News@Cisco: United Kingdom News

Examining Workplace Styles of the Sexes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, November 5, 2009 – A new survey looking at the working styles of men and women reveals that 45 per cent of working women agreed with the statement that 'women have to be better than men to succeed in the workplace'. In contrast, only 26 per cent of the men questioned believe this to be true. The survey also found that more than half of the men (53 per cent) view ability as more ...

The Return of the Kings

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON - October 21, 2009 - The hunt is on once more for Britain's best customer-focused smart businesses, as Cisco and Real Business today launch Customer Kings 2010. A search for top businesses from across the UK and Ireland, Customer Kings was originally launched in 2008 to find those firms that not only treat their clientele like gold, but have also come up with innovative, ...

Arnold Clark Automobiles Driving Changes in Sales and Service Experience

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 23, 2009 – Today Cisco is announcing that Arnold Clark Automobiles, Europe's largest independent auto dealer, is using the network as the platform and an AeroScout Vehicle Tracking solution to transform automobile sales and service at its Stafford, U.K., dealership. In addition, the network as the platform with the Wi-Fi RFID tracking solution enable the U. ...

Virgin Media Upgrades Digital TV Platform With Cisco

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:00 PST

LONDON, / IBC Amsterdam, September 11, 2009 - Cisco today announced that Virgin Media, a leading entertainment and communications company in the UK, has chosen Cisco to support its Internet Protocol (IP) TV distribution platform and help upgrade its legacy digital TV infrastructure. Virgin Media will deploy Cisco® Digital Video Headend technology in all of its regional and ...

Cisco Telemedicine Pilot Program Demonstrates a New Way to Deliver Health Services Across the Globe

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. ; ABERDEEN, Scotland – July 15, 2009 - Cisco today announced results from Cisco HealthPresenceTM pilot programs in Aberdeen, Scotland and San Jose, Calif., which found that more than 90 percent of the patients were satisfied with the remote care experience and would recommend it to others. Cisco HealthPresence is a patient care delivery concept that combines ...

Improved Collaboration Across Government Agencies Key To Meeting Public Sector 'Green ICT' Targets

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PST

LONDON, July 2, 2009 – Public sector organisations need increased levels of information, awareness, and a drastic improvement in how they share knowledge with and learn from other public sector agencies, if they are to meet carbon reduction targets imposed by Central Government. These are the key findings according to a new study entitled 'The Path to Greener Government', launched today ...

A New Unified Communication System to Reduce Mobile Airtime Costs for Small Businesses

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST

June 30, 2009 BT has today announced plans to integrate the BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (MVS) technology from Research In Motion (RIM) with BT Communications Complete (based on the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series platform). The planned new offering will enable BlackBerry® smartphone users to take advantage of Wi-Fi® networks in the office for voice ...

New Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecasts Global IP Traffic to Increase Fivefold by 2013

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PST

June 9, 2009 Today Cisco announced the results of the Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast and ...

Cisco and NetApp Partner to Deliver Virtualized Dynamic Data Center to Customers

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 16, 2009-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) and Cisco today announced that they are teaming up to provide customers with unified, dynamic data center solutions that are based on Cisco's Unified Computing System and NetApp® Unified Storage Architecture. Cisco and NetApp are working together to certify the combined solution, and the companies will also ...

Digital Signage: A Sustainable Advantage

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, April 7, 2009 - The results from an extensive study into the carbon emissions of digital signage compared with those of traditional signage, released today, show that the carbon consumption of a projected display is 7.5 per cent lower than a traditional poster package. The estate of 150 High Street stores hypothesised for the study showed a carbon saving over three years of 29. ...

Regeneration Begins at Home

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:00:00 PST

LONDON - March 17, 2009 The people of Britain are in the driving seat when it comes to making our communities better places to live, according to independent research out today. Commissioned by the global networking leader Cisco to investigate how 'connected' the British public feel to their local communities, the 'Urban 2020' survey found that 87 per cent of the respondents ...

Sold to the Person in the Red Nose on Cisco TelePresence

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON - March 11, 2009 Cisco staff across the UK and Ireland are donning Red Noses and preparing for their first 'virtual auction' on Red Nose Day. The auction, to be held in conjunction with Christie's, the world's leading art business, will take place at 4 p.m. on 13 March 2009. At that time, the seven Cisco UK and Ireland offices in London, Feltham, Reading, Manchester, Edinburgh, ...

Customer is King once more, as SMEs see tough times ahead

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 PST

11 February 2009 The Customer Kings 2009 Report saw Cisco poll 1,000 respondents in January 2009. Interviews were with senior decision makers in UK businesses with between five and 1,000 employees across a range of sectors. Bernadette Wightman, head of Small Medium Enterprise at Cisco UKI The research report was accompanied by a competition to find eight of the UK's most ...

Cisco To Deliver Cross-Campus Unified Communications Solution to Nottingham Trent University

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, January 22, 2009 - Cisco today announced it is to deliver one of the largest deployments of Unified Communications in the Higher Education sector in a multi-million pound deal with Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Cisco and Logicalis, a Gold Certified Partner, will collaborate to develop a complete cross-campus Cisco®Unified Communications system. Students will now be able to work ...

Streaming Marvellous, but Are British Businesses Ready for the Video Boom?

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:15:00 PST

Date/Time Stamp: January 21, 2009 With 88 per cent of enterprise organisations using video or rich media on a regular basis, 71 per cent see information technology (IT) challenges associated with its deployment, according to a new survey by Cisco. Unified communications, which brings together text, voice and video communications tools into a single integrated system while driving ...

Students invited to design 'connected community of the future' in Cisco Urban 2020 Competition

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON - January 5, 2009 - Global networking leader Cisco has today launched Urban 2020, a new competition for university students across the UK and Ireland. Aimed at stimulating debate around all aspects of urban regeneration, Urban 2020 invites students to design the connected community of the future. As technology continues to transform how people connect, communicate and collaborate, the ...

Now UC Him, Now You Don't

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:00:00 PST

Date/Time Stamp: December 18, 2008 Children at hospitals across the UK and Ireland can stop worrying about Santa being too busy to visit them in the hospital this Christmas. With the help of video communications technology from Cisco, he is today 'dropping in' to speak to them directly about their Christmas wish lists. Using Cisco® Unified Communications (UC) technology, young ...

UK IT Departments Confident Despite 'Reality Gaps' in Key Technology Projects

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

LONDON - December 2, 2008 - Information Technology (IT) departments nationwide are confident about the delivery of their projects over the next 12 months despite the economic challenges ahead, according to the findings of a survey announced today by Cisco. Cisco commissioned the independent survey of 500 IT departments across the UK and Ireland in early October 2008. Entitled IT Reality Gaps, ...

Cisco WebEx Helps Business Travellers Turn to the Web to Beat Travel Chaos

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, August 19, 2008 - Leading web collaboration experts Cisco WebEx announced today that it will give free trials of web conferencing technology to help businesses to cope with tube strikes over the next few weeks. Up to 1,000 tube workers are planning two strikes, beginning on Wednesday 20th August and Wednesday 3rd September. Both strikes are expected to start at midday and then ...