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June 21, 2005 | Comments: (0)

Cisco adds intelligent network unit

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Cisco embarks on a new business direction today as it details its first move into the messaging middleware business with its Application-Oriented Network (AON) business unit.

At its Networkers conference in Las Vegas the company announced the formation of its Application-Oriented Network (AON) business unit and a number of technical relationships, most notably IBM, and products that are intended to add more intelligence to the network. This added intelligence will better equip the network to understand business application communications in order to support more effective business decisions, according to company officials.

"AON is a new technology direction for Cisco as well as a new product offering," said Stephen Cho, senior director for product management in Cisco's AON business unit.

The AON group will roll out its first products later this year. The initial offerings will be a blade that can be used with Cisco switches and a branch office router. Eventually, the company will add a standalone AON device and a branch office router that connects to SAP applications, said Cho. The AON products will be about the size of a hardback book, he said. Pricing on the products will be announced later this summer, he added.

Read more about the new Cisco direction here.

Posted by Bob Francis on June 21, 2005 10:38 AM

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