-- Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 with Programmable
Intelligent Services Accelerator (PISA) Technology: The first modular
switch to integrate the ability to analyze stateful and stateless
application traffic flows for proactive security protection, compliance
with corporate policies and management of network resource utilization.
These innovations help IT managers optimize business-critical applications,
control non-business applications and meet governance risk and compliance
regulations.
-- Expanded WAN Services Aggregation Portfolio with Catalyst 6500
Capabilities and Cisco 7201 Router: The Catalyst 6500 has evolved into
both a modular switch and a router with high port density and wide-area
network (WAN) routing in a single chassis. The Cisco 7201 is a new
compact, high-performance router in the Cisco 7200 Series.
"Collaboration tools, software as a service, security, mobility, and
numerous other traffic types are changing application traffic flows and
driving a need for more advanced services at the network edge," said Abner
Germanow, director of Enterprise Networks Research at IDC. "These changing
flows are causing network managers to look beyond basic monitoring to find
solutions that provide greater visibility and control as an integral part
of the network."
Transforming the Campus Edge with Application Intelligence and Advanced
Security
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA integrates
deep packet-inspection capabilities to enable IT managers to identify
applications on the network and then allocate the necessary network
resources to support each application based on business priorities. In
this manner, IT managers can help ensure that when end users are accessing
business-critical applications they have the best possible experiences.
The new Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA also provides distributed protection
against notable worms and viruses and day-zero attacks in the campus edge
using Flexible Packet Matching (FPM) technology. These new capabilities
are hardware-accelerated on the new Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA and
therefore can scale to multi-gigabit speeds.
PDL BioPharma, a leader in the development of innovative therapies for
serious and life-threatening illnesses based in Fremont, Calif., is
evaluating the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA
technology for its campus wide deployment. The new site will offer
high-speed 10-gigabit interconnects with gigabit-to-the-desktop performance
for end users.
"We see an ideal fit for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine
32 with PISA technology at our campus edge, to help manage application
prioritization and increase overall security, manageability and
availability," said Luis Chanu, global network and security architect, PDL
BioPharma. "The Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA would allow us to
pervasively deploy security and application quality of service at the edge
of our network, provide protection against notable worm and virus threats
and isolate noncritical applications like routine lab data replication so
that the necessary bandwidth for more critical applications like voice and
development applications is available."
Transforming the WAN with End-to-End Services
Cisco helps customers extend and scale services consistently and with
industry-leading security from the campus network to the WAN edge and
remote office with the introduction of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA and the Cisco 7201 Router. Cisco Catalyst
6500 leadership with integrated services such as firewalls, IP Security
(IPsec) and embedded application-aware intelligence makes the latest
addition of PISA technology well-suited for enterprise WAN edge
deployments.
The Cisco 7201 Router extends the Cisco 7200 Series and provides a dramatic
increase in performance compared with previous generations, along with
lower power consumption. In a compact one-rack-unit form factor with four
built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports, the Cisco 7201 Router is ideal for WAN and
metropolitan-area network (MAN) applications for both service providers and
enterprises.
"Cisco continues to build innovative solutions with advanced features that
meet our customers' current and future application performance and high
security needs for the LAN, MAN and WAN," said Marie Hattar, senior
director of Cisco Network Systems. "Companies can now consider the Cisco
Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 with PISA and Cisco 7201 Router
for a complete, end-to-end network services infrastructure that can easily
grow and evolve with their business needs."
Pricing and Expected Availability Product List Price (US) Availability Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor $28,000 June 2007 Engine 32 with PISA Technology and 8x1 Gigabit Ethernet Uplinks Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor $28,000 June 2007 Engine 32 with PISA Technology and 2x10 Gigabit Ethernet Uplinks Cisco 7201 Router $24,000 NowFor more information on the Cisco Campus Communication Fabric blueprint of network services, please visit www.cisco.com/go/ccf. About Cisco Systems Cisco (
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