News@Cisco: Partner Success Stories

Cisco and NextiraOne Build Integrated Communications Network for Poznan International Fair

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PST

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Single Buoy Moorings chooses Orange Business Services to deploy Cisco TelePresence

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:15:00 PST

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Argentinean Business School University Promotes Collaboration Using Cisco Unified Communications

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, April 20, 2009 - Cisco today announced that the Argentinean Business School University (UADE ) has reinforced its network infrastructure by implementing Cisco® Unified Communications to improve its communications and optimize the collaboration regarding, and the delivery of, its educational programs. The university migrated from a traditional ...

Medianet Technologies Including New Cisco Set-Tops Transform Consumer Experiences for the Connected Life at Home

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

WASHINGTON - The Cable Show 2009 - April 1, 2009 - Cisco today announced that it is partnering with cable service providers to deliver the Connected Life at Home, by transforming their networks into medianets. A medianet is a network optimized for rich-media. Medianets are end-point aware, media aware and network aware to ensure an optimal ...

Etisal International Deploys Cisco Solutions for Accelerated Business Growth

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

CAIRO, Egypt, March 11, 2009 - Etisal International, a leading contact center service provider in Egypt, has been experiencing rapid business growth since its recent deployment of a Cisco® Unified Contact Center Solution. The move to a single converged Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure enables the same team to manage both data and voice ...

Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural India with Unified Communications

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

March 9, 2009 By Jenny Carless Unified communications is typically associated with improved business productivity, but in parts of the world it is also delivering a much more fundamental benefit: improving basic quality of life. In ...

Sonaecom Enhances IPTV Consumer Experience with Cisco Content Delivery System

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., and LISBON, Portugal, December 8, 2008 - Cisco announced today that Sonaecom, SGPS S.A., Portugal's leading provider in telecommunications, broadband, media, and software and systems information, has selected Cisco® Visual Quality Experience (VQE) technology for its Clix SmarTV Internet Protocol television (iptv) service. Sonaecom currently offers IPTV ...

Kyivstar Expands Its Service Capability with Cisco Technology

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

KIEV, Ukraine, October 22, 2008 - Cisco today announced that leading Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has completed an upgrade of its optical network based on Cisco's dense wavelength-division multiplexing solution. DWDM is a method of transmitting multiple signals over one fiber-optic line, thus increasing a network's ...

Hospital Improves Patient Care with Wireless Solution

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

October 17, 2008 Proctor Hospital, located in Peoria, Illinois, operates with the mission of improving the quality of life of its patients and the community by providing quality healthcare services. Proctor Hospital is located on the growing north part of town, and its administration believes that it has a real niche in the community. "We provide an environment that is not overwhelming and that is easy to get around in," says Jenny Clyatt, administrative director of health ...

Hospital Adopts New Technology for Mobility, Improved Patient Care

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

Swedish Medical Center (SMC) is the largest, most comprehensive, nonprofit healthcare provider in the Greater Seattle area. It is comprised of three hospital campuses, a free-standing emergency room, home-care services and a network of about 40 primary-care and specialty clinics. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer care, neuroscience, orthopedics, high- ...

NATO Uses Cisco TelePresence to Help Afghanistan Soldiers 'Meet' Loved Ones in Europe

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PST

MONS, Belgium, September 19, 2008 - NATO's service provider is today using one of the most advanced corporate collaboration tools developed by Cisco and constructed by BT and General Dynamics C4 Systems to bring together Afghanistan-based servicemen and women and their relatives in Europe in a series of virtual meetings. Cisco, BT and General Dynamics have provided a Cisco® ...

First Ukrainian Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Opens in Kiev

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 PST

KIEV - June 11, 2008 - Cisco today announced that Ukraine's first Cisco Entrepreneur Institute has opened at the National Technical University of Ukraine - Kiev Polytechnic Institute (NTU KPI), the leading technical university in the country. The Institute, which offers in-person and distance learning workshops, has been created to help entrepreneurs improve their skills and enhance business development opportunities. It will also provide a forum for leaders of Small and Medium-sized ...

