To accelerate the development of business of its customers, Cisco corporation announced a new group of solutions for access without borders. These innovative products and services have become an integral part of architecture Cisco Borderless Networks (networks without borders). They provide the ability to transparently secure connection to the wired and wireless networks, provide a means of integrated power management across the enterprise and maintain an optimized transmission of video traffic. Within this architecture, Cisco is offering a new series of switches, fixed-configuration Cisco Catalyst ® 3560/3750-X and 2960-S, as well as a comprehensive set of new professional services, flexible pricing model (allows you to purchase new equipment at a price comparable to the cost of entry-level models ) and a new limited warranty, valid during the life cycle switches. In addition to the new switches, Cisco also announced innovative models of routers to support advanced services of information security and increase productivity.
Today's announcement was made in the framework announced in October 2009, the strategy Cisco Borderless Networks and develops the ideas contained in the announcement Cisco Secure Borderless Networks (secure networks without borders), made in early March (details - see http://www.cisco.com / web/RU/news/releases/txt/2010/030210.html). Architecture Cisco Borderless Networks, which determines the properties needed to support distributed and mobile companies, is designed to give companies the opportunity to shape the IT infrastructure for the secure and fail-safe connectivity to corporate systems to any user on any device from anywhere at any moment. Cisco provides the implementation of this architecture with the help of video transmission services, solutions for energy management and advanced security services, integrated all platforms routing, switching, wireless network organization, and information security. This results in a full-scale network infrastructure without boundaries.
That's what said in this connection, senior vice president of Cisco Soderberi Rob (Rob Soderbery, headed by division Cisco, develop technologies Ethernet-switching): "Communication, collaboration and entertainment services to quickly preobrauyutsya into digital format and transferred to the network. This trend not only overloads the network, but also to change them. The core business of Cisco, including the family of the Catalyst 2000 and 3000, is located in the heart of these changes. Switching and routing are the basis for innovative solutions, applying the idea of creating a new generation of the Internet. Cisco's vision is to provide useful solutions to customers using the basic networking products and to create a more homogeneous, the information technology infrastructure with a reliable architecture that can support the new Internet.
Network Services
• EnergyWise. Using intelligent networking features, technology, Cisco EnergyWise helps customers to proactively manage energy consumption, reduce operating costs and reduce hydrocarbon trace their company. 17 March Cisco announced the release of the implementation of this technology, award-winning. The new solutions include Cisco EnergyWise Orchestrator, spreading the power management on desktops and laptops (in previous releases this feature was available only for devices supporting the technology PoE - Power over Ethernet). In addition, Cisco has launched to the market a set of developer EnergyWise SDK, available in the program Cisco Developer Network. It will allow third-party developers to implement functionality in their products EnergyWise.
• Cisco TrustSec - next-generation solution in the field of information security, which enables customers to implement security policies for all available access networks - wireless, wireline and setyahVPN. It supports the function of identifying and implementing policies to protect customer transaction and its employees anywhere in the network to facilitate the authentication of users and providing access to some network resources based on user profile. 17 March Cisco announced the availability of functional products in the Cisco TrustSec family Catalyst 3560/3750. In addition, new models of Catalyst 3560/3750-X industry first enabled standard 802.1a / e (MACsec), which protects confidential data from interception and theft using advanced encryption techniques when transmitting traffic between the switch and the client.
• Decisions on the establishment of media networks allow companies to implement video communications systems, transforming the style of interaction of staff. Creation of media network enables discovery and optimization of transmission of video traffic and the parameters of the terminal devices. In addition, this technology allows you to share and prioritize network resources in such a way as to ensure the transmission of video traffic between devices of different types (for example, transfer an image from Cisco TelePresence ™ on a laptop or cell phone). Today, technology Medianet 1.0 supports new Catalyst switches, fixed-configuration routers and Cisco ISR G2.
New switches
• Cisco Catalyst 3750 and 3560-X-X - the flagship product family of Cisco switches with fixed configuration. These switches support enterprise-class association of several switches in the stack, and can also be used as stand-alone network device. The new switches provide high performance switching (10 Gigabit Ethernet) and supports advanced technology power external devices for data transmission PoE on all ports. To connect the new switches to the uplink network channel, a flexible "smart" module. In addition to technology StackWise ® Plus, providing high reliability of data from today, these Cisco switches are the industry's first embedded support tools technology Cisco StackPower ™, which provides an all-time high reliability of power supply stack the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series-X. Cisco StackPower turns the power system stack of four switches in a single resource, distributed among all devices stack. In case of failure of one of the power supply voltage is supplied to all critical applications and lessen the low-priority devices specified by the user. A power supply 1100 watt power supply can provide the four switches, and connected to them critical endpoints, supporting business continuity. In addition, Catalyst 3750 series switches-X and 3560-X comes with a set of tools and functions of the Cisco Smart Operations, which greatly simplify installation and configuration of a network without boundaries.
