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Cisco: Network Tops Cloud Challenges

Posted on May 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Enterprise cloud adoption is expected to grow significantly in 2012, but some serious obstacles to even wider adoption remain, according to a survey of Cisco Systems customers released at the Interop 2012 conference going on this week in Las Vegas.…

Cisco Launches New Industrial Switches-Cisco IE 2000 Series

Posted on April 27, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco unveiled the Industrial Ethernet (IE) 2000 switch series, a cornerstone product for the company’s Connected Industries business unit and industrial network offerings. The IE 2000 series is an extension of Cisco’s current industrial Ethernet product lines, the Catalyst 2955 and the IE 3000…

Cisco Partners to be Invited to Cisco’s Cloud Party

Posted on April 20, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco is making changes to its year-old cloud channel program, the networking company announced at the 2012 Cisco Partner Summit in San Diego this week. In 2011, Cisco launched its Cloud Channel Program with three roles — Cloud Builder, Cloud Provider…

Cisco to Update IP Phone Capabilities for Its Enterprise Users

Posted on April 20, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced that it has sold its 50 millionth IP phone, up from 30 million sold through just two years ago. The switching giant—Cisco also said it will make software for presence, instant messaging and Cisco Jabber IM clients available…

Cisco Expands SMB Networking, UC Portfolio

Posted on April 13, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco expands technology portfolio for small businesses to enable customers to get the most out of mobility and cloud solutions. New product portfolio creates the right network to allow small businesses and their solution providers to boost productivity through the…

“Where we buy is where we grow”—Cisco CEO

Posted on April 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco CEO, John Chambers, spent Good Friday reflecting on Cisco Systems’s resurrection as a more formidable competitor, after his team took the company through a major reorganization. “The market changed on us. We had to change as fast,” Chambers told investors…

Cisco Adds Apps, Home Control to New Smart Routers‎

Posted on April 6, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Falling in love with a new Cisco router for your home network? Cisco unveiled on Thursday a new line of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers with app-enabled capabilities, the EA Series (EA4500, EA3500 and EA2700). The so-called “Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers”…

Cisco, EMC Team Up on IT Certification Program

Posted on April 3, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Training and Certifications Enable Organizations to Maximize Benefits of Transformational IT Technologies Networking firm Cisco has partnered with information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services provider EMC to offer joint technical education applications in the areas of cloud…

An Interview: Cisco Exec on Growth of Worldwide Ecommerce, Cultural Differences

Posted on April 2, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Industrialized countries like the United States and the United Kingdom lead the world in the development of online retailing. But many other countries are gaining ground, with their own cultural differences and habits in doing business online. The state of…

Cisco and Lumos Networks Prepare Fiber Infrastructure for 100G Network

Posted on March 29, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced that Lumos Networks, a fiber-based service provider in the mid-Atlantic region, has successfully completed a technology test of Cisco’s 100 Gigabit (100G) coherent DWDM solutions across its service area. This performance validation confirms that Lumos Networks can meet…

Cisco Unveils Mobile Visual Collaboration Tech in a Post-PC Era

Posted on March 28, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

At the Enterprise Connect trade show, Cisco introduced new people-centric innovations aimed at making it easier for people to collaborate anywhere, anytime in the post-PC era. From new Jabber options to an enhanced TelePresence system, Cisco is moving to optimize…

NICE Selected for Cisco’s SolutionsPlus Program

Posted on March 23, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

selected for its market leading suite of analytics-based business solutions and Workforce Optimization products, impacting every customer interaction A long-standing Preferred Solutions Developer for Cisco, announced that they have expanded their relationship with Cisco, with NICE becoming a part of…

Cisco WebEx is Changing the Meeting Experience

Posted on March 21, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

During its UAE Expo, Cisco has unveiled the next phase of its Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI), an IT system that was designed to simplify desktop virtualization and bring voice and video to the virtual work-space. Cisco VXI is designed to help…

Cisco’s UCS 3.0 Unveiled with Xeon Servers, Unified Management

Posted on March 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco is significantly expanding the management, networking and performance capabilities in its three-year-old Unified Computing System (UCS), an all-in-one solution that officials say is quickly gaining traction in the competitive converged data center market. With the UCS 3.0, Cisco is…

Cisco Helps Digital Signs Evolve into Multifunction Touchscreens

Posted on March 7, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Internet giant Cisco on Tuesday confirmed several additions to its digital signage portfolio, including a cloud-based management platform for allowing customers to create, deploy and manage customized signage content across high-definition, touchscreen displays connected by an IP network. Cisco is…

Video Show: “Lock it Down or Free it Up?”

Posted on March 2, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

On February 29th, at the RSA 2012 conference in San Francisco, Christopher Young, Senior Vice President of Cisco Security, delivered a rousing keynote address “Lock It Down or Free It Up?” …“All of these business realities have dramatically amplified network…

Cisco Ramps up Its Firewall Options

Posted on March 2, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Networking hardware company—Cisco, is upgrading its firewall technologies and even its own certification courses to better meet newer challenges in network security. Cisco has introduced a new “reimagined” firewall that adds a level of security smarts that could eventually show…

WMC2012: Cisco Bridges Wi-Fi, Cellular Nets

Posted on February 29, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

At Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, Cisco announced its take on the reshaping of mobile networks that is emerging, saying it can build a Wi-Fi infrastructure spanning all the way from the access point to the core network. It unveiled products designed to…

Cisco Wanna Light Up Data Centers— Intent to Acquire Lightwire

Posted on February 28, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco is planning to acquire Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Company Lightwire Inc. to add optical connectivity in its high-speed networks. The acquisition will allow Cisco to deliver cost-effective, high-speed networks with the next generation of optical connectivity, allowing service provider and data…

Cisco Delivers 100G at 3,000 km without Regeneration

Posted on February 27, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced its coherent 100 Gigabit (100G) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) solution, which exceeds 3,000 km in reach, without the need for complex Raman optical amplification technology or signal regeneration signals. This distance is 50% further than any non-Raman…

Las Comunicaciones de Vídeo a Video son el Futuro

Posted on February 23, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“Video will be the platform for all forms of communication in IT as we go forward. Cisco no longer makes devices that are not video capable.” John Chambers, CEO of networking company Cisco, said at the Oracle Open World conference…

Cisco, After Google, at Top of Green IT Rankings

Posted on February 20, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Greenpeace released the latest version of its Cool IT Leaderboard, tracking progress among 21 IT companies in embracing green energy for their own operations as well as advocating for policies that promote clean energy use worldwide. Google came out on…