News@Cisco: Top Stories

Cisco WebEx Solutions Help Nonprofits Cut Costs, Increase Value

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 27, 2009 By Margaret Steen It used to be that a nonprofit needed a large organization and lots of resources to work in multiple countries. Now the Internet has made it easier for smaller nonprofits to work globally, but these groups still need a reliable, affordable way to communicate with far-flung staff members. Online meetings through Cisco WebEx, a desktop sharing and phone ...

Web 2.0 Technologies Helping Create a Better Way of Selling

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 26, 2009 By Laurence Cruz Two years ago, David Farmer of Ad Giants got a call from a high-level executive waylaid at LaGuardia Airport. The caller had twice canceled a sales presentation by Farmer, and now wanted to reschedule. Determined not to let such a promising prospect slip away a third time, Farmer played the Ace up his sleeve. With a few mouse clicks, he invited the ...

Cisco Lowers the Barriers to the 'Borderless' Branch Office

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 20, 2009 Today, Cisco Systems announced another major step in its quest to create "borderless" networks that allow organizations and individuals to communicate anytime, anywhere and in any way they wish. With the public launch of the second generation of the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR G2), the company is making it far easier and more affordable for businesses to bring ...

Digital Schools Sponsored by Cisco Are Set to Connect Isolated Islands to IT Opportunities

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 19, 2009 By Mike Stone Some 1500 km from Lisbon and about 3900 km from the east coast of North America, the Azores may appear cut off from the world. But this Portuguese Autonomous Region is becoming more connected every day, in part thanks to a digital schools project supported by the Cisco® Networking Academy®. The project is part of an ambitious initiative which ...

Kayseri Connects Health Information to Physicians and Nurses in Cisco-led Pilot to Improve Care

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 12, 2009 By Mike Stone The medical paper chase can kill. In a life-or-death situation, where every second counts, the last thing healthcare professionals need is to track down medical records, photocopy charts and distribute printed reports. Equally, chasing down vital staff and equipment can cost minutes that a critically ill patient simply cannot afford. But at the largest ...

Broadband To Bring Big Changes to Africa

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:15:00 PST

October 5, 2009 Farmers using the Internet to connect directly with buyers? Doctors operating on patients remotely via telemedicine? This may sound like Silicon Valley, but it could soon be a reality in Africa, thanks to an undersea cable linking the continent to the rest of the world. The 1.28 Terabyte-per-second submarine fiber optic cable reached the shores of Tanzania from India in ...

Mater Health Services' Network is What Doctor Ordered

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 29, 2009 Keeping a large hospital running smoothly is complex and costly activity. Ensuring patients receive top-quality care while also meeting the needs of staff requires careful planning and targeted investments. With technology now at the heart of modern medicine, particular attention must be given to the IT infrastructure that underpins all hospital operations. This ...

Cisco Helping Untangle the Data Center

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

Sept. 28, 2009 By Charles Waltner Cisco Systems would like to help data centers do a little housecleaning. Symbolic of the complexities that plague computing facilities as they struggle with the demands of the Information Age, the multitude of cables required to connect all the machines in data centers are causing massive costs and headaches. A typical computer server now requires at ...

Smart Grid Strategies for a Global Marketplace

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 24, 2009 By Jenny Carless Today's electric utility companies have their hands full with myriad dilemmas: the grid is old and increasingly insecure, the traditional one-way broadcast model is outmoded, supply and demand patterns are changing, and utilities are under pressure to address increasing energy demand much more efficiently. Further, consumers are calling for lower energy ...

Latin America Increasing IT Education to Improve Skills

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 21, 2009 Latin America is lagging in terms of networked readiness, according to recent report by the World Economic Forum and the graduate business school INSEAD. Grim though that may be for the competitiveness of the region, part of the solution may already be in place in the shape of a keen interest to invest and form partnerships that will boost the level of IT skills in ...

Broadband Expansion to Benefit Small Businesses

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 14, 2009 By Lori Piquet Cleary As the $7.2 billion in federal stimulus money earmarked for broadband improvements makes its way into the economy, the United States can look forward to faster, more pervasive broadband in the not-too-distant future. Next-generation broadband promises to transform the way businesses operate. Some of this transformation is already apparent: fast ...

Wireless and Wired: Unified Networks Spark Innovation

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 9, 2009 By Dave Trowbridge This fall, Bryant University in Rhode Island welcomes another freshman class, and with it comes an onslaught of new mobile devices and student expectations that no matter how they're connected, each instant message, status update and video link will ping, post and play with lightning speed. "Several years ago the University decided that technology ...

Cisco Helping Stadiums Compete with the Couch

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 8, 2009 By Laurence Cruz If you build it, they will come. But if you build it on a Cisco network, they will return again and again. At least that's the hope of some of the biggest teams in professional sports, which are turning to Cisco Systems to wire new state-of-the-art stadiums and digitize older ballparks. In recent months the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees, the ...

BT Innovation: A $19.8 Billion Network : The World's First National All-IP Network

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

LIVE WEBCAST

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

NHL Team Scores with Cisco

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

The Connected Hotel : Cutting Edge Technology Delivers Luxury Services

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:00:00 PST

Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Orative

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:00:00 PST

Cisco Announces the Cisco TelePresence Meeting Solution -- A Breakthrough 'In-Person' Experience for Real-Time, Remote, Business Communication and Collaboration

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

Cisco Brings 'In-Person' Realism to Virtual Communications

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:00:00 PST