News@Cisco: Storage Networking 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- ...

BendBroadband Upgrades Data Storage to Improve Customer Service and Reduce Costs

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14, 2007 - BendBroadband, a privately owned, nationally recognized cable operator, has deployed a storage area network (SAN) based on Cisco® technology to improve customer service, reduce operating costs, and improve application performance. To address the performance, reliability, and scalability requirements of its growing business, the company upgraded its network-attached storage to a SAN based on Cisco storage network fabric switches. Serving the ...

Cisco and SAVVIS to Launch Next-Generation Network for Enterprise Applications

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., & ST. LOUIS, Mo., - Dec. 19, 2006 - Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) and SAVVIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, today announced an agreement to enable deployment of a next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) network based on Cisco products and services. This new network will enhance SAVVIS' global application infrastructure and expand SAVVIS' ability to deliver "IT-Infrastructure-as-a-Service" through: ...

GarantiBank Selects Cisco Systems for New Turkish Datacentre Backbone

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST

ISTANBUL, Turkey, December 11, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that Garanti Bank, the leading Turkish retail, commercial and corporate bank, has selected Cisco to provide a new backbone network infrastructure for its datacentre operations comprising storage area networking, data centre switching and integrated security. The new data centre infrastructure will help the bank support the data security requirements of its mainframe applications. Garanti Bank's data centre ...

Cisco Unveils Easy to Use SAN Fabric Switch with Enterprise Capabilities at Affordable Price

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 20, 2006 - Cisco® today announced the availability of the Cisco MDS 9124 Multilayer Fabric Switch, which provides enterprise-class capabilities such as virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs), advanced security, high availability and flexibility, all powered by the Cisco SAN operating system. The new switch also offers "pay as you grow" on-demand ports and an easy point-and-click wizard that dramatically simplifies SAN setup and management. HNTB, a ...

Long Island University Supports Critical Applications with Cisco Data Center Solutions

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 24, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that Long Island University (LIU), one of the largest and most comprehensive institutions of higher education in the country, has deployed a storage area network (SAN) based on Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switches, as well as an end-to-end Cisco data center architecture. LIU serves 28,000 students enrolled in more than 600 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs on six campuses. The university ...

Cisco Accelerates Managed Storage Service with Wide Area Application Services

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 5, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced that Verizon Business is the first U.S.-based provider to utilize the Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) solution to enhance its Resilient Network Attached Storage (RNAS) offering, a service that helps businesses manage and store data for remote locations. The addition of the Cisco WAAS solution into its RNAS platform will enable Verizon Business to better meet remote users' application performance ...

Norwich Union Targets Improved Storage Data Management and Year-on-Year Savings with a Cisco Storage Area Network

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, 5 July 2006 - Norwich Union, the UK's largest insurer, is deploying a Cisco Systems storage area network (SAN) to improve storage management, increase data security and reliability and help reduce overall IT costs. The Norwich Union SAN, built using Cisco MDS 9000 Multilayer fabric switches and directors, will help the company consolidate 'islands' of storage and enable the company to deploy more than 2500 SAN ports in support of a multi-platform data centre environment. ...

Oakwood Healthcare System Relies on Cisco-Based Storage Area Network for Mission-Critical Data and Applications

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15, 2006 - Cisco Systems ® today announced that Oakwood Healthcare System, which serves over a million people in 35 communities with four acute-care hospitals and more than 40 primary or specialty care facilities, has deployed a storage area network (SAN) based on Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Directors and Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switches. Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, the staff at Oakwood Healthcare System is dedicated to delivering ...

Taiwan Cooperative Bank Deploys Cisco-IBM Fiber Channel Network Storage System

Fri, 19 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

TAIPEI, May 19, 2006 - Cisco Systems today announced that Taiwan Cooperative Bank has successfully deployed a Cisco-IBM Fiber Channel network storage system. Based on Cisco MDS 9509 switches, the bank has built a new storage area network (SAN) architecture with advanced and critical features including cross-area data backup and post-disaster recovery, as well as high usability and simplified management via a user-friendly interface. All of these features are crucial for customer service ...

Third Quarter, FY'06 Fact Sheet

Tue, 09 May 2006 12:05:00 PST

Cisco's fiscal year 2006 third quarter was characterized by the acquisition of Scientific Atlanta, a leading global provider of set-top boxes, completing Cisco's end-to-end quadruple play solution, and the introduction of the Cisco Unified Communications system, a new suite of voice, data and video products and applications specifically designed to help organizations of all sizes communicate more effectively. Cisco achieved significant technology innovations and customer wins ...

