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Wachovia Benefits from Improved Inter-Office Collaboration with Cisco TelePresence

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

June 04, 2007 Wachovia is America's fourth largest bank, with sizeable retail, commercial and corporate investment banking operations as well as the third largest investment brokerage in the United States. The bank is currently rolling out a pilot program of Cisco TelePresence, connecting Wachovia's Charlotte, N.C., headquarters with the company's Richmond, Va., location, which also serves as headquarters for Wachovia Securities. Cisco TelePresence uses advanced visual, ...

Cisco Unveils Wireless Location Solution and New Unified Wireless Network Software Release

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22, 2007 - Cisco® today announced an architected industry first - integrated Wi-Fi chokepoint and telemetry services into the Cisco Location Solution. Cisco's Location Solution, which includes the Cisco Unified Wireless Network and integrated partner applications and active/passive tag offerings, is designed to mobilize assets across an enterprise environment. This solution is made possible by a new, major extension to Cisco's Unified Wireless Network family, ...

Deutsches Forschungsnetz Creates National Research and Education Network Based on Cisco IP NGN Architecture and Featuring the Cisco CRS-1

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

COPENHAGEN, May 22, 2007 - Cisco® today announced at the TERENA Networking Conference that it has been selected by Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN), Germany's National Research and Education Network (NREN), to deliver the core routing platform for a new national backbone that will put the NREN at the forefront of innovation in Europe while delivering significant operational expenditure savings. X-WiN is operated by the DFN Society (DFN-Verein) - a nonprofit association ...

Cisco Calls for 2007 Growing with Technology Award Nominations of SMBs using Network for Strategic Business Advantage

Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., - May 1, 2007 - With its continued strong commitment to help SMBs grow their business with networking technology, Cisco® today announced it is accepting entries for the Eighth Annual Cisco Growing with Technology Awards contest. The competition recognizes small and midsize organizations that use networking technology in creative ways to promote products and services, deliver superior value to customers, improve internal business operations, conduct online transactions ...

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 ...

R Cable Launches Digital TV Service in Spain with IP-based Technologies from Scientific Atlanta and Cisco

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST

KORTRIJK, BELGIUM/ATLANTA, GA, USA - December 6, 2006 - Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced that R Cable, a leading cable operator in the Galicia region in Spain, is replacing its analog headend and video transport operations with new Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital headend from Scientific Atlanta and IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) Carrier Ethernet platform from Cisco®. This network upgrade will help enable R Cable to provide more innovative services to its ...

Five Winners of National 'Make Mine a $Million Business' Program Receive Cisco Smart Business Communications Technology Packages

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., December 5, 2006 - Cisco® today announced the donation of highly secure and flexible network solution packages, worth as much as $20,000, to five Make Mine a $Million Business program award recipients. The awardees were recognized October 24 in New York. The goal of the national Make Mine a $Million Business program is to foster a community of one million women-owned businesses earning $1 million or more in annual revenue by 2010. The Cisco Smart Business ...

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 ...

Cisco Announces Winners of Cisco Growing with Technology Awards 2006

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 25, 2006 - A New York financial services firm, a Florida healthcare provider and a Virginia international nonprofit organization are among this year's winners of the Cisco Growing with Technology Awards. Cisco® today announced the winners of its annual awards program, which recognizes small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and nonprofit and public sector organizations for their unique adoption of networking solutions as a strategic asset to help drive business ...

Catalyst 6500 Networks Power DaimlerChrysler's global IT Infrastructure

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:00:00 PST

CISCO NETWORKERS 2006; LAS VEGAS - June 21, 2006 - In 1999, necessity drove DaimlerChrysler to take a chance on the Cisco® Catalyst® 6500 Series switches, then a brand new networking platform that Cisco was preparing to bring to market. "DaimlerChrysler was looking to upgrade its network at its corporate headquarters in Stuttgart and I was given the task of choosing the platform," said Hans Wohlfrom, senior manager, ITM IT Infrastructure Group at DaimlerChrysler AG. "We ...

Cisco Provides Core Network Infrastructure for World's Largest Multinational Military Exercise

Mon, 15 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

LAGER AULENBACH, Germany, May 15, 2006 - Cisco Systems® announced today that it will provide the core network infrastructure for Combined Endeavor 2006, a two-week operation designed to test and document the interoperability of vital communication systems for multinational forces deployed in humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief efforts. Data gathered from earlier exercises has played a key role in recent multinational operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo as well ...

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 ...

Cisco Provides Coalition Network Infrastructure for U.S. European Command's Global Interoperability Exercise

Fri, 05 May 2006 04:00:00 PST

WHAT: Combined Endeavor 2006 (CE 06) is a two-week testing operation sponsored by the U.S. European Command designed to ensure vital interoperability for joint and multinational forces that deploy in response to humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief operations. Data gathered from earlier exercises has played a key role in recent multinational operations in Iraq, Afghanistan Bosnia and Kosovo as well as humanitarian operations in Pakistan and the ...

Cisco Systems Unveils "Connected Communities" Event in Albuquerque

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:00:00 PST

WHAT: Cisco Systems is hosting an executive breakfast panel, moderated by industry analyst Jim Metzler of Metzler and Ashton, followed by site visits to local customer sites to showcase how Cisco networking technology is heralding a new way of living and working. Attendees will hear directly from decision makers representing a diverse group of Albuquerque's public and private sector organizations. Panelists and guest speakers include Albuquerque's Mayor Martin Chavez ...

Remote PresenceTM Robots Help Improve Patient Care

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:00:00 PST

It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps nowhere is that more true than in a medical setting. With Remote PresenceTM technology from InTouch Technologies, doctors can now project themselves to another location via remote-controlled mobile robots - to move, see, hear and talk as though they were actually there. This allows them to provide consistent, ...

Cisco Launches IP RAN Optimization for Mobile Operators

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 14, 2006 - In an ever-competitive environment among mobile operators to contain expenses while increasing customer services, Cisco Systems® today announced the launch of its IP Radio Access Network (RAN) optimization solution - a comprehensive RAN vendor-neutral solution set that uses IP to increase network efficiency, reduce costs and speed to market new and innovative mobile services. By applying Cisco's IP-based RAN optimization solutions, ...

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 Showcases IP Interoperability and Collaboration System ( CiscoIPICS) Technology the Next Emerging Technology for the First Time in Europe

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM - November 15, 2005 -Schiphol Telematics today showcased, for the first time in Europe, Cisco's new IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (Cisco IPICS) technology - a communication system designed to easily integrate multiple push-to-talk radio systems together with other communication resources like voice, video and data devices. These next generation capabilities are designed to allow organizations to collaborate more easily on daily operations, safety, security, ...