Cisco announced that HSBC Mexico has deployed a Cisco Unified Communications solution that will help the financial institution lower costs by converging voice, data and video onto one network. This will also enable the bank provide better services to its customers and employees.

Cisco announced that the Russian Automotive Association (RAA) has completed first stage deployment of a new end-to-end network using Cisco® technology. The new Internet Protocol (IP)-based network, which connects 15 RAA branch offices across several Russian regions, helps improve data exchange between RAA headquarters and branches.

Cisco released a study on the use of video and Web 2.0 technology in businesses worldwide. The study revealed that as consumer adoption of video and Web 2.0 has grown, companies are increasingly interested in using video to help grow their businesses, reach new customers, increase collaboration between their employees and look for more environmentally conscious means of communicating.

Industry visionary to outline future of optical networking in Europe

Cisco® today announced that TELUS, a leading Canadian telecommunications company, has enhanced its Short Messaging Service (SMS) in its Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) with Cisco's carrier-class Signaling Transfer Point (STP) technology known as the Cisco 7600 Internet Protocol Transfer Point (ITP) solution.

Elisa, the leading communications service company in Finland, today announced new 3G services that offer wireless broadband backup to wireline data connections, helping customers maintain connectivity should their network connection become compromised.

Furthering its goals to enhance the development of information technology (IT) talent in India, Cisco® today announced a series of country-specific initiatives aimed at expanding India's capacity to train, employ and retain highly qualified networking and systems engineers.

Cisco® announced today that Montreal's Concordia University has added the next chapter to its history as one of Canada's leading technology trailblazers by deploying the country's first 802.11n wireless network on a university campus and incorporating it as part of a larger, innovative indoor-outdoor wireless mobility infrastructure.

Cisco® announced an innovative family of data center-class switching platforms, the Cisco Nexus Series, to meet customer demands for next-generation mission-critical data centers.

Cisco introduced innovative new solutions that continue to help customers realize the Cisco Data Center 3.0 vision for next-generation data centers. The culmination of this is the introduction of the network platform for Data Center 3.0, the Cisco Nexus® Family of data-center-class switches, and the expansion of the Cisco Catalyst® Family.

Cambridge, 23 January 2008 – ip.access (www.ipaccess.com), the award-winning market leader in femtocell and picocell technologies, today announced that Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) has made an investment in the company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

NetQoS® Inc. has teamed with Cisco® to help network engineers quantify the performance improvements derived from Cisco application delivery networks deployed using Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) modules and appliances, and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) products.