I just stumbled on CCIE Downunder’s Blog and saw the news that he is now a CCIE. This is great news so please head over to his Blog and congratulate him.
]]>I just stumbled on CCIE Downunder’s Blog and saw the news that he is now a CCIE. This is great news so please head over to his Blog and congratulate him.
]]>Well looks like the wait is over. Browsing through Cisco Learning Network this afternoon, I found out that Ryan Hicks is CCDE #20080001.
Now we have to wait and see what all the other Big Guns achieved. There were a few well-known guys at the CCDE lab so let’s hope we have more than one CCDE.
]]>Well looks like the wait is over. Browsing through Cisco Learning Network this afternoon, I found out that Ryan Hicks is CCDE #20080001.
Now we have to wait and see what all the other Big Guns achieved. There were a few well-known guys at the CCDE lab so let’s hope we have more than one CCDE.
]]>I have been working on QoS and yeah it has been slow. I want to take my time in covering every single topic. Here is where I stand as of right now.
VI. QoS
I am hoping to finish QoS this afternoon and move on to multicast. If I have to spend all day today just on QoS I will do that. I want to make sure that I don’t leave anything that will come back and bite me in the behind.
]]>I have been working on QoS and yeah it has been slow. I want to take my time in covering every single topic. Here is where I stand as of right now.
VI. QoS
I am hoping to finish QoS this afternoon and move on to multicast. If I have to spend all day today just on QoS I will do that. I want to make sure that I don’t leave anything that will come back and bite me in the behind.
]]>Cisco next year will unveil a new release of its unified communications software that will let companies more effectively collaborate with each other.
The new 2009 release will enable intercompany collaboration among business partners, suppliers and customers, according to Barry O’Sullivan, senior vice president of Cisco’s Voice Technology group. Currently, Cisco’s Unified Communications System 7.0, which was unveiled in September, enables companies to collaborate internally. “In 2009, you’ll see business-to-business unified communications” from Cisco, O’Sullivan said. “We have 60,000 customers and there’s a huge opportunity to connect them all over the Internet.”
O’Sullivan made his remarks during an interview at Cisco’s C-Scape analyst conference here this week.
Unified communications companies are currently hammering out standards for intercompany collaboration, O’Sullivan says. But those efforts will take a while, and Cisco will ship a prestandard intercompany version of its Unified Communications Systems next year, he says.
The software will let IT organizations configure security and quality of service policies for communications with companies they trust, O’Sullivan says. It will employ the Session Initiation Protocol for call set up and allow companies to establish presence “federations” for groups of collaborative workers.
Cisco’s WebEx Connect product, which also debuted last September, will be the tool by which these companies can federate, O’Sullivan says.
Cisco currently has prototypes to demonstrate the capabilities of the new software but no trials as yet. Target trial customers include those in the supply chain and manufacturing verticals, O’Sullivan says.
The system will allow users to build hybrid on-premises/on-demand intercompany collaboration networks which combine the capabilities of Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager IP telephony platforms and WebEx Internet conferencing system. Video will also be a key component of the system but may not be accessible from mobile devices due to bandwidth limitations of wireless networks, O’Sullivan says.
Sales of Cisco’s Unified Communications products grew 22% year-over-year in the company’s fiscal first quarter. Cisco has deployed 18 million IP business phones since entering the market in 1999; O’Sullivan says there’s an opportunity to deploy 320 million more.
]]>Cisco next year will unveil a new release of its unified communications software that will let companies more effectively collaborate with each other.
The new 2009 release will enable intercompany collaboration among business partners, suppliers and customers, according to Barry O’Sullivan, senior vice president of Cisco’s Voice Technology group. Currently, Cisco’s Unified Communications System 7.0, which was unveiled in September, enables companies to collaborate internally. “In 2009, you’ll see business-to-business unified communications” from Cisco, O’Sullivan said. “We have 60,000 customers and there’s a huge opportunity to connect them all over the Internet.”
O’Sullivan made his remarks during an interview at Cisco’s C-Scape analyst conference here this week.
Unified communications companies are currently hammering out standards for intercompany collaboration, O’Sullivan says. But those efforts will take a while, and Cisco will ship a prestandard intercompany version of its Unified Communications Systems next year, he says.
The software will let IT organizations configure security and quality of service policies for communications with companies they trust, O’Sullivan says. It will employ the Session Initiation Protocol for call set up and allow companies to establish presence “federations” for groups of collaborative workers.
