Cisco Completes Purchase of Select Assets of Digital Fairway Corporation; Provisioning Platform Asset Purchase Reinforces Commitment to IP Communications Management.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced the close of its purchase of select intellectual property and other assets other assets Assets of relatively small value. For financial reporting purposes, firms frequently combine small assets into a single category rather than listing each item separately. of Digital Fairway Corporation of Toronto, Canada. Cisco will purchase the IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. Provisioner product and development team, and license other software assets and intellectual property which will form the foundation for Cisco's IP Communications Provisioning Manager, a new enterprise-class IP communications provisioning product to be released in 2006. Cisco will also incorporate the assets into its lifecycle services framework. The purchase of these assets will enhance Cisco's ability to develop a unified, automated enterprise-class provisioning platform supporting its full range of IP communications products. This purchase further demonstrates Cisco's commitment to improving the manageability of its IP communications solutions to accelerate the adoption of IP communications and to enhance the customer experience. IP Communications Provisioning Manager when released in 2006 as part of Cisco's IP communications management suite, will enable rapid enterprise-wide IP telephony deployment by simplifying and automating operations through workflow-based unified provisioning. In addition to user and dial plan provisioning, it will also support change management using a database of record. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 15.25 million in cash in exchange for intellectual property, a license, and software assets from Digital Fairway Corporation. Selected members of the software development team will become Cisco employees. The team and assets will become part of Cisco's Network Management Technology Group, joining the CDIC CDIC Chronic Diseases In Canada (journal) CDIC Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation CDIC Carbon Dioxide Information Center CDIC Center for Data Intensive Computing (BNL) (Campus, Data Center and IP Communications) group led by Vice President Clive Foreman. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, celebrates 20 years of commitment to technology innovation, industry leadership, and corporate social responsibility. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information. |
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