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PRESS RELEASE

Charter and Cisco Enter Agreement in Support of Charter's Breakthrough Next-Gen Video Solution

Cisco Will Serve as a Key ‘Worldbox' Supplier Through 2015, including Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) and Digital Rights Management Solutions

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, CES 2015, January 6, 2015 – Cisco and Charter Communications, Inc. announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic agreement through which Cisco will supply key products in support of Charter's breakthrough next-generation video solution. The products will include Cisco's cloud-based security suite, including downloadable security solution (DCAS) for set-top boxes, and seamless digital rights management (DRM) solution to support video services on a range of IP devices. Cisco will supply a substantial share of Charter's next-generation ‘Worldbox' volume and will continue to supply CableCARD boxes until Charter migrates all current and acquired systems to the downloadable security solution. 

The two companies will host a private press and analyst reception today at CES 2015 in Las Vegas to showcase Charter's new solution and Cisco's key contributions for the first time. The breakthrough Worldbox can act as a thin client that can be updated via cloud software and incorporates a cloud-driven user interface (UI) to deliver new features and experiences to Charter subscribers. Charter will also showcase the Spectrum Guide, a new, cloud-based, state-of-the-art user interface that will work on any deployed set-top box in Charter's footprint. 

"Cisco shares Charter's vision of the future of network architecture, where our network's intelligence is located in the cloud rather than in devices at the edge," said Tom Rutledge, President and CEO of Charter Communications.  "We are excited that Cisco will be a key supplier of the Charter Worldbox, and that their Downloadable Security Solution and Digital Rights Management solutions will be part of Charter's  next-generation, cloud-based video solution."  

"Cisco greatly values our enduring partnership with Charter," said Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers. "We are proud to join Charter today to showcase the leading edge IP and cloud-based video solutions they are developing, and the Cisco products at their core. Charter's new video solution, featuring cloud-driven video experiences offered across many devices will be a huge win for Charter subscribers."

Charter expects to deploy downloadable security to its current systems this year and will then continue deployment to acquired systems. The downloadable security solution has been a multi-year effort involving multiple cable vendors. The downloadable security solution is an open solution, which has been ported to multiple vendors' CPE. It interoperates with in-place proprietary conditional access system implementations, facilitating efficient footprint wide rollout across different cable video network architectures. Downloadable security allows current and future vendors worldwide to supply ‘Worldboxes' to Charter. Charter is currently working with vendors towards manufacturing compatible boxes for the retail market as well, with the expectation that these devices will function in other cable systems using downloadable security solution. 

Charter will offer both an HD only and an HD-DVR ‘Worldbox' featuring dual IP/QAM capabilities, configurable up to 16 tuners, a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem, 1 Gig of RAM, high-powered USB to enable future applications, and a terabyte of storage on the HD-DVR.  Charter expects to launch its new fully featured cloud based user interface, Spectrum Guide on Worldboxes, as well as on legacy boxes currently deployed within the Charter footprint. The Spectrum Guide features intuitive search and discovery capabilities with attractive graphics and TV and movie poster art that provides customers an enhanced state-of-the-art experience.  

About Charter

Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading broadband communications company and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter TV® video entertainment programming, Charter Internet® access, and Charter Phone®. Charter Business® similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, business telephone, video and music entertainment services, and wireless backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at charter.com.

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com. Follow Cisco news and activities on Twitter:#VideoinCloud and @CiscoSPVideo.

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PRESS RELEASE

Cisco to Host 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

SAN JOSE Calif., November 20– Cisco will webcast its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, November 20, 2014, beginning at 9 a.m. PT. Participants will include Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers and Executive Vice President and CFO Frank Calderoni.

What:    2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

When:    Thursday, November 20, 2014, 9 a.m. PT

Listen and Watch via the Internet:
A live audio and video webcast of the meeting with synchronized slides will be available online. Questions may be asked online. Please click here to register.

Online Annual Report:
To download an electronic version of the Cisco 2014 Annual Report, visit the 2014 Shareholder Meeting page and click on the 2014 Annual Report to Shareholders.

Replay:
Playback of the Annual Shareholder Meeting with synchronized slides also will be available on the Cisco website at investor.cisco.com.

About Cisco


Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com.

