Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Cisco Highlights Productivity Gains from IP Communications

Cisco Systems issued a series of customer announcements highlighting the productivity gains and of the major enterprises that have adopted its IP communications solutions. Examples include:

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGE&Y), which has connected 12 offices across the US with Cisco

CallManager software clusters for centralized IP call processing. The company has deployed 600 Cisco IP phones and will add an additional 775 phones by May. A three-year payback period is projected for its investment.

In the financial services industry, the Cisco IP Communications system is now operating at Advancial Federal Credit Union, Allegacy Federal Credit Union, First Magnus Financial, KeyCorp and People's Bank and Trust.

In the government/public sector, City of Auburn, U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Town of Palm Beach, Florida and the U.S. Census Bureau are using Cisco's converged system

Cisco said it has shipped 1.4 million IP phones to date.
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