Category: Routers world

Cisco’s big announcement new router design

Cisco is reminding us that the heart and soul of its business is still the humble router. In this case, possibly a not-so-humble router.

On Tuesday the company announced the CRS-3, its next-generation Web router for the world’s largest Web service providers. Cisco may have overhyped the announcement a tad. After a two-week countdown to an announcement that it said would “forever alter the Web,” the company unveiled what looks like an upgrade to its existing “core” router called the CRS-1.
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Cisco introduces Cius Android tablet PC

Cisco Systems has hopped on the tablet PC bandwagon with a gizmo of its own that makes use of Google Android program and is targeted at business customers.

The company announced designs for the new tablet, called the Cisco Cius, in the coursework of its annual customer conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The gizmo, which will only weigh about 1.15 pounds, will sport Cisco’s collaboration program that integrates virtual desktop applications with high-definition video.
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Cisco ramps edge routers up to 100Gbps

Cisco has launched a brand spanking new single-slot 16-port 10Gb Ethernet line card for its ASR9000 edge router, usually used by service providers such as Deutsche Telekom and Verizon Wireless.

According to Cisco, at 10Gbps per port the new 10GE line card delivers over 100Gbps in total, with users now able to put in up to 320 10Gb Ethernet ports per method. Cisco claimed the new card is an industry first, that it is “faster than any other forwarding module available”, and “is designed to deliver large scale, non-stop video experience and a reduced carbon footprint”.
The company claimed the new card means the ASR9000 “leads the industry in density and scalability” because other vendors “are limited up to 50Gbps per slot today”.

Cisco has launched a brand spanking new single-slot 16-port 10Gb Ethernet line card for its ASR9000 edge router, usually used by service providers such as Deutsche Telekom and Verizon Wireless.

According to Cisco, at 10Gbps per port the new 10GE line card delivers over 100Gbps in total, with users now able to put in up to 320 10Gb Ethernet ports per method. Cisco claimed the new card is an industry first, that it is “faster than any other forwarding module available”, and “is designed to deliver large scale, non-stop video experience and a reduced carbon footprint”.
The company claimed the new card means the ASR9000 “leads the industry in density and scalability” because other vendors “are limited up to 50Gbps per slot today”.

Cisco said its ASR 9000 line cards “are SyncE-ready, which means they inherently work with cell site routers to deliver seamless mobile handoffs.” The company said this avoided the necessity for additional synchronization cards.

A key driver behind demand for the card’s capabilities is the growth in video traffic, by the Apple iPhone, which mobile operators, vendors and analysts see as unlocking demand for mobile video, although the bulk of the traffic, according to one analyst firm, comes from laptops and USB dongles.

As a result, service providers need to scale their mobile and fixed networks to meet the demand for video, IPTV and voice traffic, said Cisco.

The company said that “by 2013, the sum of all forms of video such as TV, video on demand, net video and peer-to-peer will exceed 90 percent of global consumer traffic…fixed-network and mobile information combined is expected to grow 66-fold in the same period.”

BT Business Hub

BT Business Hub allows organizations to create a Openzone wireless access point on their premises, in a separate channel of your corporate network. The idea is that businesses such as restaurants, hotels, cafes and sports clubs can offer free Wi-Fi access as an incentive to attract more customers through the door, or generate additional revenue by selling vouchers Openzone. BT case studies include a hotel that has seen revenues increase by 10 percent since Wi-Fi connections available to guests. It is worth noting in advance that the maximum number of users who can enter this Openzone separate channel – with a speed limited to 512Kbps – is just 13. This is not a solution for large organizations.

BT Business Hub allows organizations to create a Openzone wireless access point on their premises, in a separate channel of your corporate network. The idea is that businesses such as restaurants, hotels, cafes and sports clubs can offer free Wi-Fi access as an incentive to attract more customers through the door, or generate additional revenue by selling vouchers Openzone. BT case studies include a hotel that has seen revenues increase by 10 percent since Wi-Fi connections available to guests. It is worth noting in advance that the maximum number of users who can enter this Openzone separate channel – with a speed limited to 512Kbps – is just 13. This is not a solution for large organizations.

Business Total Broadband includes BT Business Hub (2700HGV) with unlimited 8Mbps “Option 2 ‘(£ 25/month) and’ Option 3 ‘(£ 30/month) packages. Option 12. £ 99/month ‘1 ‘package is capped at 10 GB per month, and you have to pay £ 59 (VAT) for the Business Hub itself.

Once it is installed and configured, BT Openzone subscribers (and others with the use of credits Openzone) can access your access point as they would any access point BT Openzone. They use a Wi-Fi device to find the separate SSID and connect to BT Openzone through the login page BT Openzone. Other users have to buy access time for your company, offering a new source of income. Alternatively, you can give access to the Internet as a way to attract customers.