Cisco launches new routing and switching solutions

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DQChannels Bureau
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Bangalore

October 1st, 2007

Cisco has introduced new products and service innovations to enable greater
business productivity and operational efficiency in enterprise branch offices.
Collectively, the new products and services allow customers to standardize their
branch architecture on a set of security, unified communications, application
acceleration and wireless services to optimize branch performance and cost. The
new solutions include Cisco 1861integrated services router (ISR); Cisco catalyst
2960 series switches with LAN lite Cisco IOS software; Cisco intrusion
prevention system advanced integration module (IPS AIM); Cisco IOS performance
routing (PfR) and high-end Cisco wide area application services (WAAS) network
module; wireless LAN controller support for IEEE 802.11n and Cisco unified
messaging gateway.

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"With the emergence of new business applications and a more
collaborative global business environment, our customers are putting a greater
emphasis on their remote offices," said Marie Hattar, senior director of
network systems at Cisco. "Cisco empowered branch allows them to take
advantage of new business opportunities by providing them with a network
platform that addresses all their application and service needs and continuously
evolves to provide service innovations required for the future."

The Cisco 1861 ISR is available now starting at a U.S. list price of $3,995.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Lite series switches are available now starting at a
U.S. list price of $995. The Cisco unified messaging gateway is scheduled to be
available in November 2007, starting at a U.S. list price of $9,000 for 250
nodes. The Cisco IPS AIM is scheduled to be available in November 2007, starting
at a U.S. list price of $3,000. The Cisco PfR software is available now; service
provider services or higher IOS feature set is needed. The Cisco wide area
application services network module NME 522 is available now, starting at an
introductory promotional U.S. list price of $6,950.