Cisco and Whirlpool Team to Build Networked Home Solutions, Including Internet Ready Products and Services.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CES 2000 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000 Cisco Internet Home Gateway Brings High Speed Internet Access See how to access the Internet. and Services to the Home 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., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet and Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances,with annual sales of approximately $18 billion, more than 73,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WHR WHR World Health Report WHR Waist-to-Hip Ratio WHR Welsh Highland Railway (UK) WHR Western Hemisphere Region WHR Watt Hour WHR Witch Hunter Robin (anime) WHR Waste Heat Recovery ), the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances today announced an agreement to jointly develop a complete line of Networked Home Solutions, including Internet ready products and services. The new Internet-enabled home solutions from Whirlpool will be based on Cisco's Internet home platform being launched at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada. Cisco also announced the Internet Home Gateway, a new consumer product category based on its open Internet platform that will offer consumers "always on" services to use the power of the Internet throughout the home. This announcement strongly supports Whirlpool's global business strategy providing innovative branded solutions to consumers for the activities in and around the home. As a part of that strategy, this relationship underscores Whirlpool's efforts to accelerate the deployment of Internet-enabled products and services outfitted with broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. . "Our relationship with Cisco allows Whirlpool to introduce broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a to consumers in the next generation home, worldwide. The new home gateway, along with superior programming, will allow Whirlpool's next generation of branded products and services to become more intelligent by interacting with the consumer and the Internet," said Whirlpool Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Ronald L. Kerber. "Whirlpool is looking forward to working with Cisco to make the networked home concept a reality for a broad range of consumers, worldwide." "High-speed Internet See broadband. connections to the home is an important step to building true Internet homes," said Don Listwin, Cisco Executive Vice President, consumer and service provider lines of business. "This new technology will help consumers use the power of the Internet in their daily lives to change the way they work, live, play and learn." Using Cisco's open technology, Whirlpool is developing the next generation of its products and services with the capability to communicate with the Internet. Whirlpool will market Cisco's Internet Home Gateway as an integral component of its Network Home Solution Package, and Whirlpool is developing a complete line of appliances and enhanced services that will be connected and controlled through Cisco's Internet Home Gateway. Consumers with Cisco's Internet Home Gateway will be able to easily connect Whirlpool's networked appliances with multiple Internet devices such as Computers, PCs and TVs through standard phone jacks throughout the house. Prototypes of an Internet connected refrigerator and oven using Cisco's open technology will be displayed at CES, January 6-9, 2000 in Las Vegas. A networked refrigerator will include a portable handheld device with a home base on the door. The new device allows consumers to remotely monitor and control the networked appliances and to access a host of other Internet-based products and services for the home. For example a Whirlpool networked oven will enable consumers to download recipes from an integrated browser, and automatically program the oven according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the recipe. These prototypes are just the first of a complete line of products that Whirlpool has under development. 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 About Whirlpool Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Headquartered in Benton Harbor, the company manufactures in 13 countries and markets products under 11 major brand names in more than 170 countries. Additional information about the company can be found on the Internet at www.WhirlpoolCorp.com. Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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