Cisco Delivers Fourth Phase of Data, Voice and Video Integration Strategy; Campus Multiservice Networking Offers Alternative to Traditional PBX Systems.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998--Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), today announced that it is delivering the fourth phase of its data, voice and video integration strategy. Multiservice networking, offering greater network flexibility, integration and control, expedites new application deployment and reduces network costs of ownership in the enterprise. In the fourth phase of the five-phase Cisco data, voice and video integration strategy, campus multiservice networking brings robust voice and video onto campus and branch office data infrastructures. Cisco will also offer network PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). system capabilities and expanded campus, WAN, and branch connectivity, making it possible for the enterprise to build a single communications infrastructure. To support enterprise-wide telephony, the fourth phase includes extensive Quality of Service (QoS) enhancements across IP and ATM technologies, delivered within Cisco IOS Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is the software used on the vast majority of Cisco Systems routers and all current Cisco network switches. IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions tightly integrated with a (R) software. This highlights the emergence of voice as another network application using policy networking under the CiscoAssure initiative. This will be further enhanced in the fifth phase of the Cisco multiservice strategy. "Conversion of data, voice and video onto a single network enables our company to deliver a new level of communications, at a new price point, to a new business," said Steve Conkling, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Park'N'View, Inc., America's only provider of telecommunications, data and entertainment services to the long-haul trucking industry. "Our Cisco multiservice network allows us to pass significant savings on to the one million professional truck drivers subscribing to our unique system." Network PBX On Oct. 14, 1998, Cisco announced its intention to acquire Selsius Systems Selsius Systems was a company in the late-1990s that developed and marketed some of the first IP based telephony gear. Selsius was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998. Products , Inc. (See related press release, dated Oct. 14, 1998.) This acquisition will provide key components for Cisco to offer a new-world alternative to the traditional, closed, proprietary PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, . Selsius server-based call management technologies and IP telephones, across Cisco multiservice network infrastructure, will provide more scalable, flexible telephony capabilities at a lower cost. "Customers facing PBX replacements, enlargements and upgrades now have another option -- the network PBX," said Peter Alexander, vice president of enterprise marketing at Cisco Systems. "Cisco is leading the way in rearchitecture of voice onto a distributed, open, lower-cost communications infrastructure for data, voice and video." Significant Product Enhancements New product capabilities in the fourth phase roll out include voice over IP modules for the AS5300 access concentrator series and multiservice extensions for the 7200 series routers. (See related press release, dated Nov. 3, 1998, "Cisco Announces Higher Performance 7200 Series Routers with Multiservice Extensions.") Campus switch enhancements delivered in this phase include circuit-emulation capability for the Cisco Catalyst(R) 8540 and virtual switch controller readiness for both the LightStream(R) 1010 and Catalyst 8540. Connecting the multiservice campus to the WAN is the new Cisco IGX IGX Inspector General Exercise IGX Intelligraphics (Dallas, TX, USA company; developer of computer device drivers) IGX Integrated Services Digital Network Gateway Exchange IGX Integrated Gigabit Exchange IGX Integrated Gigabit Switch (TM) 8450 IP/ATM switch -- also virtual switch c Small Offices and Corporate Telecommuters.") Also, Multiprotocol Label Switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important. (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. )/tag switching is introduced as an IP and ATM-unifying technology for enterprise on are available at http://www.cisco.com. certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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