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- Cisco Evolves Senior Technology Leadership Team
SAN JOSE, Calif. - December 20, 2007 - Cisco®, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, today announced the resignation of executive vice president, Chief Development Officer Charles Giancarlo, 50, who has decided to pursue new professional opportunities. Earlier this month, under Giancarlo's leadership, Cisco reorganized its Development Organization and established the Development Council, chartered with driving ... - Cisco Completes the Acquisition of Navini Networks
SAN JOSE, Calif., - December 19, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Navini Networks, Inc., a leader in the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005 broadband wireless industry. Navini is a pioneer in the integration of "Smart Beamforming" technologies with Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas, a combination that improves the performance and range for WiMAX services and lowers the overall deployment and operational costs for service providers. Navini's ... - AmRest Holding Streamlines Communication and Collaboration Among Its Offices and Restaurants with Cisco Unified Communications
WARSAW, December 19, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that AmRest Holding, one of the largest restaurant chains in Central and Eastern Europe, is creating a new, collaborative work environment with Cisco Unified Communications. AmRest employees can now use the most appropriate channel of communication and access all collaborative applications on the network, no matter where they are. The project also includes the implementation of a new wide-area network (WAN) connecting 171 sites in Poland ... - IP Phones Give Island Resort A 'Connected' Room with a View
December 18, 2007 Business Challenge Sonora Resort, located on Sonora Island, just off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, is renowned as a salmon fishing and wildlife paradise. In recent years the resort has added conference and spa facilities, helping it achieve five-star status. It caters to a high-end clientele seeking to "get away from it all" without losing all the conveniences of modern-day life, such as Internet access and telephony service. The resort is ... - Nordic Region Still Leads Network Readiness Index - but for How Long?
LONDON, December 18, 2007 - A report based on research from the World Economic Forum and INSEAD, published today, highlights the continuing dominance of the Nordic region in measures of information technology readiness but also points to factors that could undermine this success. As competition becomes truly global, advanced economies realize that their success depends on the acquisition, building and sharing of knowledge. To accomplish this in a sustainable manner, a country must invest in ... - Cisco Issues Inaugural Report on Global Security Landscape
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dec. 18, 2007 - In an effort to shed greater light on growing trends involving security threats around the world, Cisco® announced the release of its first annual report on the global state of security. The report spotlights the risks and challenges that businesses, government organizations and consumers increasingly face and offers suggestions on guarding against them. The 2007 Cisco Annual Security Report, released in conjunction with the launch of the ... - Jamcracker Brings WebEx WebOffice Suite to Service Providers Worldwide
SAN JOSE, Calif., December 17, 2007 - On-demand collaboration applications and services leader WebEx, now part of Cisco®, and Jamcracker, an on-demand services delivery company, today announced that they are working together to allow service providers to offer WebEx WebOffice through the Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN). WebEx WebOffice improves team productivity with hosted e-mail, access to web meetings, document sharing, group calendaring, task management, threaded ... - Cisco to Provide Update on Technology Innovation and Market Drivers for Enterprise Mobility, including 802.11n
What: On Dec. 19, 2007, Cisco's chief technology officer for its Access Networking and Services Group, which has responsibility over both Ethernet and wireless products, will review the state of the enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) marketplace, discuss business and technology factors driving today's broader mobility trends and describe how the company's continued innovation - such as next-generation wireless architectures involving 802.11n and seamless ... - Cisco Capital and Standard Chartered Bank Launch Financing Program to Help Accelerate the Growth of Small to Medium- sized Businesses in United Arab Emirates
16th December 2007, United Arab Emirates: Cisco CapitalTM and Standard Chartered Bank today announced a new financing program designed to increase the deployment of world-class information technology solutions by small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United Arab Emirates. Under the program, SMB customers can obtain loans, underwritten by Standard Chartered, at competitive rates to purchase Cisco technology solutions. Available through Cisco ... - Calling All Entrepreneurs! Cisco Launches 'Extreme Business Makeover' Contest to Help Small Business Grow with Technology
TORONTO - December 13, 2007 - Business transformation may be around the corner for your company thanks to a new contest from Cisco® Canada. Continuing its commitment to helping small and medium-sized businesses grow with networking technology, Cisco Canada today announced the Extreme Business Makeover contest. The con