Cisco Small Business Router Means Big Business; Cisco 1600 Series Surpasses Record Milestone.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. 5, 1998--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 ) announced today that it has shipped more than 250,000 Cisco 1600 series small office routers, the first Cisco product line to achieve this milestone in under 21 months. The Cisco 1600 series, announced in October 1996, was designed specifically for small and growing businesses and small branch offices. The Cisco 1600 series delivers flexibility, modularity and investment protection. It surpassed the 100,000 unit mark in November of 1997 just one year after introduction and the 200,000 unit mark in May 1998. Named the best ISDN router A device that enables several users on a network to access the Internet via ISDN. Also known as an ISDN LAN modem, it contains a BRI ISDN port and an Ethernet port. It may also provide several Ethernet ports, which lets it serve as a central Ethernet hub for a small workgroup. of the year in 1997 by PC Magazine, the Cisco 1600 series are the routers of choice among small and growing businesses. The Cisco 1600 series consists of five models each optimized to meet specific LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN requirements for small office applications. The Cisco 1600 series is the leading component in the Cisco Networked Office stack, a suite of stackable desktop products, designed to meet the networked business requirements of small and growing companies. "Inexpensive, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and serial dial-up routers appear to be the solution of choice for small businesses and small branch offices to connect to the outside world," said Tam Dell'Oro, principal analyst at the Dell'Oro Group. "This market segment is the strongest growth segment in the router market, growing 70 percent in 1997. Having captured 28 percent of this segment, Cisco is roughly twice the size of its closest competitor, reflecting Cisco's success in serving the small business market." Howard Charney, senior vice president of Small/Medium Business at Cisco said, "We thank all of our customers for selecting and using Cisco products to connect people, computing devices and computer networks together all over the world. The quarter million unit milestone for the Cisco 1600 series reminds us of how important our customers are." 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:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. 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 and Cisco Systems are trademarks, and Cisco and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
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