Wrigley Deploys New Flavor of RFID Solution with AeroScout and Cisco Technology

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 PST

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 7, 2008 - AeroScout, Inc., the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility solutions today announced that The Wrigley Company has implemented its real-time enterprise visibility solution at its largest production facility in Europe, located in Poznan, Poland. Wrigley is a recognized leader in confections and the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of chewing gum with production facilities in ...

Cisco Helps World's Leading Maritime Services Company to Cut IT Footprint by 85% Across 200 Port Locations

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, February 21, 2008 - The world's leading maritime services company, Inchcape Shipping Services, estimates it will cut 85 per cent of its IT hardware from more than 200 offices in ports around the world by using Cisco® technology. A typical small remote office is expected to see two or more computer servers reduced to a single Cisco router, reducing the company's energy consumption costs and its carbon footprint. Inchcape Shipping Services will achieve the consolidation ...

GLOBUL Selects Cisco and Personeta to Launch First Integrated Mobile and Fixed-Line Telecom Service in Bulgaria

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:00:00 PST

SOFIA, Bulgaria & BARCELONA, Spain - Mobile World Congress - February 8, 2008 - Cisco® and Personeta announced that the two companies are delivering a fixed-mobile converged voice solution to GLOBUL, the fastest-growing mobile operator in Bulgaria. The solution supports GLOBUL's innovative mobile virtual private network (mVPN) and Office Zone services, the first integrated mobile and fixed-line telecommunications offering of its kind in the country. mVPN and Office Zone are available to ...

Coventry University Creates a Unique Mobile Learning Environment in Its Serious Games Institute

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:00:00 PST

ONLINE EDUCA, BERLIN, November 28, 2007- The UK's, Coventry University has collaborated with Cisco® and Giunti Labs to create a highly innovative learning environment that blends mobile learning and virtual learning worlds technologies. The university wanted to help give its Serious Games Institute (SGI) a technology platform on which to build a digital model of the campus building, so that students' movements in both the real building and its virtual reconstruction trigger ...

Cisco Managed Solution Improves Grocer's Debit/Credit Transactions

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:20:00 PST

September 14, 2007 Cisco Partner Infra-Solutions provides METRO Inc. with a fully managed, centralized network for transfer of secure IP data. METRO Inc. is a large grocer based in Canada, operating out of Ontario and Quebec. More than 500 stores are under the METRO banners, including grocery supermarket and pharmacies. To improve stability and reliability and deliver more evolved applications, METRO wanted to replace an existing, dated DSL managed network that ...

Cisco Solutions from Obsidian Help Home Improvement Center Compete with 'Big Box' Stores

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

August 7, 2007 In today's world of global, "big box" home improvement stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot, how does the small, locally-owned store compete? For Jerry's Home Improvement Center (Jerry's) in Eugene, Oregon, one answer lies in deploying world-class technology. Jerry's is a retailer of home improvement and construction products. With a main store and headquarters in Eugene, Oregon, and a second retail store that opened in nearby Springfield in 2003, it is a ...

Cisco Partner WavData Helps CompWest Insurance Facilitate Growth with Cisco Unified Communications

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

August 2, 2007 CompWest Insurance was founded in 2004 and focuses on providing workers' compensation insurance to mid-size businesses in California and the West. Using the tagline, "Workers Compensation with Care" this dynamic company has attracted almost 2,000 clients in its first three years of business. Being a mid-size business itself, CompWest is needs to provide high levels of customer service while maintaining a cost advantage over more established insurers. When ...

Construction Firm Updates Network and Improves Communications with Cisco Partner J4

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:00:00 PST

July 24, 2007 CVC Construction (CVC), founded in 1990, is headquartered in Rancho Cordova, near Sacramento, California. CVC handles the construction of new foundations for residential and construction of commercial projects. What started as a few employees in an office over the founder's garage has grown to 1100 employees across six sites, giving CVC presence in northern and southern California as well as Nevada. The dynamic and fast-growing construction company had ...