AirMagnet Unveils Enterprise Analyzer for Cisco
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Wireless network analysis tools vendor AirMagnet Inc will today announce a PC and laptop tool for analyzing Cisco WiFi networks that will enable admins to access a Wireless Controller remotely, turn a remote AP into a sensor, and carry out analysis anywhere on a corporate network.
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Cisco Systems decision to acquire NetSolve means that its channel partners will be able to offer real-time monitoring of networks.
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Cisco Systems is accelerating its push into the SMB market with the launch this week of entry-level switching modules, an aggregation switch and a Web-based management tool that helps smaller customers gain easier access to high-level features.
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Cisco Systems wants to turn the enterprise data network into an electricity meter.Using open standards, the company wants to get server and storage vendors to collect and share information about their equipment and send it to Cisco routers and switches. The data could include power consumption, operating temperature and more. It&#39;s becoming a critical job, and because the network touches all IT resources across the enterprise, data collection should happen there, according to Paul Marcoux, vice president of green engineering.Marcoux joined Cisco from American Power Conversion only about six weeks ago after Cisco created the position to overlook energy issues across all parts of the company. Networking gear itself makes up a much smaller portion of IT power consumption than do servers or storage, but Cisco plans to go beyond just making its own products more efficient.Power is a growing issue in datacenters as the cost of energy rises and concerns about global climate change increase. Being able to collect and analyze information about power usage is a big part of the battle and becoming more crucial in the age of virtualization, according to Marcoux. Distributing storage and processing cycles without regard for power issues is not just inefficient, it&#39;s dangerous, he said.If virtualization software looks at a process that requires more computing power or storage space, then enlists servers or storage devices that are near to overheating or running out of power, it could send a rack of servers over the edge and shut it down, Marcoux said. For that reason, the virtualization system needs to know the power status of all the resources it may call upon, he said.By the same token, consolidated datacenters typically serve many departments of an enterprise and consume a lot of power, but those groups generally don&#39;t have to pay for their part of the power. In fact, the electricity bill often bypasses even the IT department, going to building management instead, Marcoux said. Collecting data about the power consumed by each device, and eventually by individual transactions, would allow enterprises to bill each department for the power it uses, he said.Software on routers and switches would collect the information and then take actions or forward it on to separate building management, energy management or virtualization control systems, Marcoux said. Given the large amount of energy data to be processed, Cisco may introduce daughtercards for its platforms to provide extra computing power, he said. He hopes the technology will be in place and collecting information in enterprises within three years.Because datacenters contain gear from so many vendors, open standards are the only way to make such a system work, according to Cisco. Fortunately, there already are several available standards, Marcoux said. Having standards already in place will help speed up adoption, Marcoux said.&quot;We&#39;re not trying to reinvent the wheel, we&#39;re just trying now to utilize the wheel,&quot; Marcoux said.Cisco&#39;s proposal would represent a whole new role for networks beyond communications, said Burton Group analyst Dave Passmore. Server vendors might go along with the plan, but Cisco can&#39;t count on smooth sailing, he said. Centralized power regulation would play a role in overall management of the datacenter, an area where Cisco is attempting to make inroads with other initiatives as well.&quot;Who controls virtualization in the data center is going to be the new battleground,&quot; Passmore said.
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Cisco Systems today is unveiling nine new software and hardware products, and upgrades to protect corporate computer networks from hackers and other Internet threats.
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(InfoWorld) - Enterprise branch offices increasingly need the same IT tools that the head office has, and Cisco SystemsÂ is set to unveil branch networking gear Wednesday to help fill that need. The dominant enterprise network vendor is adding security and application-performance features for its branch offerings and rolling out a fixed-form-factor Integrated Services Router (ISR) and a managed switch for the outlying offices. Organizations with dispersed sites are starting to make the IT setup consistent all around to boost productivity, according to Yankee Group analyst Zeus Kerravala. In some cases, the smaller offices maybe doing a big part of the job, such as in an insurance company, he said. Their technology hasn't always reflected that. "The application performance in the branches hasn't been at par with what you've had in the headquarters. ... or even the services available," Kerravala said. To tackle application performance, Cisco is introducing its Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) in a module for the 3800 Series ISR. The module can speed up applications and make more efficient use of a network connection, allowing branch workers to work faster and enterprises to consolidate applications at a central site. At Nanometrics, a wafer-making test and measurement equipment company with 20 locations around the world, IT director David Kizer came on board last year and started to make the IT infrastructure consistent across all sites. The company deployed a CRM (customer relationship management) application for the first time and also rolled out its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software company-wide, he said. Knowing what resources are available everywhere in Nanometrics helps the company operate more like a single unit than like a collection of workgroups, Kizer said. To make the change possible, he rolled out the WAAS module on branch routers. Previously, data traffic had taken up as much as 90 percent of the WAN (wide-area network) connections to Nanometrics' branch offices. With the WAAS module, the data takes up just 20 percent to 30 percent of the bandwidth. That let Nanometrics deploy IP (Internet Protocol) telephony and shut down expensive circuit-switched phone lines, Kizer said. Also, branches can send application data back and forth to the central data center to maintain the same information in both locations, he said. Cisco customers are putting more emphasis on their branch offices, giving them more decision-making power, partly because of globalization, said Inbar Lasser-Raab, a director of market management at Cisco. The company's branch roll out Wednesday includes a variety of platforms and tools, including the following: -- The Cisco 1861 ISR is a fixed-form-factor branch router with unified communications capability for as many as eight users. -- The Cisco 2960 LAN Lite Series Switches come in three form factors and use a simplified Cisco IOS (Internetwork Operating System) image for simpler configuration. -- The Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Advanced Integration Module (IPS AIM) can be added to ISRs to identify, classify and stop malicious Internet traffic. -- Cisco Performance Routing (PfR) software, which can now be added to ISRs with some software feature sets, monitors multiple network routes to help companies get the fastest possible performance. -- A software upgrade for the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Module on 2800 and 3800 ISR platforms adds IEEE 802.11n capability for use with Cisco Aironet 1250 Series Access Points.
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Network equipment maker Cisco Systems  Inc  on Monday launched a new switching product aimed  at large data centers, and forecast strong sales despite  worries of a slowdown in U.S. technology spending.
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eWeek: Security partnerships and technology advances are making it increasingly safer to keep corporate data up in the air. To better fight the threat of wireless network subterfuge, Cisco Systems Inc.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO - News), today announced that several global carriers and research networks are now deploying and trialing the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System as a key
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - IBM and Cisco Systems are broadening their security alliance to offer new automatic security applications for enterprise networks.
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A new appliance and new software announced today by Cisco are designed to help business users improve application performance over networks.
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Cisco has announced a new Wi-Fi Asset Tracking solution specifically aimed at aerospace, automotive, mining and semiconductor manufacturing industries.
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Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O on Tuesday   launched a Web-based product to help businesses deliver live   and on-demand videos to large groups, in its latest push to   expand into the enterprise video market.
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Protego focuses on security monitoring and threat management appliances for enterprises and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and according to a statement from Cisco, it is Protego&#39;s products&#39; abilities to detect, correlate and mitigate threats
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Cisco Systems is shaking up its network management with the release of two new switches. Aimed at mid-sized enterprises, the switches acknowledge that there are large numbers of people who are not confident
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DECEMBER 06, 2004  - Cisco Systems Inc. last week added two supervisor engines with 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports to its midrange and high-end switch lines, and Alcatel and Hewlett-Packard Co.
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NEW YORK -- Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday will introduce new products aimed at protecting and expanding one of its biggest sources of revenue - computer-networking equipment for small businesses and branch offices.