Cisco’s WebEx Connect product, which also debuted last September, will be the tool by which these companies can federate, O’Sullivan says.
Cisco currently has prototypes to demonstrate the capabilities of the new software but no trials as yet. Target trial customers include those in the supply chain and manufacturing verticals, O’Sullivan says.
The system will allow users to build hybrid on-premises/on-demand intercompany collaboration networks which combine the capabilities of Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager IP telephony platforms and WebEx Internet conferencing system. Video will also be a key component of the system but may not be accessible from mobile devices due to bandwidth limitations of wireless networks, O’Sullivan says.
Sales of Cisco’s Unified Communications products grew 22% year-over-year in the company’s fiscal first quarter. Cisco has deployed 18 million IP business phones since entering the market in 1999; O’Sullivan says there’s an opportunity to deploy 320 million more.
]]>Cisco this week is unveiling enhancements to its Carrier Ethernet lineup designed to scale and upgrade services for business, residential and mobile users.
The product extensions include a doubling of the aggregation service capacity of the 7600 series metro Ethernet router with a new 40Gbps IP-over-wavelength division multiplexing (IPoWDM) line card; increased switching capacity for the ME 4500 Ethernet access platform; a new ME 3400 series device with a redundant power supply; and a cell-site router for mobile backhaul applications.
The product extensions are intended to address bandwidth demands resulting from the increased adoption of consumer and business IP services, driven chiefly by video. Cisco forecasts IP traffic to increase sixfold between 2007 and 2012, with video representing more than half the consumer traffic.
Similarly, mobile data is expected to grow by 125% from 2007 to 2012.
That sets the stage for the 40G line card for the 7600. The card delivers line-rate multicast and unicast along with per-subscriber hierarchical quality of service, Cisco says.
This line card doubles the per-slot capacity of the 7600 router.
Its IPoWDM capabilities extend this fiber capacity extension capability to the aggregation space of a service provider’s network, which could help them minimize the additional capital expenses associated with traffic growth. The IPoWDM interface enables 40Gbps throughput over existing 10Gbps optical transport networks, effectively quadrupling the performance of those networks.
This throughput gain is achieved without the purchase and operation of additional cross connects and transponders, which serve as the intermediary interconnects between routers and the optical plane, according to Cisco. Cisco recently announced IPoDWDM enhancements to its CRS-1 Carrier Routing System and XR 12000 Series Routers.
The ME 4500 access platform is designed to deliver Ethernet service to the home. The 4500 increases previous ME platform switching capacity by 2.5 times, to a total of 160Gbps, and increases per-slot capacity fourfold to 24Gbps.
The Cisco ME 3400E series delivers Ethernet services to businesses. It is designed to enhance availability and security for these services through its redundant power supply.
The new cell-site router is called the Mobile Wireless Router (MWR) 2941. It supports mobile-transport-over-pseudowire for backhaul of IP radio-access network traffic from the cell site over Carrier Ethernet, which may be more cost-effective that TDM circuits for backhaul.
Cisco also announced a network-availability service-level agreement for its Carrier Ethernet products. This contractual agreement between Cisco and service providers is intended to ensure optimal network performance, uptime and availability, Cisco says.
All new and enhanced products will be available in the fourth quarter.
]]>Cisco this week is unveiling enhancements to its Carrier Ethernet lineup designed to scale and upgrade services for business, residential and mobile users.
The product extensions include a doubling of the aggregation service capacity of the 7600 series metro Ethernet router with a new 40Gbps IP-over-wavelength division multiplexing (IPoWDM) line card; increased switching capacity for the ME 4500 Ethernet access platform; a new ME 3400 series device with a redundant power supply; and a cell-site router for mobile backhaul applications.
The product extensions are intended to address bandwidth demands resulting from the increased adoption of consumer and business IP services, driven chiefly by video. Cisco forecasts IP traffic to increase sixfold between 2007 and 2012, with video representing more than half the consumer traffic.
Similarly, mobile data is expected to grow by 125% from 2007 to 2012.
That sets the stage for the 40G line card for the 7600. The card delivers line-rate multicast and unicast along with per-subscriber hierarchical quality of service, Cisco says.
This line card doubles the per-slot capacity of the 7600 router.
Its IPoWDM capabilities extend this fiber capacity extension capability to the aggregation space of a service provider’s network, which could help them minimize the additional capital expenses associated with traffic growth. The IPoWDM interface enables 40Gbps throughput over existing 10Gbps optical transport networks, effectively quadrupling the performance of those networks.
