News@Cisco: Press Releases and Features

Global Security Information Now On-the-Go with Cisco iPhone Application

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO – November 20, 2009 – Cisco today announced the availability of Cisco® SIO To Go, an Apple iPhone application that puts the power of the Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) in users' hands, giving them real-time access to a wealth of actionable global security information no matter where they are. The Cisco SIO iPhone application enables users to ...

Broadband Grew 14 Percent in Colombia During the First Half of 2009

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 PST

BOGOTA, Colombia, November 18, 2009 - Cisco announced today the results of the Cisco Broadband Barometer, which reported a 14 percent growth in broadband connections in Colombia from January to June 2009. According to the study, 254,000 broadband connections were added during the first half of the year, when the country had reached 2,066,742 connections and a 4.65 percent ...

Orchestra Conducts International Auditions via Cisco TelePresence

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, November 18, 2009 - Southbank Sinfonia, Britain's best-known orchestra of young professional musicians and the country's leading orchestral academy, has for the second consecutive year hosted international auditions for its ensemble using Cisco TelePresenceTM, a technology allowing for life-size, high-definition video collaboration. The auditions were held last week in the Cisco London ...

Neology and Cisco Work Together to Develop Smart Connected Communities Solutions

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

MEXICO CITY, November 18, 2009 - Neology announced today that it will work with Cisco to develop and deliver solutions in support of Cisco's Smart+Connected Communities vision. Both companies will work on a joint go to market strategy. Neology has a unique focus on providing technology solutions to governments and has been awarded several high-profile contracts, including Repuve ( ...

Peruvian Broadband Connections Increases by 6.6% in First Half of 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 PST

LIMA, Peru, November 17, 2009 - Cisco today released the results of Cisco® Broadband Barometer, which showed 6.6 percent growth in fixed broadband connections in Peru during the first half of 2009. According to the study, Peru currently has 783,000 fixed broadband connections and a penetration of 2.9 connections per every 100 inhabitants, a figure that is still below that of ...

Cisco Announces Upcoming Event with the Financial Community

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE Calif., November 17, 2009 - Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following event with the financial community during the month of November. The event will be webcast. Interested parties can view this event on Cisco's Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecoms Conference November ...

Fighting Diseases with eHealth: A WHO Perspective

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

This story is one of an occasional series on Connected Healthcare. November 16, 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) has a simple but sweeping mandate. According to its constitution, the UN agency's objective is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health." That means not only coordinating international efforts to monitor outbreaks of infectious diseases ...

Cultivating Organizational Collaboration

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Nov. 16, 2009 by Charles Waltner Though technology has been getting all the attention when it comes to collaboration, experts agree that improvements in organizational collaboration require focus on what Cisco refers to as "people" and "processes." Also described as the "cultural" aspect of collaboration, the people component of the Cisco Collaboration Framework looks at ways to ...

Talk2Cisco: Live, Social Video Broadcast with Cisco Execs

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Talk2Cisco is a live, real-time, social, interactive, online video broadcast featuring Cisco leaders answering questions submitted by you, the viewer. Using Ustream.tv, Talk2Cisco puts you directly in touch with the source of the information, covers topics of interest to you and connects you with others who follow Cisco business and technology. Join the conversation and be in the ...

Collaboration: First Steps

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Nov. 16, 2009 by Charles Waltner Perhaps the most important advice is this: Just get started. The Cisco Collaboration Framework provides the guidelines for designing your development roadmap. And that journey starts with a few simple steps. Organizations should begin by investigating the various collaboration tools available. It is a highly scattered market, with dozens of ...

Cisco Increases Offer Price and Extends Acceptance Period for Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:05:00 PST

SAN JOSE, CA and NEW YORK, NY and OSLO, NORWAY - Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a revised recommended voluntary cash offer to acquire TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA). Under the revised terms, Cisco will offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of TANDBERG for 170 Norwegian Kroner per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $3.4 billion. Cisco will also increase the interest ...

Cisco and MDeC Commit to Develop Talent, Innovation and Growth in Malaysia

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:30:00 PST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – November 12, 2009 – Cisco and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), the Malaysian government's agency tasked with developing the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) in Malaysia, today announced a collaboration to establish Malaysia as a regional hub for training, certification and the development of networking technology operation skills. This ...

Magyar Telekom Puts Collaboration Within Reach of Business

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

BUDAPEST, Hungary – November 12, 2009 – Cisco today announced that Magyar Telekom is offering Cisco TelePresenceTM as a managed service in three Central and Eastern European countries: Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro. Customers can use Cisco TelePresence for virtual meetings internally, as well as for intercompany meetings with partners, customers and suppliers. Over the next ...

European Businesses Feel More Exposed to IT-Driven Market Disruptions

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST

LONDON – November 11, 2009 – European business leaders believe their companies are more vulnerable to IT-enabled market disruptions than companies anywhere else in the world, according to a new research paper released today by McKinsey & Co. The McKinsey paper, 'Time to Raise the CIO's Game: A Call to Action for European Companies', found that 74 per cent of European ...

Cisco Expands Digital Media Suite to Deliver Comprehensive End-to-End Digital Signage Solution

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:00 PST

NEW YORK – November 10, 2009 – Today, at the Digital Signage Show in New York, Cisco introduced new technology, partner program and service offerings for organizations interested in deploying network-based digital signage solutions to enhance customer experience, deliver communication and training, and accelerate sales. Cisco expanded its partner ecosystem and added new features ...

Cisco TelePresence Certifications and Cisco 360 Training for Voice Elevate Skills for Fast-Growing Collaboration Technologies

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 10, 2009 – In response to sharply increasing market demand for advanced telepresence and collaboration solutions, Cisco today announced an extension of its education program to ease the adoption of these networking technologies. Two new certifications validate the skills that professionals need to implement and support Cisco TelePresenceTM deployments. The ...

Cisco Extends Zero-Percent Financing in Europe to All Products and Solutions and Doubles Maximum Deal Size

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

AMSTERDAM, November 10, 2009 – Cisco today announced that it is expanding the Cisco CapitalSM EasyLease zero-percent financing program in Europe to include all Cisco® products and solutions, while also doubling the maximum deal size up to £200,000 or €250,000 until the end of July 2010. By dramatically expanding its popular zero-percent financing initiative, Cisco is ...

Cisco Disclosure of TANDBERG Share Acceptances

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK, and OSLO, Norway, November 10, 2009 - With reference to the announcements made on October 1 and October 12, 2009, regarding the voluntary public cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares in TANDBERG, Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) has received acceptances representing 7,919,338 shares in TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL). Following receipt of these acceptances, Cisco ...

Cisco Extends Acceptance Period for Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK, and OSLO, Norway, November 9, 2009 - Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) is extending the acceptance period for its recommended public cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares in TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL). The extended offer period expires at 5:30 pm (CET) on November 18, 2009. The terms and conditions set out in the offer document remain in place during the extended ...

The Case for Collaboration

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

This is part one of a four-part series on organizational collaboration. Part II will post Nov. 16. November 09, 2009 By Charles Waltner Cisco Systems' chief executive John Chambers is famous for talking about – and taking advantage of – market transitions. Chambers now believes organizations the world over are facing one of the most profound transitions of modern business ...