Cisco Systems Delivers Unified Communications to Reuters; Number of Cisco Unity Licenses Shipped Reaches 3 Million with Reuters.LONDON -- 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:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced that it reached another major milestone by shipping its 3 millionth Cisco(R) Unity(TM) unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. client. This milestone Unity user license was delivered to Reuters Group plc, the world's largest international multimedia news agency. "Reuters is relied upon by financial professionals, media organisations, and consumers around the world to provide fast, and accurate, news and financial information. To ensure we meet these goals we require instantaneous global communications," said David Lister, Reuters' chief information officer. "Delivering efficient communications services over a converged IP network is a fundamental component of 'Smart Working', part of our business transformation programme. We are integrating mobile devices and e-mail with Cisco Unity and IP phones to ensure that our employees have anytime, anywhere access to all types of communications. This mobile unified messaging capability helps us achieve our mission of ensuring our information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe based on our reputation for speed, accuracy, and independence." Reuters will be deploying Cisco technologies extensively to create a secure Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP)-based network infrastructure that will support all of its business communications requirements including voice, data, video telephony See videophone. and IP TV. Reuters selected Cisco Unity Unified Messaging for more than 4,600 users as a part of its global IP Communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. solution that will be used to improve productivity and flexibility while reducing overall communications costs. By integrating Cisco Unity with their Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. e-mail environment, Reuters is providing access to voice messages from the Outlook inbox, as well as text-to-speech access to e-mail messages from mobile phones, and SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. notification of new voice messages. The financial information company also plans to consolidate voice and e-mail directory services to reduce costs associated with distribution lists, message storage, transport and other ongoing operational expenses. "Reuters' unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. solution is a prime example of how customers are converging the user experience through the power of IP," said Kevin Chestnut, General Manager of Cisco's Enterprise Voice Communications Software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems business unit. "Our market momentum in messaging is increasing rapidly as more enterprises realize a direct competitive advantage by completely integrating applications and virtualizing services across an intelligent network infrastructure." Tim Stone marked the delivery of the 3 millionth Cisco Unity licence with a presentation to David Lister at Reuters' Fleet Street headquarters in London. In December 2003, Cisco announced that it had delivered its 2 millionth Unity seat, a milestone that took the company nearly three years to achieve. Since then, Cisco has shipped an additional 1 million messaging seats to customers. Cisco's next generation of unified communications systems are helping more than 12,000 organizations worldwide realize the benefits of anytime, anywhere communications to increase business productivity and flexibility. About Reuters Reuters (www.about.reuters.com), the global information company, provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , media and corporate markets. Our information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe based on our reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. We have 14,700 staff in 92 countries, including some 2,300 editorial staff in 197 bureaux serving approximately 130 countries, making Reuters the world's largest international multimedia news agency. In 2003, the Reuters Group had revenues of GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. 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. 3.2 billion. Reuters and the sphere logo are the trade-marks of the Reuters group of companies. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, this year celebrates 20 years of commitment to technology innovation, industry leadership, and corporate social responsibility. Information on Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. 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