Cisco and NEC Announce Global Alliance for Enterprise Voice Over IP Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2000 Companies to Promote Shared Vision for Single Integrated Data, Voice and Video Architecture -- Cisco AVVID AVVID Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (Cisco) AVVID Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data 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. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation (Nasdaq:NIPNY) today announced an alliance designed to provide enterprise customers with a cost-effective strategy for seamless migration to a single IP-based voice, video and data infrastructure. Through the newly established alliance, Cisco and NEC will work to achieve a smooth integration of NEC communications products including PBXs, applications and devices with products based on Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data), including Cisco CallManager. The collaboration includes global sales and marketing programs, interoperability verification between products based on Cisco AVVID and NEC's voice networking products, and the creation of innovative applications in the areas of call control, media integration, IP phones and computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration . In addition, NEC's worldwide channel and systems integration resources will be used for installation and ongoing support of these solutions. "This noteworthy alliance between two global leaders in data and telecommunications in the enterprise network arena provides customers with true converged multiservice networks," said Kazunori Kiuchi, associate senior vice president and executive general manager of NEC Networks. "NEC's prominent global position in the telecom industry, combined with Cisco's IP leadership for voice and data services, delivers an entirely new level of investment protection to our customers, providing an assured migration path to IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. and interoperability with Cisco's IP architecture." "By expanding our relationship with NEC to include collaboration on the Cisco AVVID vision, we are able to provide our joint customers with a cost-effective IP telephony option that taps NEC's extensive channel and systems integration capabilities," said James Richardson, senior vice president of Cisco's enterprise line of business. "In addition, the joint development agreement component of this alliance pools the voice and IP expertise from both companies to rapidly bring innovative new IP-based applications to market." The Cisco-NEC relationship aims to globally expand the collaboration the two companies have historically demonstrated at a regional level. In Japan, NEC has a broad OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and arrangement with Cisco, providing joint solutions to the market. In the United States, NEC is one of the largest system integrators for Cisco; and in Australia, NEC and Cisco operate under a joint marketing agreement. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (Nasdaq:NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. :6701q.l) is a leading provider of Internet solutions, dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its customers in the key computer, network and electron device fields through its three market-focused in-house companies: NEC Solutions, NEC Networks and NEC Electron Devices. NEC Corporation, with its in-house companies, employs more than 150,000 people worldwide and saw net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of 4,991 billion Yen (approx. U.S. $48 billion) in fiscal year 1999-2000. For further information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec-global.com. About NEC America, Inc. NEC America, Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corporation (Nasdaq:NIPNY), develops, manufactures and markets a complete line of advanced communications products and software for public and private networks, including digital key telephone and 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). systems; ATM switching systems; cellular telephones; facsimile equipment; videoconferencing equipment; fiber optic transmission systems; data communications products; digital microwave radio; satellite communications and network management systems. For more information: http://www.necamerica.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. NEC's PBX systems are marketed under the registered trademark NEAX NEAX Nippon Electric Automated Exchange in the United States and Australia and APEX in Japan. |
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