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Watch Cisco Collaboration Summit Keynote Live, Featuring John Chambers, Rowan Trollope and Box CEO, Aaron Levie

Industry Visionaries Discuss How Cisco is Changing the Game in Workplace Collaboration During Streamed Keynote on Nov. 17 at Cisco Collaboration Summit

HOW TO JOIN:

Cisco will be streaming the keynote from the Cisco Virtual Experience. Registration details are availablehere.

BACKGROUND:

Outdated technologies and the "business as usual" approach to collaboration are not meeting the demands of today's increasingly mobile and social workforce. Cisco, along with forward-thinking technology partners such as Box, are building transformative collaboration technologies that disrupt the enterprise collaboration market and embrace the new way people want to work.

In the "Reimagine Collaboration: Bringing Amazing to Everyone" keynote address at 1:30 p.m. PT on Nov. 17 at Collaboration Summit 2014, John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco; Rowan Trollope, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Collaboration Technology Group, Cisco; and Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO, Box, will introduce new collaboration tools that will power this new way of working. This announcement is the next phase of Cisco's mission to deliver "no compromises" collaboration to everyone, changing the collaboration experience for every room, every desk, and every mobile device. Onstage at theJW Marriott in Los Angeles, Calif., Cisco will unveil and demo new products that help teams connect anywhere and at any time, to get work done faster.

WHO:

·        John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco

·        Rowan Trollope, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Collaboration Technology Group, Cisco

·        Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO, Box

Key Words: Cisco, Collaboration, John Chambers, Box, Aaron Levie

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com.

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PRESS RELEASE

Cisco Study: Digital Lifestyles Drive a Widening Gap Between Consumers' Expectations and Bank Delivery

Explosion in Customer Adoption of Technology Increasing Expectations of All Age Groups. 65 Percent Would Move Money for IoE-Enabled Banking. Evolving to Digital Bank Model Could Drive 5.6 Percent More Profitability for Banks

BAI Retail Delivery Conference and Expo, Booth 4029

CHICAGO – November 13, 2014 – At the BAI Retail Delivery conference, Cisco today announced the U.S. findings from its global study of more than 7,000 consumers in 12 countries revealing a gap between digital consumer behavior and bank delivery. U.S. consumers are living a digital lifestyle but see their primary bank as currently lagging in the ability to deliver convenient, personalized service. This divide goes beyond Generation Y, with 65 percent of all U.S. respondents suggesting that they would move money to a different financial institution for personalized Internet of Everything (IoE)-enabled services, in areas such as mobile payments, branch recognition, smartwatches, real-time videoconferencing, and automated financial advice derived from deep analytics.

Of the 603 U.S. consumers surveyed: 41 percent of Generation X and 36 percent of Boomers surveyed expressed that their bank does not understand their needs; 43 percent of all surveyed believe their bank does not know them and consequently cannot deliver personalized service; and nearly a third of customerswill look into alternative banking relationships because they do not believe their bank is helping them reach their biggest financial goals.

Upside for Banks: Focus on Digital Behaviors, Not Demographics

Financial services institutions have an enormous opportunity for growth when they become just as digitized as their customers, whether in the branch or far beyond. The research findings indicate that it isn't only Millennials and Generation Y that respond to technology offerings from financial institutions. Consumers from all age groups affirmed their desire for technology that opens the opportunity for personalized anytime, anywhere service in their banking relationships.

The study identifies important new customer segments in terms of digital behavior — and not just age. Moving forward, it will be important for banks to recognize these segments and their receptivity to interactive solutions. The study found, for example, that within Gen Y there are distinct segments looking for different kinds of engagement with their banks. And among older consumers, there are many who are more open to digital solutions than previously thought.

Economic analysis from Cisco Consulting Services projects that changing the customer-relationship model in the branch and other digital channels could result in a bottom-line increase of ~5.6 percent for a typical financial services firm. For a typical financial institution in the United States with $10B in revenue, this represents a $392M annual profit increase opportunity.

The study, which was also supported by interviews with industry thought leaders, shows there is a significant opportunity for retail financial services institutions to evolve to a digital business model. This will reduce attrition and increase customer wallet-share by utilizing the Internet of Everything to:

• Deliver more personalized and convenient services, with 53 percent of respondents looking for remote advice delivery outside of the branch
• Dynamically apply analytics to better understand consumer behavior, with 73 percent of respondents interested in one or more analytics-based banking tools and apps
• Provide integration of physical and virtual channels to deliver services on-demand, with 24 percent of respondents stating they would invest more of their assets and 26 percent stating they would buy additional products
• The study also shows that in this IoE era of high connectivity, security is a top of mind prerequisite for the digital consumer's bank.

