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Police Department Secures Network and Improves Officer Safety

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

April 29, 2008 New York's Suffolk County comprises 1000 square miles of eastern Long Island, and is one of the most populous counties in the United States, with more than 1.4 million residents residing within its boundaries. Keeping these citizens safe is the responsibility of the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD), with more than 2700 sworn officers. Like any organization that depends upon computers and laptops, the SCPD wanted to find a way to minimize unidentified ...

Leading Petroleum Company Improves Real-time Information Sharing with Oil Rigs via Cisco Technology

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

CAIRO, Egypt, April 16, 2008 - Cisco announced today that Petrobel (The Belayim Petroleum Company), has implemented a Cisco ® Unified Communications solution to link its headquarters and the oil rigs, facilitating video and other communications channels between the drilling crews and the headquarters' team. This collaborative technology has resulted in cost savings by increasing productivity, decreasing travel and improving teamwork. In the first phase of Petrobel's i-Rig ...

Esurance Anchors Innovative Online Business With Cisco Security

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

San Francisco, CA - April 9, 2008 - Cisco® today announced that Esurance, a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, has deployed security technology as part of a comprehensive Cisco-based network that is helping secure and support a number of corporate initiatives, such as data protection, compliance, and innovative online services. Esurance represents one of the auto insurance industry's leading innovators. The company was one of the early pioneers in developing ...

Cisco Expands Self-Defending Network, Strengthens Its Role In IT Risk Management for Security and Compliance

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 8, 2008 - With a focus aimed squarely on meeting customers' growing corporate IT risk management needs for security and compliance, Cisco today announced a number of enhancements across its portfolio that evolve the company's Self-Defending Network solution from network security offerings into a broader systems approach that strengthens the overall protection of networks as well as the increasingly diverse number of endpoints, applications, and content that utilize ...

Cisco and EMC to Collaborate to Help Customers Strengthen Data Security

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:00:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO - RSA® Conference - April 7, 2008 - Cisco and EMC (NYSE: EMC) today announced the intention to expand their strategic alliance to offer holistic data security solutions that span different layers of the information technology (IT) infrastructure, including storage, servers, networks and data center security. The companies plan to build on their existing collaboration to develop integrated products, services and best practices by taking advantage of resources and technology ...