New Cisco 2612 to Aid Nestle Switzerland IS Centralization and Ethernet Migration Efforts
Cisco Systems, Inc. announced that Nestle Switzerland, the Swiss subsidiary of the Nestle Group - the world`s largest food manufacturing company - will be the first company in Europe to deploy the new Cisco 2612 modular access router with Token Ring to link more than 25 local offices with its Swiss head quarters.
Nestle Switzerland will deploy approximately 20 of Cisco`s new 2612 modular access routers, announced this week, and several 7200 series routers. Nestle Switzerland chose the router because it offers both Ethernet and Token Ring and will enable the company`s migration plan from Token Ring to Ethernet. Nestle Switzerland is working to centralize its local IS resources to reduce costs and streamline operations.
Both the Cisco 2612 and Cisco 2613 modular access routers - two new additions to the cost-effective Cisco 2600 series of routers - extend the reach of Cisco multiservice solutions into Token Ring and mixed-LAN environments in remote branch offices. The routers` modular design, as with the entire Cisco 2600 series, enables customers to adopt new technologies and accommodate network expansion, protecting customers` technology investment and lowering the overall cost of connecting remote branch offices to corporate networks.
The Cisco 2600 series modular access router family, announced in March of this year, is a key component of Cisco`s data/voice/video integration strategy, enabling corporate customers to consolidate data, voice and video traffic to reduce costs, deploy new business applications and improve network efficiency. Combined with voice/fax gateway modules, the Cisco 2600 series can be used to take advantage of new applications, including Internet telephony, call center trunking, and real-time fax relay.
Using a 2612 router in conjunction with the 7200 series routers in its local head office allows Nestle Switzerland to flexibly and cost-effectively service branch offices while linking them to high-end networking equipment at the head office. Two 7200 series routers will operate as a fault-tolerant system, further assuring network uptime.
"We chose the Cisco 2600 and 7200 series because of the products` performance and flexibility and the dependability of Cisco as our local supplier," said Hoai Bac Pham, network and telecom manager, Nestle Switzerland. " In addition the Cisco 2600 has been selected as our standard local router because it can accommodate our growth and flexibly to fit our needs," said Pham. "It offers extensive multiservice capabilities and support for a variety of WAN connectivity options, making it extremely adaptable."
Cisco 2600 Series with Token Ring and Ethernet Ports: Flexibility and Easy Migration to Ethernet The Cisco 2600 series offers unprecedented price/performance, extending the versatility, integration and power of the Cisco 3600 series to smaller, remote branch offices. The modular Cisco 2600 series provides investment protection by enabling migration to emerging WAN technologies and by supporting data/voice/video integration, dial concentration and secure multiprotocol access - all in a single device. With the release of the Cisco 2612 and 2613, which both support Token Ring, customers such as Nestle Switzerland can retain legacy Token Ring networking applications while gradually upgrading to Ethernet.
Sharon Connell, European product marketing manager, said Cisco designed the 2600 series to be the ideal fit in remote office locations such as Nestle Switzerland. "We`re seeing more companies whose goal is to provide cost-effective router support locally, with centralized IS networking support. The 2600, with VPN access data/voice/video traffic and sophisticated network protocols between main and branch offices, is the ideal solution for this model," Connell said.
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