Cisco Expands 2600 Series of Modular Access Routers; Extends Investment Protection to Token Ring and Mixed-LAN Environments In Remote Branch Offices.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)--Aug. 24, 1998--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced the Cisco 2612 and Cisco 2613 modular access routers - two additions to the cost-effective Cisco 2600 series of routers. The new routers extend the reach of Cisco multiservice solutions into Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. and mixed-LAN environments in remote branch offices. The routers' modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. , as with the entire Cisco 2600 series, enables customers to adopt new technologies and accommodate network expansion, protecting customers' technology investment and lowering the overall cost of connecting remote branch offices to corporate networks. The Cisco 2600 series modular access router family, announced in March of this year, is a key component of Cisco's data/voice/video integration strategy, enabling corporate customers to consolidate data, voice and video traffic to reduce costs, deploy new business applications and improve network efficiency. Combined with voice/fax gateway modules, the Cisco 2600 series can be used to take advantage of new applications, including Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. , call center trunking, and real-time fax relay. "The Cisco 2600 series router provides us with a cost-effective solution for integrating voice and data on our worldwide IP network," said Sidney Morgan, manager of data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. at Sybase, Inc. "Best of all, we won't be faced with a 'forklift' upgrade a few months down the road if we need to add a new service or interface. The addition of the Tok services, Internet/intranet access, secure virtual private networks (VPNs), and multiservice data/voice/video integration, offering customers a pay-as-you-go alternative for deploying network services. Investment Protection and Networ The new routers allow customers with Token Ring or mixed-LAN environments to protect current investments in network technology and benefit from the trend toward network co 2600 series extends the versatility, integratorts, while the Cisco 2613 has a single Token R, the Cisco 2600 series routers support integra routing and analog or digital remote access in the branch office. (See separate announcement, "Cisco Announces New Dial Capabilities for 3600 and 2600 Series Routers.") Customers deploying ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line access can use the new 25-Mbps ATM network module to connect the Cisco 2600 series to ADSL modems such as the Cisco 626 ATM25 ADSL modem. Pricing and Availability The list prices for the Cisco 2612 and 2613 models are $2,995 and $2,495, respectively. Both products are available immediately. For more information, please refer to the Cisco 2600 series Web page at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/728/2600/literature.shtml. About 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. Cisco Systems, Inc. (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 ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Cisco Systems, Inc. Sharon Power, 512/249-3142 (PR) shpower@cisco.com or Wendy Roberts, 408/527-9311 (IR) werobert@cisco.com |
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