News@Cisco: Other Verticals News

Cisco Unwires Linux Symposium

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that the Cisco Unified Wireless Network and its outdoor wireless network solutions will constitute the wireless access network of choice for Linux and open source enthusiasts who attend the Linux Symposium in Ottawa this week. "Designed for scalability and robust performance, the Cisco Unified Wireless Network provides unparalleled performance for challenging environments and demanding users, especially those who tend ...

Airbus Takes Off with Cisco Unified Communications

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

TOULOUSE, France - June 14, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that Airbus has completed deployment of a Cisco Unified Communications system to help improve collaboration, increase productivity and simplify its communications infrastructure, which will support 45,000 employees. The completion of the deployment marks the shipping of 12 million Cisco Unified IP Phones. Airbus has migrated from a traditional private branch exchange (PBX) system to a fully IP-based telephony system, ...

Oxfam Australia and Cisco Build Unified Communications Network

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

SYDNEY, Australia - June 6, 2007 - Oxfam Australia, one of the world's leading non-government organizations for human relief services, is embracing the Cisco® Unified Communications system to help it enable a "One Agency, One Network" information strategy. Designed and deployed by Cisco Gold Partner Commander Communications, the network will provide a platform for best-in-class communication, collaboration and equity in access to information throughout Oxfam's national, state and field ...

Customs Firm Unifies 50 Remote Offices and Centralizes Communications with Cisco Solution

Tue, 29 May 2007 10:00:00 PST

May 29, 2007 Norman G. Jensen, Inc. (NGJ) was founded in 1937, and for more than 60 years has provided U.S. and Canadian customs brokerage, freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, and consulting services to thousands of North American importers and exporters. Its 459 employees work at NGJ's Minneapolis, Minnesota headquarters, or out of its vast network of 50 offices that are located across the northern and southern U.S. border, and at coastal and inland locations across ...

Cisco Connected Real Estate Gives Adgar the Edge over Commercial Property Rivals Worldwide

Tue, 29 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

It is no ordinary day at the office when you step into Adgar Tower. The 21-storey block in Petah Tikvah, seven miles east of Tel Aviv, uses technology from Cisco Systems® to provide tenants with some of the most advanced buildings services in the world. Before they leave for home, for instance, Adgar Tower workers can check how the traffic is looking without leaving their seat, by checking a video stream ...

Cisco Forges First Mile Wireless Solution for Oil and Gas Industry

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22, 2007 - Cisco® today announced a new mobility solution for the oil and gas industry, the Cisco First Mile Wireless solution. Integrating best-in-class technologies, services, security policies and management applications, the Cisco First Mile Wireless solution supports the extension and augmentation of corporate networked data to be utilized by wellhead workers stationed at desolate oil fields and off-shore ocean oil rigs. In doing so, the Cisco ...

Metro Offices Provide Tenants with Secure Environment from Cisco

Fri, 11 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

May 11, 2007 Cisco Partner Lore Internet Systems helps Metro Offices provide clients across 8 business centers with secure and reliable Cisco network. Metro Offices, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, operates eight professionally staffed, executive office environments in the Washington, DC area. Founded in 1989, its fully-equipped offices and meeting rooms provide an instant, comprehensive, professional environment to meet the needs of all businesses, regardless ...

Top 12 UK Legal Firm Invests in Cisco Connected Workplace Solution

Thu, 03 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, May 3, 2007 - Norton Rose, one of the largest law firms headquartered in the UK, is deploying a Cisco® Unified Communications system in its UK office to help improve its customer service and competitive advantage. The system is part of a Cisco Connected Workplace for Law Firms blueprint that consists of a set of network solutions, customer services and application partners that provide an integrated and collaborative way to link the firms' lawyers and support staff to important ...

Scientific Atlanta's New-Generation IP Statistical Multiplexing to Simplify Creation of New and Expanded Programming Bouquets

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PST

Las Vegas, NV/ATLANTA, GA, USA - April 17, 2007 - Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced a new-generation IP-based statistical multiplexing (stat mux) technology at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas. This innovative Internet Protocol (IP)-based technology has been designed to support high-quality, low-bit-rate, bandwidth-saving video delivery and provide breakthrough performance for creating or expanding channel bouquets. Designed for a variety of applications, including digital ...

Oce USA Improves Business Processes, Saves Money with Cisco Unified Communications from Cisco Partner Netmedic

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PST

April 6, 2007 At first glance, it might have seemed that the legacy communications system in place at Oce USA, a large provider of digital and document management technology and services, was just fine. The existing PBX (private branch exchange) was working satisfactorily, internal IT staff knew the system well, and the vendor provided good support. But a management change prompted a close assessment of the company's communication system, and results of that assessment indicated ...

Cisco Introduces Cisco Smart Care Service for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Midmarket Customers

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS (CISCO PARTNER SUMMIT 2007), April 4, 2007 - Cisco® today introduced Cisco Smart Care Service, designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and midmarket customers simplify network maintenance through regular, proactive network assessments, remote software repairs and technical support. Based upon a collaborative approach to delivering services, Cisco Smart Care Service combines the complementary strengths of Cisco and its channel partners to proactively verify ...

Cisco and i-City to Collaborate on Delivering World-Class Infrastructure and Services to First "Digital City" in Selangor

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:00:00 PST

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 30, 2007 - Cisco® and i-City Properties Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of I-Berhad, today announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining their plans to work together to deliver world-class infrastructure and services to i-City, the first "digital city" in the state of Selangor. The companies intend to implement Cisco Connected Real Estate (CCRE) solutions in i-City, which is expected to start operations in early 2008. CCRE is a framework that uses the ...

Cisco Advances Strategy to Transform Business' Safety and Security Operations

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

LAS VEGAS, ISC West - March 27, 2007 - Demonstrating its commitment to help transform isolated security operations into a strategic asset using the Internet Protocol (IP) network, Cisco® today announced key additions to its IP-based video surveillance product portfolio that unlock the value of video. The new offerings use the IP network as a platform for accessing video, and transforming disparate legacy security systems to be more collaborative and responsive while preserving ...

Cisco Expands Microsoft Interoperability to Address Customer And Partner Demand

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

ORLANDO, Florida (VoiceCon Spring 2007) - March 7, 2007 - Highlighting customer and partner demand for interoperability in the unified communications market, Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced it is expanding Microsoft® interoperability to provide collaborative real-time capabilities for customers using Cisco Unified Communications solutions with Microsoft Exchange 2007, Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005, ...

Cisco Systems is Transforming the Physical Security Industry with Migration to IP-Based Surveillance

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

It is important, sometimes dangerous, glamorously depicted in action-based movies and TV shows - and becoming very high tech. The physical security industry, characterized by the archetypal suited guard peering at a video monitor after hours, now has the opportunity to go IP thanks to technology from Cisco Systems®. It all follows the April 5, 2006 acquisition by Cisco of

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

Who: Executives from Cisco and Appear Networks. What: Cisco® and Appear Networks to present how wireless location services can help locate, manage and secure Wi-Fi connected resources and active RFID tags to help secure RF environments, enhance WLAN management, improve business performance and reduce operational costs. The companies will discuss how to: ...

Cisco Unified Communications from SDI Networks Provides Real Estate Agents with Mobility, Connectivity

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

January 8, 2007 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., a successful real estate company headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, has 11 offices spread across five counties in the northern part of the state, housing 100 employees and 400 contract real estate agents and sales associates. An aging hardware infrastructure was affecting the company's speed and efficiency. Since there was no WAN to tie the 11 offices together, employees and agents were spending a lot of time on e-mail and in ...