News@Cisco: Press Releases and Features

Cisco Introduces Foundation for Next-Generation Internet: The Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9, 2010 – Cisco today announced a major advancement in Internet networking - the Cisco® CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS) - designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and set the pace for the astonishing growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online services through this decade and beyond. With more than 12 ...

Cisco Launches Networking Academy at South African State Information Technology Agency

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 8, 2010 - Cisco today announced the launch of a Cisco® Networking Academy® programme at the South African State Information Technology Agency (SITA) in Erasmuskloof. The launch brings the total number of establishments offering Cisco courses and certifications under the Cisco Networking Academy programme in South Africa to 65. SITA has joined forces ...

Inteligo Financial Services S.A. Uses Cisco Technology for Poland's First Distributed Call Center Infrastructure

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

WARSAW, Poland – March 8, 2010 - Cisco today announced that Inteligo Financial Services S.A. has deployed a Cisco® Unified Contact Center Enterprise solution at its countrywide customer service operation. With almost 150 call center agents located in four cities (Gdansk, Katowice, Poznan and Warsaw), this deployment represents Poland's first fully distributed contact center ...

Cisco Hosts Webcast: Changing the Future of Networking

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif, - March 8, 2010 - Cisco will host a webcast with a corresponding slide presentation to discuss what lies in store for the network. The webcast will introduce an innovation that will forever change the Internet and its impact on consumers, businesses and governments and will help service providers prepare to deliver this innovation. Who: Cisco executives Kelly ...

Cisco to Make Significant Internet Networking Announcement Tomorrow

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 8, 2010 - Cisco will host a live media, blogger and industry analyst webcast Tuesday, March 9, at 8:00 a.m. (PST) to make a significant announcement that will forever change the Internet and its impact on consumers, businesses and governments. Media, industry analysts and bloggers can register to attend at http://event.ciscowebseminars.com/clients/ ...

High-tech Communications For The 2010 World Cup: Deutsche Telekom and Cisco Supply State-of-the-art Deutschland TelePresence Solutions to German Football Association (DFB)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST

March 8, 2010 - Deutsche Telekom today announced that the Deutscher Fußball Bund (DFB), the German football association, will use its Deutschland TelePresence service to help with preparations for the 2010 World Cup. In collaboration with Cisco, Deutsche Telekom will be equipping the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt and the national team coach, Joachim Löw, and his staff with a live ...

Austrian Companies ASFINAG & X-Tention Win the Cisco and IDG international Innovation Awards 2010

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

VIENNA, Austria, March 5, 2010 - Austrian companies cleaned up at the Cisco Innovation Awards 2010 ceremonies, where ASFINAG, an operator and builder of road network infrastructure, and Upper Austrian information technology service provider X-Tention earned plaudits for their innovative projects. Cisco and leading international ICT specialist IDG Global Solutions present the annual ...

Colombian Government Uses Cisco TelePresence to Speed Decision Making

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:50:00 PST

BOGOTA, Colombia, March 3, 2010 – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez and Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva Luján today inaugurated the first Cisco TelePresenceTM rooms implemented by the Colombian government, with a virtual meeting between the presidential Casa de Nariño and the Ministry of Defense in Bogotá. The Cisco TelePresence rooms will allow ...

Oversun-Mercury Starts Commercial Operation of Data Center Based on Cisco Technology

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:50:00 PST

MOSCOW – March 3, 2010 – Oversun-Mercury today announced that it has opened a commercial data center in Moscow to address the growing needs of Russian businesses for managed data center services. The data center network infrastructure is based on Cisco® hardware and software. The resilient core of the network is made of Cisco switches (Cisco Catalyst® 6509-NEB) and ...

Cisco Hosts Webcast: Cisco Global Channel Partner Strategy

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif, - March 2, 2010 - Cisco will host a webcast with a corresponding slide presentation to discuss its global channel partner strategy as a sustainable long term differentiator. Who: Cisco executive Edison Peres, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Partner Organization will discuss Cisco's global channel sales model and its value versus volume strategy. Following ...

Cisco Delivers 'Security Without Borders'

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and HANNOVER, GERMANY – March 2, 2010 – Cisco is tackling today's enterprise security challenges with a new architecture that will help enable business users to access information from any device and any location with a high degree of ease and security. The company announced the Cisco® Secure Borderless Network architecture, which evolves enterprise security ...

Cisco's Security Strategy Explained

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

March 2, 2010 At the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco, Cisco announced a new take on an old security staple: the virtual private network. Purpose-built for a world in which workers are increasingly mobile and the companies they work for increasingly "borderless," the new offering will keep people securely connected to their company's network no matter where they are or what device ...

Cisco Launches HealthPresence Telemedicine Solution, Providing Increased Access to Quality Medical Care Worldwide

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST

ATLANTA and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1, 2010 – At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Atlanta today, Cisco announced the availability of the Cisco HealthPresenceTM platform. Cisco HealthPresence is an advanced, care-at-a-distance technology platform that allows patients to connect with doctors and clinicians for health care consultations in ...

Flip Video in Healthcare Helps Improve Patients' Recovery

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

March 1, 2010 By James A. Martin To help speed her recovery from a fall, Dr. Kate Burke turned to a Flip video camera. Burke, who had injured a knee while skiing, struggled at times to recall exactly how to do her physical therapy exercises at home. Then she had an idea: On the next visit to her therapist, she took her Flip video camera, planning to ask him to record her correctly ...

Cisco Announces Upcoming Events with the Financial Community

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE Calif., February 25, 2010 - Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community during the month of March. The events will be webcast. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2010 ...

Winterflood Securities Deploys Cisco Unified Computing System to Improve Business Operations and Support Future Growth

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST

LONDON, 25 February 2010 - Cisco today announced that Winterflood Securities, one of the leading liquidity providers in London, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing SystemTM to improve the resilience, agility, scalability and flexibility of its high frequency trading platform. Working with Logicalis, a Cisco® Gold Certified Partner, Winterflood Securities has undertaken a project ...

Talk2Cisco: Live, Social Video Broadcast with Cisco Leaders

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PST

February 24, 2010 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 ...

Cisco Simplifies Content Creation for Digital Signage

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Feb. 24, 2010 – Today, at the Digital Signage Expo, Cisco announced the expansion of the Cisco® Digital Media Creative Services offering to make it easier for customers to develop and display captivating visual content for digital signage. Building on its leading portfolio of digital signage solutions, Cisco is expanding its partner ecosystem of content ...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Go Live with Global TelePresence Meetings Suites Allowing Guests to Meet Across Continents

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 PST

WHITE PLAINS, NY – February 23, 2010 – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) unveiled its first in-hotel Cisco TelePresence meeting suites today with a virtual, interactive meeting spanning across two continents. The W Chicago City Center and Sheraton on the Park Sydney are the first in Starwood's global portfolio to introduce the new meeting facilities, ...

3D Networks To Build Australia's First 'Digital Hospital' Communications Network in Multi-million Dollar Deal

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 PST

NORTH RYDE, February18, 2010 – 3D Networks, Australia's leading integrator of customised and integrated business communications solutions, today announced it will design and build the voice and data network for Macquarie University Hospital's new, state-of-the-art $180 million facility in North Ryde, New South Wales. The opening of Macquarie University Hospital later this year ...