This throughput gain is achieved without the purchase and operation of additional cross connects and transponders, which serve as the intermediary interconnects between routers and the optical plane, according to Cisco. Cisco recently announced IPoDWDM enhancements to its CRS-1 Carrier Routing System and XR 12000 Series Routers.
The ME 4500 access platform is designed to deliver Ethernet service to the home. The 4500 increases previous ME platform switching capacity by 2.5 times, to a total of 160Gbps, and increases per-slot capacity fourfold to 24Gbps.
The Cisco ME 3400E series delivers Ethernet services to businesses. It is designed to enhance availability and security for these services through its redundant power supply.
The new cell-site router is called the Mobile Wireless Router (MWR) 2941. It supports mobile-transport-over-pseudowire for backhaul of IP radio-access network traffic from the cell site over Carrier Ethernet, which may be more cost-effective that TDM circuits for backhaul.
Cisco also announced a network-availability service-level agreement for its Carrier Ethernet products. This contractual agreement between Cisco and service providers is intended to ensure optimal network performance, uptime and availability, Cisco says.
All new and enhanced products will be available in the fourth quarter.
]]>Nortel is reportedly entertaining bids from three companies, including Cisco, for its Metro Ethernet Networks business unit.
According to a report in the Canadian national newspaper Globe and Mail, companies most likely to bid on the $2 billion business include Cisco, Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens. The article does not say which of those companies is not bidding.
Nortel earlier this year said it would seek buyers for MEN in an effort to raise cash to fund other businesses the company considers more strategic. Nortel is having trouble rebounding after an accounting fraud scandal in 2004, compounded by the current gloomy global economy.
Various analysts estimate that Nortel could fetch between $1 billion and $2 billion for MEN, though the current economic climate might lower that value.
The Globe and Mail story also says Nortel is looking to sell more assets instead of filing for bankruptcy. One of them might be the company’s Carrier Networks business, Nortel’s bedrock.
Selling off Carrier Networks would end the century-old relationship between Nortel and the telecommunications industry, the story notes. Nortel is North America’s largest supplier of telephone equipment.
Nortel would then be left with its Enterprise and Services businesses, which include Ethernet switches, routers and unified communications software. Enterprise is about $2.5 billion annually to Nortel, while Services is a $2 billion operation.
]]>Nortel is reportedly entertaining bids from three companies, including Cisco, for its Metro Ethernet Networks business unit.
According to a report in the Canadian national newspaper Globe and Mail, companies most likely to bid on the $2 billion business include Cisco, Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens. The article does not say which of those companies is not bidding.
Nortel earlier this year said it would seek buyers for MEN in an effort to raise cash to fund other businesses the company considers more strategic. Nortel is having trouble rebounding after an accounting fraud scandal in 2004, compounded by the current gloomy global economy.
Various analysts estimate that Nortel could fetch between $1 billion and $2 billion for MEN, though the current economic climate might lower that value.
The Globe and Mail story also says Nortel is looking to sell more assets instead of filing for bankruptcy. One of them might be the company’s Carrier Networks business, Nortel’s bedrock.
Selling off Carrier Networks would end the century-old relationship between Nortel and the telecommunications industry, the story notes. Nortel is North America’s largest supplier of telephone equipment.
Nortel would then be left with its Enterprise and Services businesses, which include Ethernet switches, routers and unified communications software. Enterprise is about $2.5 billion annually to Nortel, while Services is a $2 billion operation.
]]>TRUST National Bank, one of the leading commercial banks in Russia, has completed the upgrade of its country-wide communications network with Cisco Unified Communications to offer highly secure, multi-functional digital telephony services.
The Bank now boasts a resilient multiservice network infrastructure that helps reduce management and operational costs.
The need for fast and reliable voice and data communications across a growing network of branches and customers necessitated an infrastructure upgrade to be able to offer a host of next generation services, such as multimedia conferencing and location agnostic presence, for improved customer service.
“As one of the largest commercial banks in Russia, TRUST National Bank needs to ensure 24×7 access to the full range of banking services, especially as we continue to grow our customer base and expand our geographical presence,” said Alexei Katrich, managing director of IT and Operations at TRUST National Bank. “Located across 40 cities of the Russian Federation, we required new innovative communications tools to realize the full potential of our banking applications and the raise quality of service for our customers, while enjoying economic benefits of new technologies. Cisco IP solutions offer a strong mix of reliability, integration, reduced operational costs and long-term viability.”
