Hyundai Motor Unites Korea Operations with Cisco Systems Solution; Integrates Sales Offices, Factories and R&D Centers into Single Network.SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 1999-- Hyundai Motor Company The Hyundai Motor Company, a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is South Korea's largest and the world's sixth largest Automaker.[1] Its headquarters are in Seoul, South Korea. , the largest automobile maker in Korea, has selected an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. from 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. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) to connect 350 sales offices in six cities across Korea on a single Wide Area Network (WAN). The cities include Taejon, Taegu, Kwangju, Pusan, Ulsan and Jeonju. In addition, Hyundai Motors plans to expand its network to encompass acquired companies such as Kia Motors “Kia” redirects here. For other uses, see KIA. Kia Motors is South Korea's 2nd largest automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Its CEO is Chung Eui-sun. The American arm is Kia Motors America. , Asia Motors and Hyundai Precision & Industry, eventually creating a single IP-based (Internet Protocol) network incorporating more than 1,000 sites across Korea. During the project's initial phase, Hyundai Motors will use the Cisco platform to set up an integrated WAN infrastructure that connects the Local Area Network (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. ) at headquarters with its distributed sales office network. Hyundai Motors created the new network infrastructure by adding nodes to its existing ATM backbone and uniting its isolated networks across Korea with a full array of Cisco 7500, 7200, 3600, and 2600 routers. A mix of T1 and E1 lines connect Seoul headquarters with branch offices in six cities, which are then linked with smaller sales offices via 512 kbps connections backed up by ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. . By building its new, unified network with Cisco, Hyundai Motors expects an immediate gain in the competitiveness of its sales force, through instant access to databases containing critical customer information, on-the-fly order entry and tracking, transparent inventory management, and flexible delivery set-up. In addition, the system infrastructure will allow Hyundai to maximize its business efficiency by integrating financial and procurement applications with EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. and manufacturing systems. The project is also an essential step towards fulfilling Hyundai Motors's vision of migrating to an integrated voice/video/data IP network that covers all of Korea. By integrating multiple services onto a single network, the company expects to see substantial savings from reduced line costs and greater ease of management. According to Hyundai Motors's internal estimates, annual charges for data and voice lines currently amount to 250 million won (U.S. $200,000), and the company expects this cost to be halved when the new network is fully online. "One of the prime reasons why our solution stood out was its straightforward upgrade path to more advanced network services such as VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , Voice over IP and other sophisticated communications services," said Dr. Sung-Won Hong, president of Cisco Systems Korea. "Apart from scalability, reliability and efficiency are also key, so features such as dynamic rerouting and line dualization to aggregate bandwidth were critical to Hyundai Motors." About Hyundai Group From its foundations as a small construction firm in 1947, the Hyundai Group has grown to become one of the largest combined firms in the world, holding interests in semiconductors, electronics, automobile manufacturing, shipbuilding, overseas construction, and shipping to compete aggressively in the world market. More information on Hyundai Motor Company is available at www.hmc.co.kr. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com. Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo, and Cisco IOS are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. 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