AQR Capital Management Invests in Cisco-Based Storage Area Network

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 27, 2006 - Cisco today announced that AQR Capital Management, a dynamic financial firm which provides investment management services primarily for pension funds and other corporate clients, has selected Cisco MDS 9000 Multilayer fabric switches as the basis for their storage area networks (SAN). Headquartered in Greenwich, CT, AQR is small in staff size with just over 100 employees, but oversees in excess of $20 billion in assets. AQR's research-based ...

Sanoma Data Extends Business Continuity Infrastructure with Data Replication Solution from Cisco and HP

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PST

HELSINKI, Finland, April 20, 2006 - Cisco Systems today announced that Sanoma Data, the IT provider arm of leading Finnish and International publishing company Sanoma Corporation, is extending its business continuity infrastructure to reduce operational risk, virtualize network resources and consolidate existing storage needs. HP and Cisco have worked together to help ensure seamless solutions though the development of a joint data replication solution, which is being deployed at Sanoma ...

Cisco Unveils New Director and Modules for MDS 9000 Family Products

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:00:00 PST

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Storage Networking World), April 3, 2006 - Cisco Systems® today announced the availability of the Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director, Cisco SAN-OS Software Release 3.0, and 4- gigabits per second (Gbps) and 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules for use in new and existing MDS 9000 Family products. These new products redefine SAN scalability, allowing the new MDS 9513 Multilayer Director to scale to 528 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports and the MDS 9509 ...

University of Minnesota Selects Cisco Storage Area Network for Scalability, Reliability

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2006 - Cisco today announced that the University of Minnesota, which serves 60,000 students on five campuses, has selected Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer directors to consolidate its widely dispersed storage resources onto a single, highly reliable, high-performance storage area network, or SAN. "It's a typical story for university environments," said Carl Follstad, manager of Data Management Services at the university. "We had a lot of little islands of ...

LippoBank Consolidates Data, Strengthens Disaster-Recovery Process with Cisco Storage Solution

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:00:00 PST

JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 9, 2006 - PT. Bank Lippo, Tbk (LippoBank), Indonesia's first private bank, has strengthened its business-continuance process with a storage area network (SAN) solution from Cisco Systems®. The solution comprises a Fibre Channel-based SAN with Internet Protocol (IP) integration, enabling stored data to connect with the network infrastructure. With the new system, LippoBank is better able to manage its databases and to recover from a disaster, all while lowering ...

Kindred Healthcare Increases IT Efficiency with Cisco- Based Storage Area Network

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2006 - Cisco today announced that Kindred Healthcare, a Fortune 500 provider of long-term healthcare services nationwide, has selected Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer directors to upgrade their storage area networks (SANs). Headquartered in Louisville, Ky -- with 73 hospitals, 245 nursing centers, 39 institutional pharmacies, and 51,000 employees -- Kindred Healthcare is one of the nation's largest long-term healthcare providers. The main data center is ...

TietoEnator to Deliver Managed Data, Storage and Mainframe Connectivity Services with Cisco Multiservice Optical Networking Solution

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:15:00 PST

HELSINKI, Finland, March 2, 2005 - Cisco Systems today announced that TietoEnator is rolling out managed multiservice optical connectivity services based on Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) using the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) release 7.0. TietoEnator aims to provision new high speed customer site connections much more rapidly using software and the reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM) capabilities of the new solution. Cisco is ...

Second Quarter, FY'06 Fact Sheet

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:05:00 PST

Cisco's fiscal year 2006 second quarter was characterized by the introduction of three new advanced technologies - hosted small business solutions, digital video and application networking services - and a new architecture for building an Intelligent Information Network for the enterprise called the Cisco Service-Oriented Network. Cisco also announced a definitive agreement to acquire Scientific-Atlanta, a leading global provider of set-top boxes, completing Cisco's end-to-end quadruple ...

Cisco Connects Bay of Plenty District Health Board

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:00:00 PST

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, January 31, 2006 - The New Zealand Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) has increased productivity and reduced operational costs through the adoption of a range of Internet Protocol (IP) technologies from Cisco Systems®, including wireless networking, IP Communications, network security and storage area networking (SAN). The deployment of the technology follows an initial exploration into wireless access in 2002 at the Board's Tauranga hospital ...