Cisco Systems recently announced the launch of new wireless-enabled integrated services routers, delivering highly secure concurrent services for broadband access to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), enterprise small offices and teleworkers.
Cisco Systems will also offer new services including wireless local area network (LAN), advanced security and management for the entire Cisco integrated services router portfolio. These additions provide customers increased flexibility and mobility while making it easier to deploy, secure and manage their network.
“Introduction of the integrated services routers marks Cisco Systems’ continued commitment to provide customers a router portfolio engineered for highly secure, wire-speed delivery of concurrent data, voice and video services,” said Ghazi Atallah, Director of Operations, Cisco Systems Middle East. “With these new platforms for small offices and a new selection of services including wireless, Cisco Systems delivers to an even broader range of customers the flexibility to choose myriad of options while maintaining a highly secure and resilient network.”
Cisco 1800 series and Cisco 800 series integrated services router models intelligently deliver highly secure concurrent services, including secure IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN capabilities, offering small office customers a single, resilient system. These high-performance new routers take full advantage of their broadband connections while providing key features for small offices such as advanced security, remote management and backup WAN links.
“The new integrated services routers will be included in Cisco SMB-Class and Enterprise Business Ready solutions. Cisco channel partners will have opportunities to introduce integrated-network solutions and services that are sized to meet customers’ current and future needs. Service providers will see these new integrated services routers as ideal platforms for managed services to provide SMBs and enterprise small office customers with a variety of infrastructure and services options,” added Atallah.
The integrated services routers are also part of the Cisco Self-Defending Network security strategy and offer the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of embedded network-security services. Cisco integrated service routers are able to deliver adaptive threat defence with advances in application security, anti-x protection, and network containment and control.
The new fixed-configuration Cisco 1800 and Cisco 800 integrated services routers ship with embedded virtual private network (VPN) encryption and acceleration hardware supporting IPSec AES and 3DES encryption. Cisco IOS ® security is designed to protect the complete Cisco router portfolio for pervasive security throughout the network, including stateful firewall, inline intrusion prevention, Network Admission Control (NAC) and URL filtering and support for MPLS based VPNs or VPNs utilizing IPSec AES and 3DES high speed encryption. Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) version 2.1 supports all models of Cisco routers from the Cisco new 800 series to the Cisco 7301, providing customers an easy-to-use, web based interface for secure set up and management of router features including wide area networking (WAN), local area networking (LAN), security and WLAN.
In addition, there are enhanced Network Analysis Module (NAM) features, bandwidth estimation in Cisco IOS 12.4 for user-defined quality of service (QoS), and updates to the Application & Content Networking System (ACNS) 5.3 that help manage traffic and optimise WAN bandwidth. Device management and enhanced caching help increase functionality, dramatically speed application deployment, and reduce operating costs and complexity, so customers can realize a faster return on investment.
About the Cisco Integrated Services Router Portfolio
The award-winning Cisco integrated services router portfolio consists of the Cisco 800, 1800, 2800 and 3800 series routers and is one of the best selling products in Cisco history. In the first two quarters of shipments, Cisco delivered over 100,000 routers. With a variety of services such as security, voice and wireless integrated into the routers, customers have the flexibility to select the right platforms and services that meet their needs in an easy to deploy and manage form factor while maintaining a high performance level. For more information, including pricing and availability, visit:
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