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Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco Enables Wire-Speed Private-Line and Switched Ethernet Services on Cisco ONS 15454 Platform with New Metro Optical Ethernet Solutions Cisco ML-Series Interface Card and Multiservice over SONET/SDH Strategy Extend Cisco COMET Optical Portfolio to Enable Profitable Data Services SAN JOSE, Calif., December 3, 2002 - Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), today announced the Cisco ML-Series interface card, designed to deliver Ethernet/IP multipoint services over the market-leading Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) at multimillion-packet-per-second performance. The ML-Series interface card is the first technology milestone of the Cisco Multiservice over SONET/SDH (MSOS) Strategy, which is designed to enable high-value data services and greater profitability for service providers. The Cisco Multiservice over SONET/SDH Strategy expands upon the Cisco Complete Optical Multiservice Edge and Transport (COMET) optical portfolio to further maximize Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) networks for increased profitability through advanced Ethernet, IP, and storage services; enhanced quality of service (QoS) to achieve target service level agreements (SLAs); packet multiplexing for increased network efficiency and scale; and data optimization of the SONET/SDH transport layer. "With the Cisco ONS 15454 and the ML-Series card, service providers will be able to prioritize multiple applications across their SONET/SDH networks," said David Passmore, Burton Group research director. "In addition, the Cisco Multiservice over SONET/SDH Strategy shows that Cisco is committed to innovative differentiators in optical platforms by combining the capabilities of a full-featured Ethernet switch/router into a next generation SONET mux." "Multiservice over SONET/SDH solidifies the Cisco commitment to support the data-driven evolution of our service provider and enterprise customers' SONET/SDH infrastructures. Through the MSOS Strategy, we plan to deliver technology innovations that will optimize the SONET/SDH layer to help bring greater profitability to our customers," said Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president, Optical Technology Group, Cisco Systems. "The ML-Series card offers multi-layer Ethernet/IP capabilities at wire-speed forwarding rates for augmenting transmission networks with data services." |