• With the switch Cisco Catalyst 2960-S corporation Cisco began to offer a wider than ever range of different means of access performance. Cisco solutions are characterized by different levels of productivity and various cost, thus satisfying the most different requirements of customers in the area of scalability, reliability and security. Switches Catalyst 2960-S can be combined in a stack of technology FlexStack to improve the availability and performance systems. They are equipped port 10GE, provides power to terminals on the data network Ethernet (PoE) on all ports, as well as support the new technology of this type of PoE, and all functions of Cisco EnergyWise. In addition, the platform Catalyst 2960-S is characterized by high levels of optimization, saving up to half the electricity consumed. This switch provides a full-scale modern companies all the necessary functions and features at a very attractive price.
New routers
• Integrated Services Router with Cisco ISR G2 3900 E-Series. Announced in October
• Software for routers Cisco ASR 1000 (Issue 6). Using the award-winning integrated circuits Quantum-Flow ASIC, the latest family of routers, Cisco ASR 1000 supports the new security features, unified communications and management features to provide access to network services without borders on global networks (WAN). In addition, the software routers, Cisco ASR 1000 has a function of the automatic transmission of information to technical support Smart Call Home, which increase the reliability of this platform.
Additional information
• New limited warranty for products Cisco, acting within their life cycle. Switch Series Cisco Catalyst 2960-S, 3560-X and 3750-X come with a new guarantee, which the company replaces defective parts on the next working day in areas where there is opportunity, and provides professional technical support center Cisco TAC for 90 days.
• drastic reduction of energy consumption. New Cisco switches consume 50 percent less power than previous generations of devices. As a result, a system that works with Gigabit speed, consumes less power than the old system with a capacity of 100 Mbps.
• Ease of use, reliability and flexibility. Optimization of the operation - it is, above all, business continuity. Automatic provision of network resiliency, flexible technology, and Cisco StackPower StackWise, software upgrades without interrupting service - all of these solutions increase the availability of Cisco and business performance by reducing network downtime, and maintaining the necessary level of scalability.
• Accelerating the development of business partners. Cisco Corporation has proposed to its partners a number of initiatives to facilitate the development of a partnership business with the help of architectural sales. " The new advanced network services: Cisco Trustsec, media networks and solutions for Cisco EnergyWise, - as well as supporting their hardware platforms increase the competitiveness of Cisco partners and give them an opportunity to make innovative proposals that are not available to other manufacturers of network solutions. These new solutions are tightly integrated with the best in the industry incentive programs for partners Cisco.
• New professional services. 17 March Cisco announced a package of services that help customers fully enjoy all the benefits of architecture Borderless Networks. In particular, the services were declared, by definition, network architecture (Cisco Network Architecture Discovery), as well as assessment services, planning iproektirovaniyu to accelerate the process of architectural planning and design by customers. Were also announced: Service Cisco TrustSec Readiness and Deployment (easy to adapt solutions to Cisco TrustSec features of the customer's network and enhances its security), service power management Cisco Services for Energy Management (reduces costs for electricity and provides the customer all the benefits of architecture Cisco EnergyWise ) and service Cisco Medianet Readiness Service (provides an opportunity to prepare a network environment to support multi-media applications). In addition, on March 17 was announced advanced features for security and support of wireless LANs within the network of services for Cisco Network Optimization Service.
"Our company shares the vision of Cisco's network architecture without boundaries and collaborating with Cisco in order to provide integrated solutions for wireline and wireless communications to businesses and government agencies - said president of integrated solutions from the company's Sprint Danny Bowman (Danny Bowman). - Sprint Converged solutions for wide area networks (Wireless WAN) and wired IP-based networks based on unique IP-Cisco technology for network backbones that provide ubiquitous access to applications from anywhere at any time and can react quickly to changing business requirements " .
"We turned to Cisco, because they wanted to work with a trusted partner who will remain with us for many years and will help us build a highly secure, flexible infrastructure to support businesses with ever-changing needs - said Henry Guy, Head of Research Data Center of the EDF Group ( a leading supplier of electricity in Europe.) - New Switches Catalyst 3750-X will become a key component of new infrastructure that will help us to maintain and video technology to save energy for many years. "
"Zurich Airport - said its main IT director Adrian Ross (Adrian Ross), - has always been one of the best in Europe. This has become possible, including through an integrated network solution, Cisco. The partnership with Cisco has enabled us to introduce such innovations, as providing wireless access for passengers, partners and technical staff of the airport. We conducted tests showed that the new switches are Catalyst 2960-S halve the energy consumption and thus help reduce capital and operating costs while expanding the airport range of network services and improve the quality of customer service. Here why we are one of the first commissioned the new equipment. "
"The services of our medical network used by millions of people from 35 cities, and why our network is heavily loaded, - says the CIO Healthcare System Oakwood Healthcare Tom Ogg (Tom Ogg). - Our doctors are constantly striving to improve the quality of health services, and mine infrastructure to help them achieve this goal through its high reliability and performance. We were impressed by innovations implemented in the new Cisco Catalyst 3750-X. We expect Cisco to continue innovative developments that will help us build a network of medical quality. "
Finally, we give a comment Dave Karcher (Dave Kaercher), senior vice president US Bank Network Services: "In accordance with the plans of the life cycle of our network we upgrade all our network of branches with the help of routers Cisco ISR G2. These routers will provide our bank to implement security features and video technologies into a single solution. With Cisco, we have a single reliable supplier that solves the problem of maintenance, training and product support, not only at the time of installation of new solutions, but also throughout their entire lifecycle. "
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