Cisco Systems and Conxion Collaborate to Deliver High Speed Fault-Tolerant Internet Network for E-business Services.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. 3, 1999-- Conxion's Innovative Use of Reliable Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. Enables Company's Leadership 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. , the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and Conxion Corporation, a nationwide all-internet protocol (IP) fiber-optic network and data center operator, today announced that Conxion has deployed one of the most fault-tolerant, high-performance IP networks in the US, exclusively using Cisco's newest equipment for critical network infrastructure. As a participant in the Cisco Powered Network(tm) program, "Conxion is an early adopter in deploying a collapsed redundant gigabit network utilizing the Gigabit Switch Router Cisco's trade name for its high-end layer 3 switch routers. (GSR See Gigabit Switch Router. ) 12000," said Graeme Fraser, vice president and general manager for Cisco's Optical Internetworking Business Unit. "By delivering dedicated IP optical connectivity, customers gain reliable, private and secure bandwidth solutions built on Cisco's superiority in IP networking and New World services." Conxion, the industry leader in high-performance downloads, provides backbone and network services such as Internet access See how to access the Internet. , Web hosting, application-hosting and advanced security services to large customers like Microsoft and Internet pure-play companies such as Ariba and Stamps.com who are delivering the next generation of Internet applications. In order to do this, Conxion created its own OC-192 fiber backbone and nationwide data centers, deploying a signature Packet over SONET A metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN) transport technology that carries IP packets directly over SONET transmission without any data link facility such as ATM in between. (PoS) mesh network architecture that offers redundancy and fault-tolerance from the fiber layers and network architecture down to the device level. "We ask CIOs to bet their careers on us and that means no failure," said Antonio Salerno, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Conxion. "Working with Cisco has allowed us to push the boundaries of IP engineering. By upgrading to Cisco's GSR 12000, Conxion is able to provide our customers the highest performance and greatest reliability in the most demanding application environments in the world." Conxion relies on Cisco's GSR 12000 configured with multiple interfaces for its bandwidth requirements. "We recently stress tested Cisco's GSRs," said Rod Scott, Conxion's director of network technology. "We pushed them to as much as 490Mbps on a single interface for sustained periods of time. The GSR was able to sustain traffic loads up to 800 Mbps. with no problem. I'm happy to say that the Cisco gear was one thing we didn't have to worry about." Conxion uses dozens of Cisco routers at its network's edges and core. At the edge of its network, Conxion uses the Cisco GSR 12000 configured with multiple, high-speed interfaces at OC3, OC12 and OC 48 capacities to manage external traffic. Also, Conxion's network is supported by Cisco support solutions. SMARTnet(tm) provides Conxion enhancement and maintenance support resources and includes 24x7x365 access to Cisco Connection Online (CCO (Chief or Corporate Compliance Officer) The executive person in charge of compliance issues, regulatory requirements, internal controls and managing audits within an enterprise or organization. ), Cisco's award-winning interactive support tool, operating system software refresh on demand, 24x7x365 access to the Technical Assistance Center (TAC 1. TAC - Translator Assembler-Compiler. For Philco 2000. 2. TAC - Terminal Access Controller. ), and 4 hour advance parts replacement. About Conxion Conxion Corporation is a rapidly growing, independent Internet provider headquartered in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara, Calif.). Building on its industry leading competence in managing high volume downloads, Conxion is helping a wide variety of E-businesses bring their applications to the Web. Conxion's resources include a nationwide tier one, all-IP network; strategically located data centers; Internet access; and expertise in security, high-performance hosting, application development, and other managed services. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. 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