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Cisco and Yello Strom Launch Energy-Saving Smart Grid Pilot in Germany
Yello Strom, among Germany's top 10 electricity companies, and Cisco announced the launch of a 'smart grid' pilot. Its aim is to create an intelligent energy system that allows customers to measure and control the power consumption of their electrical appliances, enabling them to reduce their monthly bills as well as carbon emissions, while significantly cutting down on peak-period demand.

MRCB Land, Cisco and Datacraft Collaborate to Transform KL Sentral into a Smart and Sustainable Urban Center
MRCB Land, the Property Division of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cisco and Datacraft Advanced Network Services to collaborate on the transformation of MRCB Land's developments into smart and connected urban centers starting with Kuala Lumpur Sentral's Lot E, known as KL Sentral Park. The development will take advantage of Cisco's Connected Real Estate solution.

Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital Chooses Cisco to Help Drive Improved Healthcare in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cisco announced that the Dr. Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital, one of the oldest private hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a leading healthcare establishment, will be deploying a Cisco Unified Communications® network to enable a collaborative Connected Health community environment.

Orange Business Services delivers managed unified communications and collaboration solutions to Latin American companies with Cisco
Orange Business Services, a leading global communications solutions integrator, is working together with Cisco to offer managed unified communications and collaboration services to companies in Latin America. Both Cisco and Orange seek to help enterprises overcome the barriers of adopting information technology business solutions. Managed services are one of the most effective methods for companies to reduce capital investment costs while gaining access to innovative network technologies to improve business processes.

Czech Ministry of Education and Cisco Collaborate on 21st-Century Education Programs
The Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and Cisco will collaborate on a number of initiatives to bring 21st-century education programs to Czech schools, Education Minister Miroslava Kopicova and Cisco Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior announced in Prague.

Cisco and Tiani Spirit Deploy the Latest Development in Health Care Information-Exchange Technology in Europe
Cisco and the Austrian software company Tiani Spirit announced the availability in Europe of the Cisco Medical Data Exchange Solution (MDES), which is intended to help health care providers to access patient data with a high degree of security regardless of the provider's location or IT system. MDES combines Cisco's Application Extension Platform and Integrated Services Router (ISR) with Tiani Spirit's Electronic Health Record management software, enabling the network to be the platform for sharing and exchanging medical information and records.

Cisco Global Climate Change Meeting Platform to Facilitate Discussions at U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
Cisco announced that it has established the Global Climate Change Meeting Platform (GCCMP), a powerful network of TelePresence and conferencing technologies that will extend the reach of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15). The GCCMP will also support future climate change discussions by allowing remote delegates and peers to join those discussions in a more environmentally sustainable, efficient and inclusive manner.

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Cisco Reports Q1 FY10 Earnings
Cisco, reported its first quarter results for the period ended October 24, 2009. Cisco reported first quarter net sales of $9.0 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.8 billion or $0.30 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.1 billion or $0.36 per share.

Salesforce.com and Cisco Partner to Deliver the New Face of Customer Service
Salesforce.com the enterprise cloud computing company and Cisco announced a combined solution to deliver a complete contact center in the cloud. The Cisco and salesforce.com Customer Interaction Cloud brings together salesforce.com's Service Cloud 2 with Cisco Unified Communications. The solution empowers small and medium sized companies to run their customer service completely in the cloud. Salesforce.com and Cisco share a vision about moving technology into the cloud and leveraging social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google to deliver services to their customers where they are already collaborating.

Cisco Shines a Spotlight on the Dark Web
Cisco launched Cisco IronPort Web Usage Controls, a next-generation acceptable-use product that offers real-time content categorization to accurately identify up to 90 percent of Dark Web sites in the most egregious content categories. Web 2.0 sites built on collaboration technologies with dynamic content and high churn are largely unknown to legacy URL-list-based solutions, creating a Dark Web that greatly increases the compliance, legal liability and productivity risks associated with Web traffic.

Cisco Helps Assure Internet's Future Amid Device Growth
Cisco announced significant enhancements to its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture that are designed to secure the foundation of the Internet, which must accommodate the exponential increase of connected devices for highly secure, efficient video delivery and collaboration.

Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Starent Networks
Cisco and Starent Networks announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to acquire Starent Networks. Starent Networks is a leading supplier of IP-based mobile infrastructure solutions targeting mobile and converged carriers. The Mobile Internet is at an inflection point as IP-enabled Smartphones and other connected mobile devices gain rapid acceptance.

New Cisco Study Reveals Peak Internet Traffic Increases Due to Social Networking and Broadband Video Usage
Cisco Visual Networking Index Study Finds Today's Average Global Broadband Connection Generates 11.4 Gigabytes of Internet Traffic per Month.

