**** Market researchers, Frost and Sullivan, predict that the virtual
private networking market in the US will reach approximately $18
billion by 2004. "At this rapid rate of growth, service providers are
faced with increased demand for highly scalable VPN solutions." said
Larry Lang, vice president of Service Provider Marketing at Cisco.
"Cisco's MPLS based VPN solutions and Cisco Service Management allow
service providers to develop differentiated New World services --
creating a compelling competitive advantage in the New World of
telecommunications."
(BSNS WIRE) Cisco Announces Comprehensive Intranet and Extranet Virtual
Cisco Announces Comprehensive Intranet and Extranet Virtual Private Network
Solutions for Service Providers
Business Editors/Technology Writers
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999--
Multi Protocol Label Switching-Based VPN Solutions Offer Unparalleled
Management and Enhanced Scalability for New World Services
Cisco Systems Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the
Internet, today announced new intranet and extranet Virtual Private
Network (VPN) solutions with the availability of Multi Protocol Label
Switching (MPLS) and Cisco Service Management System (CSM) for VPNs.
These solutions allow service providers to offer secure, highly
scalable, VPN services that deliver IP QoS and end-to-end service
level agreements (SLAs). Having the ability to offer flexible IP VPN
services without complex PVC provisioning, or layer 3 tunneling
management reduces a services provider operating costs and enables the
delivery of low-cost managed VPN services to their customers.
MPLS-based intranet and extranet VPN solutions are supported
across Cisco's family of multiservice ATM switches and routers which
embed advanced quality-of-service (QoS) and traffic engineering
features found in industry leading Cisco IOS(R) software. Cisco also
supports a wide range of access options including dial, Digital
Subscriber Line (xDSL), cable, frame relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM), and private line.
Cisco's two new solutions also include enhanced management and
provisioning functionality through CSM, a suite of network and service
management applications for reducing the cost associated with
maintaining the network. CSM allows services providers to rapidly
provision and manage intranet and extranet VPNs seamlessly, promoting
significant operational support and cost-savings.
Cisco's new intranet and extranet VPN solutions include CSM, a
modular suite of network and service management applications that
allow service providers to plan, provision, manage and bill for IP VPN
services according to a customer's service-level agreement. CSM
complements Cisco's MPLS-based VPN solutions by simplifying the
provisioning, service assurance and billing processes, thereby
reducing the cost of deploying and operating VPN services. CSM enables
service providers to speed time-to-revenue for new IP VPN services.
Market researchers, Frost and Sullivan, predict that the virtual
private networking market in the US will reach approximately $18
billion by 2004. "At this rapid rate of growth, service providers are
faced with increased demand for highly scalable VPN solutions." said
Larry Lang, vice president of Service Provider Marketing at Cisco.
"Cisco's MPLS based VPN solutions and Cisco Service Management allow
service providers to develop differentiated New World services --
creating a compelling competitive advantage in the New World of
telecommunications."
To accommodate this anticipated growth, Cisco's MPLS architecture
scales to support tens of thousands of VPNs. These solutions allow
service providers to invest in a VPN solution with the confidence of
knowing that as customer demands increase, their network investment
will scale to support this new growth.
"Cisco continues to deliver world-class technology solutions for
moving businesses to the next level of advanced communications," said
Mark Lefebvre, vice president of data services engineering for IXC
Communications. "Cisco's intranet and extranet VPN capabilities will
facilitate improved performance and quality of service, enabling
service providers such as IXC to empower their customers to implement
exciting new business applications."
Cisco intranet and extranet VPN MPLS-based architecture allows
service providers to offer customers dedicated access to remote
offices, customers, partners, or suppliers over a robust Cisco router
or ATM switching environment. It also complements Cisco's other
intranet and extranet VPN solutions which include Internet Protocol
security (IPSec), generic routing encapsulation, ATM and frame relay
architectures. Cisco's new MPLS based VPN solution also connects
remote access VPN users by integrating with Cisco's Layer 2 tunneling
protocol (L2TP) technologies to enable service providers to offer a
comprehensive and robust VPN service portfolio to business customers.
"VPNs are the foundation for customized, low-cost differentiated
services that service providers can rapidly deploy to meet end user
needs," said Michael Arellano, founder and president of Degas
Communications Group, Inc. "The major benefits offered by Cisco's
scalable VPN to service providers are increased competitiveness,
reduced costs, and new revenue opportunities."
Availability
Cisco intranet and extranet VPN solutions will be available with
Cisco IOS software in July 1999. CSM for IP VPNs will be available in
August, 1999.
About Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in
networking for the Internet. News and information are available at
cisco.com.
Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco
Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the
U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in
this document are the property of their respective owners.
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