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• 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 contest winner will receive a complete Cisco Unified Communications system for up to 50 users valued up to $77,000. An independent panel of judges will review contest ...
• Data Center Consolidation at the State of Oregon
  Representative Chuck Riley is Chair of the Government Accountability and Information Technology in the Oregon House of Representatives. As such, he had oversight authority for the Computing and Networking Infrastructure Consolidation (CNIC) project that has now become the Oregon State Data Center. Rep. Riley spoke to News@Cisco about the goals and benefits of the project from the user side. What are the goals and objectives the Legislature has for the Data ...
• 90 per Cent of European Broadband Users are Ready for a 'Connected Life'
  AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, December 12, 2007 - According to new research from the Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), broadband users in Western Europe may be even more interested in living 'The Connected Life' than U.S. consumers [1], and many are willing to pay for the value a service like this can provide. Ninety-percent of European broadband users expressed an interest in a ...
• Cisco C-Scape 2007
  Cisco C-Scape 2007 December 11th-12th, 2007 Cisco's C-Scape 2007 is a thought-provoking industry event where the analyst and press communities, as well as other influencers and ...
• Unified Communications Helps Manage Home Healthcare Franchises
  December 11, 2007 Nurse Next Door is a Vancouver-headquartered business that provides in-home care services on a franchise model. These services range from companionship to complex medical and palliative care. For founders John DeHart and Ken Sim, the genesis of Nurse Next Door grew out of personal experience and frustration with the lack of consistent and comprehensive in-home care services. Network Solution "During pregnancy, my wife was confined to bed ...
• Cisco Partner GET Drives Technology Deployment for World's Largest Truck Stop
  December 11, 2007 The words "truck stop" may not conjure up the image of a technology-forward operation, yet Iowa 80, which owns and operates the world's largest truckstop, is pushing the technology envelope in its market. When it opened in 1964, the Iowa 80 Truckstop was a typical truck stop: a small building with two diesel pumps, a lube bay, and a tiny restaurant where tired drivers could get a cup of coffee and a stack of pancakes. But as the Interstate highway system expanded, ...
• Cisco to Keynote at Sanford C. Bernstein Virtualization and the Data Center Investor Symposium
  SAN JOSE Calif., December 10, 2007 - Cisco announced today that Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president, data center, switching and services group will give a keynote presentation at the Sanford C. Bernstein Virtualization and the Data Center Investor Symposium on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 11:45 a.m. PST/2:45 p.m. EST. Interested parties can view this event on Cisco's Web site at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors. ...
• Cisco Inaugurates East African Headquarters in Nairobi
  NAIROBI, Kenya, December 10, 2007 - On the 27th November 2007, Cisco® formally inaugurated its East African headquarters in Nairobi. The offices, which will be one of the key strategic hubs for the sub-Saharan African market, will also serve as a training and competency centre as well as a reference site. In sub-Saharan Africa, Cisco now has offices in Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Dakar and South Africa. "As Cisco evolves into a truly global company, its presence in Africa is increasingly ...
• AT&T Deploys Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS-1) to Support Advanced Residential and Business Services
  SAN JOSE, Calif. - December 10, 2006 - Cisco® today announced that AT&T has selected the Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS-1) as the core platform of its IP/MPLS backbone network. The AT&T network delivers voice, video, data and mobility services to residential and business customers worldwide. "High availability and scalability are extremely important to AT&T as our customer base and service portfolios continue to grow," said Kaveh Hushyar, senior vice president, Network ...
• Cisco TelePresence Achieves Historic 100 Customer Milestone in First Year
  SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dec. 10, 2007 - On the one-year anniversary of Cisco® TelePresence, the breakthrough technology for virtual "in person" communications, Cisco today announced it has reached the milestone of 100 customers deploying units in over 40 countries. Businesses around the world are adopting Cisco TelePresence as a way to accelerate decision making, improve communications, speed products to market and scale scarce resources. "Cisco TelePresence is the fastest-growing ...
• Cisco Announces Evolution of Development Organization
  SAN JOSE, Calif. - December