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Cisco: Cisco Systems, Inc. is a multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Great Video Conferencing Debate: Cost Vs Quality


Section: Research
Free and low cost video conferencing services have widely been adopted by businesses, but there are limitations to the quality and reliability of these ‘consumer’ grade services. Until recently, ‘business grade’ video conferencing was widely considered cost prohibitive.   Recently with new solutions coming onto the market, it is possible for SMBs to experience a higher standard of video conferencing without the quality issues p ...   read more

Compare Video Conferencing Vendors


Section: Research
This research will save you time as it compares nine different Video Conferencing solutions from four Video Conferencing vendors side-by-side, these include Cisco, Logitech, Polycom and Tandberg.   The following areas are covered: -  Service / product Name -  Solution Types for Target Markets-  Pricing-  Product Features-  Technical Details and Requirements-  Product Notes - "Wh ...   read more

Cisco adds more social functionality to video conferencing


Section: News
Cisco has added more social functionality to its video conferencing solutions in the hope of making collaboration a key selling point for the technology. The sharing of video content - including previous video conferencing sessions - is expected to transform online training and customer service, Cisco believes. Placeholder0The firm's Guido Jouret, chief technical officer of enterprise video, said that people want to take a step beyond meetings and use social technologies to ...   read more

Welcome to the Data Center of the Future


Section: Articles Video
  A datacenter tour created by Cisco in partnership with APC, Emerson, EMC, Oracle, Panduit and VMware ...   read more

A Day in the Life of an Educator Using Cisco Collaboration Solutions


Section: Articles Video
  This video addresses some of the pressing questions facing educators today: How can collaboration technologies help improve student performance? How might we innovate to better engage with our students? How can we improve productivity and work-life balance for our staff? ...   read more

Cloud firms publish PCI DSS best practice guidelines


Section: News
Members of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Virtualization Special Interest Group - which includes Cisco, VMware and Trend Micro - have published a new reference guide for businesses that wish to ensure their cloud-based architecture complies with PCI DSS 2.0.The guidance is based on new regulations that cloud computing service providers are expected to adhere to in the new year and could help formalise a global approach toward things like cloud security - a pro ...   read more

The Case for Converged Infrastructure


Section: Research
The natural evolution of virtualization and server management has led to what industry experts call converged infrastructure (CI). Forrester defines it as: “…a pooled and virtualized combination of servers, edge networking, and storage, with built-in virtualization abstractions for the physical layer of infrastructure (not to be confused with hypervisor-type virtual machines) and integrated management. CI implies the ability to pool resources, stream ...   read more

Is Your Network Ready for Cloud Computing?


Section: Articles Video
The cloud is changing the way that organisations are doing business. Although there are lots of terms being used...SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, private cloud, hybrid cloud, VDI, etc, essentially all are heading down the same path into the cloud. By 2014, according to Cisco, 50% of all workloads will be processed in the cloud and Gartner's study suggests cloud service spending will be 5x overall IT spending by 2015.   read more

Cisco and Citrix in desktop virtualization partnership


Section: News
IT heavyweights Cisco and Citrix have formed a new desktop virtualization alliance that is expected to improve the deployment of large IT infrastructure solutions. The firms are also hoping that the partnership will result in significant virtualization optimisation - particularly when it comes to virtual desktop deployments over wide area ...   read more

Cisco and Microsoft in virtualization partnership


Section: News
Microsoft and Cisco have joined forces to deliver a new range of virtualization solutions that the companies hope will offer improved scalability and operational control using the Windows Server Hyper-V hypervisor. The updated hypervisor will combine advanced Cisco networking features, but will not undermine existing IT management processes. Placeholder0Dynamic provision management has been incorporated into the Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch, which will greatly simplify mana ...   read more

Cisco predicts huge growth in cloud computing traffic


Section: News
Cisco has predicted a huge growth in cloud computing in the coming years, with traffic tripling between 2010 and 2015. According to the firm's Global Cloud Index (2010-15) report, the amount of data being shifted to and from cloud systems will rise 12-fold and the total amount transmitted during 2015 is expected to reach 1.6 trillion gigabytes.In its report the firm said that the majority of data being shifted around the cloud will be hidden from end users - during processes like   read more

Cisco Study finds Data Protection Biggest Cloud Worry


Section: News
Cisco have published the results of its 2012 Global Cloud Networking survey and has found data protection security is the toughest challenge IT Pros face during the cloud migration process. 72% of those asked said that data protection was their main concern, followed by reliability and availability of cloud applications (67%). The study, titled "Root Canal or Cloud Migration”, also found that more than a quarter of those asked offered the view that it would take longer to migrat ...   read more

Cisco to launch free video conferencing solution


Section: News
Cisco is set to launch a free video conferencing solution for ad-hoc meeting participants so that companies can set up discussions with any of their clients. The move, Cisco hopes, will open up the telepresence market and ensure that even those without a read more

Moving to the cloud for SMEs 'is inevitable'


Section: News
The majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can no longer justify building their own data centres, so migration to the cloud is the only option for firms that want the trappings of modern IT - such as high performance and scalability. Michael Stonebraker, a database expert and co-founder of VoltDB, claimed that scalability was the preserve of big players, which is why the data centre market is controlled by a few very large firms - like Google and Amazon.Speaking to GigaOM, ...   read more

Open source virtualization championed by new alliance


Section: News
An alliance of top software developers - including Canonical, Cisco, IBM, Intel, NetApp, Red Hat and SUSE - has been created to champion the development of open source virtualization platforms. The oVirt project has the core aim of creating an openly governed virtualization stack that would allow for much better integration and the implementation of more advanced management techniques.Jean Staten Healy, director of Linux at IBM, said: "We are excited to be a part of the oVirt project." H ...   read more

Unified communications is 'all about mobility'


Section: News
Mobility is one of the most important considerations for businesses adopting unified communications solutions, it has been claimed. New figures from Nemertes Research have shown that telecommuting is on the increase and that businesses are willing to spend more on mobility in the workplace. Placeholder0Nemertes Research, which conducted an in-depth workplace mobility study, has claimed that the trend is likely to continue. The firm's Irwin Lazar, vice-president and service ...   read more

Video conferencing 'at an inflection point with other technology'


Section: News
Firms may find that using video conferencing solutions is increasingly viable as faster broadband and better cloud computing options become available, according to an expert from Cisco. Placeholder0OJ Winge, senior vice-president of the telepresence business at Cisco Systems, told the Financial Times that some video conferencing solutions that are now available may not have been possible last year. However, he asserted that the growth in cloud comp ...   read more

Video conferencing has 'finally overtaken conference calling'


Section: News
Video conferencing technology has reached a point where it is more effective than traditional conference call solutions - offering much better collaboration potential, according to IDC. The research organisation said the market for telepresence and video conferencing solutions ...   read more

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