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As world leaders ponder how to meet the growing demand for energy and resources, while reducing global carbon emissions, cities are challenged even further. The exponential growth of cities has resulted in enormous urban challenges: scarcity of resources; skyrocketing passenger, cargo, and digital traffic; and outdated and overloaded infrastructures.
The continued expansion of the Internet and our society’s increased connectivity seemingly amplify these urban challenges. However, Cisco and Schneider Electric see an opportunity to create a new future for cities, and they are already making cities more efficient and connected today.
The key is transforming a city from the inside out:
- Developing an efficient infrastructure for the utilities network, transportation systems, buildings, and public services.
- Adding connectivity to integrate these efficiency solutions, and including people in the social conversation.
- Reducing carbon emissions and environmental consequences of urban life to ensure sustainability.
This transformation requires that the city’s operating systems, such as utilities and transportation, function with optimal efficiency, allowing data collection for operations optimization. In order to solve the “pain points” that negatively affect city residents (such as power outages), it is critical to optimize each individual system, as well as the overall structure and connections among systems. Efficient integrated operating systems that create connections will improve services, offer better information sharing, and enhance a city’s sustainability and livability, transforming it into a Smart City.
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Tags: Cisco, city services, city systems, collaborate, connectivity, efficient, IBSG, infrastructure, integration, Schneider Electric, smart, sustainable, urban life
January 17, 2013 at 4:00 am PST
The Global Certification Team is proud to announce that the Cisco Catalyst 4500-X has earned USGv6 and Ready Logo certifications! The 4500-X was certified on IOS XE version 15.1(1)SG. The details of the individual certifications can be found below:
The fixed-aggregation Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches deliver best-in-class scalability, simplified network virtualization, and integrated network services for space-constrained environments in campus networks. More information on the Cisco Catalyst 4500X can be found on Cisco.com.
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Tags: 4500-x, 4500x, Catalyst 4500 series platform, IPv6, logo, ready, USGv6
January 16, 2013 at 7:24 am PST
As we’ve all seen, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) made its way rather quickly into the public sector, and the challenges of implementing within government agencies has been well documented. In order to help agencies face these challenges, GovLoop recently conducted a survey & released “Exploring Bring Your Own Device in the Public Sector”. The report highlights challenges for implementing a BYOD initiative and best practices, and it also provides insights from industry and government experts related to mobility and BYOD.
Included in the report, David Graziano, Director, Security and Unified Access, U.S. Public Sector, Cisco, recently spoke with Pat Fiorenza of GovLoop on the current state of BYOD in government. David stressed that while challenges still remain for BYOD it’s one of the most important trends impacting government agencies. He advised that agencies must embrace BYOD and act on it along with their other mobility initiatives.
Not only does BYOD optimize business lines to workforce productivity and morale, but it’s becoming a necessity for recruitment, as a new demographic of employees enter the workforce and expect to be mobile and access information on any device, any time anywhere. Read More »
Tags: Borderless Networks, cloud, collaboration, govtech, mobility
January 15, 2013 at 2:20 pm PST
The Global Certification Team is proud to announce that the Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switch with Sup2T has earned USGv6 and ReadyLogo Phase two certifications on IOS release 15.0(1)SY1 and later. The details of the USGv6 certification can be found here. LIkewise, the ReadyLogo information can be found here.
The Supervisor Engine 2T is designed to deliver higher performance, better scalability, and enhanced hardware-enabled features. Supervisor Engine 2T integrates a high-performance 2-Terabit crossbar switch fabric that enables 80 Gbps switching capacity per slot on all Cisco Catalyst 6500 E-Series Chassis. The forwarding engine on Supervisor Engine 2T is capable of delivering high-performance forwarding for Layer 2 and Layer 3 services. Supervisor Engine 2T delivers many new hardware-enabled innovations in the areas of security, quality of service (QoS), virtualization, and manageability. The rich feature set of Supervisor Engine 2T enhances applications such as traditional IP forwarding, Layer 2 and Layer 3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs, and VPLS. The Cisco Catalyst 6500 with Supervisor Engine 2T and all the features and the technical advancements establish product leadership in borderless networks as well as data center deployments. More information on the Catalyst 6500 with Sup2T can be found on Cisco.com
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Tags: Cisco Catalyst 6500, IOS, ReadyLogo, Sup2T, USGv6
While in Oslo last month for the Nobel Peace Prize activities, I heard two words that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind: “open government”.
They were the focus of discussion among the 15 international delegates—representing 14 countries and 3 continents—that Cisco had invited to its “Visioning Open Government” conference The delegates and speakers delved into the value of an open society and its imperatives for social and digital network connections—including information access, integration, and network security.
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Tags: cisco service, education, government it, network connections, network security, Nobel Peace Prize, open government, open society
