IronPort® Systems, a business unit of Cisco® today announced the use of Multi-core Intel® Xeon® processors to power IronPort's next generation of email and Web security appliances.

Cisco® today announced a new server host and fabric software, known as Datagram Acceleration Layer (DAL), designed specifically to accelerate multicast-based market data infrastructures for automated trading applications.

Cisco has collaborated with Reuters and Sun Microsystems to deliver an end-to-end low latency solution for automated and algorithmic trading. Testing by Sun Microsystems showed the solution reduced overall system latency by up to 38 percent, with minimal impact on customer's applications and infrastructure.

METRO Inc. is a large grocer based in Canada, operating out of Ontario and Quebec. More than 500 stores are under the METRO banners, including grocery supermarket and pharmacies. To improve stability and reliability and deliver more evolved applications, METRO wanted to replace an existing, dated DSL managed network that handled its POS (point of sales) transactions, mainly credit and debit card purchases.

Defence and Communications Systems, an integrated business unit of EADS DS, and Cisco announced today that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding to define areas of collaboration in the development and delivery of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking solutions.

Cisco® announced today the launch of the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute (Cisco EI) in Mexico to contribute to the development and training of local entrepreneurs in the skills needed to successfully manage growth in small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Cisco® and UPC Broadband have broken a new broadband over cable speed record of 120 megabits per second (Mbps) in consumer homes on UPC's cable network in Amsterdam. Achieving these fibre-speeds over coax represents Europe's first deployment of EuroDocsis 3.0 (ED 3.0) and M-CMTS technology in an existing cable network.

Cisco® today announced the integration of Cisco VFrame Data Center with VMware Virtual Infrastructure, a key solution for the Cisco vision of next generation data centers, called Data Center 3.0. The solutions and services that support Cisco Data Center 3.0 are designed to help customers better utilize their data center resources, deploy more robust business continuance, and enhance data security.

Cisco® China today announced that it is working with the Xiamen Municipal Government to promote the development of Xiamen's information and communications technology (ICT) capabilities, with a focus on the software industry.

Cisco Systems, Inc.'s annual Financial Analyst Conference will be held on September 5, 2007 in San Jose.

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport in Cambodia and Cisco have agreed to train up to 25 teachers in five teacher education institutes (TEIs) in the skills needed to use information and communications technology (ICT) in the classroom.

Etherstack, a global wireless technology licensor, today announced that Cisco and Etherstack intend to cooperate on the development of a range of new public safety radio network infrastructure products aimed at the first responder segment of North American markets.