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Cisco and Yello Strom Launch Energy-Saving Smart Grid Pilot in Germany

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:15:00 PST

October 5, 2009 - Yello Strom, among Germany's top 10 electricity companies, and Cisco today announced the launch of a 'smart grid' pilot. Its aim is to create an intelligent energy system that allows customers to measure and control the power consumption of their electrical appliances, enabling them to reduce their monthly bills as well as carbon emissions, while significantly cutting down ...

Cisco, Atmel and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) Collaborate to Support a Future Where Any Device Can Be Connected to the Internet

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., and BANGALORE, India, October 14, 2008 - Cisco, Atmel and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) today announced the availability of uIPv6, one of the world's smallest open-source, IPv6-ready protocol stack, which could enable every device, no matter how limited by power or memory to have an Internet Protocol address. This collaborative project builds on Cisco's ...

New Industry Alliance Promotes Use of IP in Networks of 'Smart Objects'

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:00:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September 16, 2008 - A group of leading technology vendors and users have formed the IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance, whose goal is promoting the Internet Protocol (IP) as the networking technology best suited for connecting sensor- and actuator-equipped or "smart" objects and delivering information gathered by those objects. Smart objects are objects in the ...

ARRIS and Cisco Work Together on Multi Wavelength Standardization

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:25:00 PST

SUWANEE, Ga. and SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 26, 2008 - ARRIS and Cisco unveiled Tuesday their joint proposal for the technical criteria supporting multi-wavelength optical networks at the SCTE technical committee. With the wide variety of solutions being offered across the supplier community, ARRIS and Cisco believe these technical criteria will help operators receive robust, reliable and cost ...

Cisco Recognized by General Motors as 2007 Supplier of the Year

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE Calif., April 28, 2008 - Cisco received the General Motors 2007 Supplier of the Year award for its significant contributions to GM's global product and performance achievements. The 16th annual award, themed the "Best of the Best," was given during ceremonies April 26 at the Sawgrass Marriott Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla. "GM is proud to honor Cisco as a GM Supplier of the Year winner," ...

Cisco Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Navini Networks

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 23, 2007 - Cisco® today announced a definitive agreement to purchase Richardson, TX-based Navini Networks, Inc. a leader in the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005 broadband wireless industry. Navini is a pioneer in the integration of "Smart Beamforming" technologies with Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas, a combination that improves the performance and range for WiMAX ...

Cisco Brings IP Interoperability to Public Safety 'Project 25' Radio Systems

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. Aug. 8, 2007 - Cisco® today announced its support of the public safety Project 25 (P25) family of open standards and the P25 Inter Sub-System Interface (ISSI) protocol in collaboration with EADS and Raytheon JPS. P25 was established to address the need for common digital public safety radio communications standards for first responders and homeland security and emergency ...

Scientific Atlanta Expands Relationship with itaas to Include OCAPTM Developer Program

Mon, 07 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Cable Show '07) - May 7, 2007 - Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced the addition of the OpenCableTM Application Platform (OCAPTM) developer program, expanding the company's relationship with iTV services provider itaas. As the industry evolves and OCAP capabilities continue to be adopted and executed, Scientific Atlanta is taking advantage of itaas' istart ...

Cisco Adds Severity Scores to PSIRT Security Advisories

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 3, 2007 - The Cisco® Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) will include severity scores in every security advisory that it issues in 2007 and beyond, Cisco announced today. The inclusion of these scores, which measure the risk levels posed by a particular vulnerability, or multiple vulnerabilities, is intended to help Cisco customers better prioritize their ...

Cisco Builds on Data Center Switching Leadership

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 25, 2006 - Cisco Systems ® today addressed key customer trends that are driving change in the data center with new products and offerings for its Cisco® Catalyst® switching portfolio that help enable more scalable architectures, easier operational manageability, and comprehensive resilience. The new offerings further build out the Cisco Service Oriented ...

Industry Team Advances Wireless IP Communications Through Design of an Advanced Mobile Communications Architecture

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:00:00 PST

BASKING RIDGE, NJ - July 27, 2006 - Verizon, together with key telecom industry suppliers, today announced a vision for the advancement of next-generation network architecture for wireless mobile telecommunications networks. Dick Lynch, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at Verizon Wireless, said the company has been working for nearly a year with a task force of the industry's ...