TRUST National Bank selected NVision Group, a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, to implement Cisco Unified Communications to make the network increasingly fault-tolerant, secure, intelligent and scalable. The new system also helps enable the integration of telecommunications with banking business applications. Bank employees can access a full range of telephony services to maximize the efficiency of using PSTN lines and cut long-distance communications bills. With robust encryption and security built into Cisco IP solutions, conversations over the Bank’s digital network are highly secure.
“The Cisco Unified Communications solution is helping to enable growth by laying a strong foundation for raising collaboration performance and improving cooperation with customers and partners, which in turn could help the Bank increase clients’ loyalty,” said Pavel Teplov, Cisco business development manager. “Bank employees are now empowered with simple intuitive communications applications and convergence across fixed and mobile devices - all of which together help raise personal productivity.”
“We changed the main operating principle of TRUST National Bank’s phone network by migrating it from traditional analog technologies to Cisco-based IP telephony, which helped us to integrate communications with business processes,” said Anton Sushkevich, CEO, NVision Group. “The upgraded network now makes use of the capabilities of IP telephony, multimedia conferencing and intelligent networks to radically cut the Bank’s expenses while improving employee productivity.”
TRUST National Bank’s network upgrade deployed different Cisco products, such as voice gateways, WAN routers, IP Phones and access switches. Specialists from NVision Group completed the entire network infrastructure upgrade - installing the whole set of hardware and software utilities.
]]>TRUST National Bank, one of the leading commercial banks in Russia, has completed the upgrade of its country-wide communications network with Cisco Unified Communications to offer highly secure, multi-functional digital telephony services.
The Bank now boasts a resilient multiservice network infrastructure that helps reduce management and operational costs.
The need for fast and reliable voice and data communications across a growing network of branches and customers necessitated an infrastructure upgrade to be able to offer a host of next generation services, such as multimedia conferencing and location agnostic presence, for improved customer service.
“As one of the largest commercial banks in Russia, TRUST National Bank needs to ensure 24×7 access to the full range of banking services, especially as we continue to grow our customer base and expand our geographical presence,” said Alexei Katrich, managing director of IT and Operations at TRUST National Bank. “Located across 40 cities of the Russian Federation, we required new innovative communications tools to realize the full potential of our banking applications and the raise quality of service for our customers, while enjoying economic benefits of new technologies. Cisco IP solutions offer a strong mix of reliability, integration, reduced operational costs and long-term viability.”
TRUST National Bank selected NVision Group, a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, to implement Cisco Unified Communications to make the network increasingly fault-tolerant, secure, intelligent and scalable. The new system also helps enable the integration of telecommunications with banking business applications. Bank employees can access a full range of telephony services to maximize the efficiency of using PSTN lines and cut long-distance communications bills. With robust encryption and security built into Cisco IP solutions, conversations over the Bank’s digital network are highly secure.
“The Cisco Unified Communications solution is helping to enable growth by laying a strong foundation for raising collaboration performance and improving cooperation with customers and partners, which in turn could help the Bank increase clients’ loyalty,” said Pavel Teplov, Cisco business development manager. “Bank employees are now empowered with simple intuitive communications applications and convergence across fixed and mobile devices - all of which together help raise personal productivity.”
“We changed the main operating principle of TRUST National Bank’s phone network by migrating it from traditional analog technologies to Cisco-based IP telephony, which helped us to integrate communications with business processes,” said Anton Sushkevich, CEO, NVision Group. “The upgraded network now makes use of the capabilities of IP telephony, multimedia conferencing and intelligent networks to radically cut the Bank’s expenses while improving employee productivity.”
TRUST National Bank’s network upgrade deployed different Cisco products, such as voice gateways, WAN routers, IP Phones and access switches. Specialists from NVision Group completed the entire network infrastructure upgrade - installing the whole set of hardware and software utilities.
]]>“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.”
- Robert Collier
]]>“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.”
- Robert Collier
]]>“The greatest definition for concentration I ever heard is: wherever you are, be there!”
- Jim Rohn
]]>“The greatest definition for concentration I ever heard is: wherever you are, be there!”
- Jim Rohn
]]>“Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.”
- Claude M. Bristol
]]>“Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.”
- Claude M. Bristol
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