Cisco

The name Cisco is synonymous with networking. All O2 Networks engineers are Cisco specialists, ranging from CCNP to CCIE in their certifications.

Cisco is the foundation technology for enterprise networking and we expect all of our engineers to be able to deliver routing, switching, wireless and security solutions from Cisco as a core engineering competency.

About Cisco

Cisco Systems is an American-based multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services.

Headquartered in San Jose, Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$40.0B as of 2010. By most measures (e.g., revenue, market capitalization, number of employees) Cisco is one of the world’s biggest technology corporations.

Products

Cisco’s current portfolio of products and services is focused around three market segments – Enterprise and Service Provider, Small Business, and Home. The solutions for each market are segmented into Architectures, which form the basis for how Cisco approaches each market. The following products are geared to the corporate market (Enterprise networking and Service Providers):

• Borderless networks: for their range of routers, switches, wireless systems, security systems, WAN acceleration, energy and building management systems and media aware networks
• Collaboration: IP video and phones, Telepresence, Unified Communications, Call Center systems, Enterprise social networks and Mobile applications
• Datacenter and Virtualization: Unified Computing, Unified Fabric, Data Centre Switching, Storage Networking and Cloud services
• IP NGN (Next Generation Networks): High-end routing and switching for fixed and mobile service provider networks, broadcast video contribution/distribution, entitlement and content delivery systems

Hardware

• Nexus Switches (1000v, 2000, 4000, 5000, 7000), MDS, Unified Computing System (UCS)
• Cisco Unified IP Phones (7945, 7965, 7942, 8900 series, 9900 series, 6900 series)
• Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE): Application Delivery Controller
• Routers, including: 837, 1000 Series, 2500 Series, 7600, 12000, 3600 Series, ASR Series and CRS-1 and CRS-3
• Cisco Security Manager and Security appliances: ASA 5500, PIX 500 series
• Unified Computing: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) virtual server platform with VMWare virtualization system run servers on Cisco hardware
• Catalyst switches: Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series, Cisco Catalyst 3000 Series, Catalyst 4500, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
• Collaboration systems such as Cisco
• Cisco Wireless LAN

Software

• Internetwork Operating System
• NX-OS
• Cisco Active Network Abstraction
• Cisco Fabric Manager
• Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
• Cisco Systems VPN Client
• CiscoView
• CiscoWorks Network Management software
• Clean Access Agent, Cisco NAC Appliance
• Cisco Eos
• Packet Tracer, didactic network simulator
• Cisco Network Magic Pro
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Cisco IP Communicator
• Cisco Quad
• Cisco Security Manager
• WebEx Collaboration Tools

VoIP Services

Cisco became a major provider of Voice over IP to enterprises, and is now moving into the home user market through its acquisitions of Scientific Atlanta and Linksys.

Scientific Atlanta provides VoIP equipment to cable service providers such as Time Warner, Cablevision, Rogers Communications, UPC, and others; Linksys has partnered with companies such as Skype and Yahoo to integrate consumer VoIP services with wireless and cordless phones.

Hosted Collaboration Solution

Cisco partners can now offer cloud-based services based on Cisco’s virtualized Unified Computing System (UCS). A part of the Cisco Unified Services Delivery Solution, it will include hosted versions of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM), Cisco Unified Contact Center, Cisco Unified Mobility, Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unity Connection (unified messaging), and Cisco Webex Meeting Centre.

Case studies using Cisco products

Cloud Hosting case study.

Organisational Restructure case study.

 

More information

Visit the Cisco website.