SAN JOSE, Calif., October 30, 2006 - Highlighting its commitment to help transform the way business is done, Cisco® today announced it is experiencing strong momentum in the financial services market with its Smart Business Communications platform. The Smart Business Communications platform streamlines the customer’s business process, improving productivity, reducing total cost of ownership, and enhancing the customer experience with innovative voice, video, data and mobility solutions … Remainder of Story…

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 31, 2006 - Cisco®, Inc. announced today that Hotel 1000 in Seattle has installed the Cisco Unified Communications system to provide superior personalized and customized guest services, creating a more comfortable and enjoyable hotel experience. The Cisco Connected Hotel capabilities throughout the property will help enable the hotel to quickly and easily deploy new services - not only now but also in the future as other technologies and applications emerge. … Remainder of Story…

The financial services industry is constantly evolving and transforming, embracing new technology that helps achieve higher levels of customer service. The traditions of the past are making way for new networked applications, Internet-based services, customer relationship management (CRM), consolidated voice/data networks, smart cards, video banking centers, and new delivery channels. “Technology is an … Remainder of Story…

October 31, 2006 News@Cisco spoke with Charlie Giancarlo, Cisco’s chief development officer, about the cultivation of innovation at the company. As the head of Cisco’s product development organization and leader of Cisco’s 16,000 engineers, Giancarlo is the company’s innovation evangelist. Through his leadership, Cisco has redoubled its efforts in fostering the innovation that has helped it become one of world’s leading communications and information technology companies. The … Remainder of Story…