Cisco to Showcase 'Connected Life' at SUPERCOMM 2009
At SUPERCOMM 2009 in Chicago, Cisco will highlight a variety of announcements that showcase the continued momentum of the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and its technology innovation which help enable service providers to deliver an increasing array of innovative 'Connected Life' experiences to their customers.

Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business
Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN Limited. Listed in Hong Kong with major operations in China, DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China and shares Cisco's vision of a high-performance, scalable and services-rich cable interactive platform extending into every home.

Cisco and EMC, Together with VMware, form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Data Center Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures
Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, introduced the Virtual Computing Environment coalition, an unprecedented collaboration of three information technology (IT) industry leaders. The coalition has been created to accelerate customers' ability to increase business agility through greater IT infrastructure flexibility, and lower IT, energy and real estate costs through pervasive data center virtualization and a transition to private cloud infrastructures.

Cisco Makes Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG
Cisco announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to launch a recommended voluntary cash offer to acquire TANDBERG. TANDBERG, based in Oslo, Norway, and New York, is a global leader in video communications, including a broad range of world-class video endpoint and network infrastructure solutions with intercompany and multi-vendor interoperability. With this proposed acquisition, Cisco will expand its collaboration portfolio to offer more solutions to a greater number of customers, further accelerating market adoption globally.

Product Updates

Cisco Ushers in Borderless Networks Era With Next Generation of the Integrated Services Router
To address evolving information technology (IT) needs around increasingly distributed and collaborative workforces, Cisco introduced its Borderless Networks architecture and a five-phase plan designed to help deliver services and applications to anyone, anywhere, on any device, at anytime - seamlessly, reliably, and securely. As the first proof point of its Borderless Networks architecture, Cisco announced the second generation of its Integrated Services Router, the ISR G2.

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On 'The Platform', Maurizio Taffone, Business Development Manager, Cisco talks about how we can Collaborate with Confidence

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Corporate Profile

India Overview

Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd, started operations in 1995 with a sales and marketing operations spread across key cities in India and a software development centre in Bangalore, Cisco dominates the networking market in core technologies of routing and switching, as well as WLAN and network security. Today, India headcount is over 4000, including R&D, sales and business support staff.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.

Cisco India Facts

• Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd. commenced operations in 1995.
• India, as a region, is part of the APAC theater.
• APAC theater contributes to about 11 percent of the global revenue.
• Cisco has 7 Sales Offices in the region - New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
• India headcount is over 4850, including R&D, sales and business support staff.
• Cisco Global Development Center is in Bangalore, the largest outside of the US
  1. Joint Development Centers with Wipro Technologies and Infosys Technologies in Bangalore; HCL Technologies in Chennai; Satyam Computer Services in Hyderabad and Zensar Technologies in Pune

• Cisco’s go-to-Market strategy is through Channel Partners
  2. Presence in over 100 cities through 900 partners
  3. 10 System Integrators - Cable & Wireless, Datacraft, HCL Comnet, HP, IBM, Integrix, TCS, CMC, Wipro and HCL Infosystems Ltd.
  4. 9 Gold Certified Partners - Cable & Wireless, Datacraft, HCL Comnet, HP, IBM, Wipro, British Telecom, Tulip Telecom Ltd and HCL Infosystems Ltd.
  5. 4 Silver Certified Partners - Integrix, TCS, Locuz Infotech Ltd and CMC
  6. 2 Distributors - Ingram Micro and Redington
  7. Support and Service - Extensive support system for customers with 9 logistics centers in the country. Besides that, Cisco is the only vendor to have a support program called ARNBD (advance replacement next business day) for its resellers.

• Cisco Capital was launched in 2005 to offer flexible leasing and financial services to customers and partners
• Currently, there are over 158 Cisco Academies across 23 states & union territories with 14655 currently Active Students, more than 23.2% of which are women students; 6252 students have successfully graduated in CCNA
• India has over 79340 Cisco Certified Professionals

Cisco's tradition of IP innovation continues with industry-leading products in the core areas of routing and switching and a broad range of advanced technologies. Advanced technologies represent categories that fit into Cisco's long-term technology vision, and have the potential to grow to $1 billion in revenue for the company over the next five to seven years.

India Market Share Leadership

Core Technologies

• Router: 55.5%, Switch: 55.4%, Total LAN: 55.4% (Q2, CY 2009 IDC LAN Tracker, Sept 2009)

Advanced Technologies

• WLAN: 20.5% (Q2, CY 2009, IDC, Sept 2009)
• Security: 33.7% (Q2, CY 2009, Frost & Sullivan, Sept 2009)
• Enterprise Telephony: 14.0% (Q2, CY 2009, Frost & Sullivan, Sept 2009)
• IP PBX: 25.2% (Q2, CY 2009, Frost & Sullivan, Sept 2009)

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