Based on analysis for a financial institution with $10B in revenue, implementing the following technologies could increase profits in the millions of dollars:

• Video Mortgage –  $134M
• Video Advisor – $131M
• Branch Recognition/Personalization Services – $112M 
• Automated Advisor – $65M
• Mobile Payments – $26M

The Digital Consumer's Appetite for IoE-Enabled Services

Videoconferencing

• Regardless of the mode of delivery, customers want the ability to chat with a trusted adviser, but the experience and relationship must feel like an in-person interaction
• 54 percent of U.S. respondents seek remote-advice delivery outside the branch
• Top preferences for video advice, in order, include: financial planning, problem resolution, stock and funding picks, selecting bank products and insurance policy advice
• More than a quarter of those interested would move their money for video advice

Mobile Payments

• 72 percent of respondents would use a mobile payment system if it had the capabilities they most want
• 15 percent would definitely start an account to get it
• The top factors that would increase a consumer's willingness to use a mobile payment system include:

o   More secure

o   Easy to use

o   Accepted at most merchants

Smartwatch Applications

• Nearly half of all respondents (47 percent), regardless of age, are interested in banking with a smartwatch application to:

o   Check account balances (28 percent)

o   Receive alerts to avoid overdraft fees, for example (24 percent)

o   Transfer funds between accounts (23 percent)

o   Pay for an item in a store or physical location (22 percent)

o   Receive and redeem special offers or promotions (22 percent)

Augmented Reality

• 76 percent of consumers are interested in augmented reality experiences that, when viewed through a smartphone, superimpose discount offers over local retailers
• Other potential avenues for augmented reality development by financial institutions include:

o   Reward redemption: Real-time display of merchants in an area where a user can redeem coupons

o   Virtual locators: Location of bank, ATM, as seen through the camera of a mobile device

o   Real estate: View property details, mortgage calculator and other tools by pointing a mobile device at a property

Automated Financial Advice

• A new type of investment service uses data analytics to help investors select a portfolio of investments that fits their financial goals and preferred level of risk without a human financial advisor managing the customer's portfolio. In essence, this service is a software program that intelligently manages a customer's investments. The fees charged for such services are generally lower than those charged by traditional financial advisors.
• 48 percent of U.S. respondents are interested in receiving automated financial advice, and the percentage is even higher in younger demographics
• Among those interested, 77 percent would move at least some assets to use an automated adviser.
  • Among those willing to invest approximately 30 percent of their assets, Gen Y led the pack at 34 percent; with Gen X at 28 percent; Boomers at 22 percent; and Silvers at 18 percent.
• Another 73 percent of respondents were interested in analytics-based banking tools, with the highest interest in retirement calculator (22 percent); automatic savings tool (20 percent); and automated budgeting (20 percent).

Security Concerns Create Hesitation in the Digital Consumer

While new interaction models can help drive opportunity for financial institutions, they must deploy these models securely to engage the digital consumer. Although consumers are overwhelmingly pushing their adoption of new technologies, security remains their primary concern with new interaction models. When asked what would most contribute to their not wanting to meet with remote financial experts via video, respondents listed insecure personal data as their primary fear. In addition, 50 percent of respondents named a concern about security and privacy as the top factor preventing or limiting their use of a mobile payment system.

The Internet of Everything for Financial Services survey (conducted by Cisco Consulting Services) includes the U.S. results from a global survey of 7,200 consumers (ages 18 and up) in 12 countries (Australia, India, China, Japan, United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia).

The margin of error for all survey questions is +/- four percent.

For the purposes of identifying the generational demographics, the study refers to those aged 18-34 as Generation Y, or Millenials; those aged 35-54 as Generation X; those 55-64 as the Baby Boomers; and those 65 years and up as Silvers.

Supporting Quotes

Paul Jameson, managing director of global industries, Cisco:
"The Internet of Everything is rapidly changing the expectations of today's consumers, and banking is not immune to those shifting preferences. While the demands of Generation X have influenced banking practices in recent years, this study shows that every age group is clamoring for the personalized, convenient and secure services that IoE-enabled banking affords. Retail banks have a great opportunity to shift their business models and deploy solutions that deliver these services to increase customer satisfaction across all age demographics as well as increase their wallet-share."

Jerry Silva, Global Banking Research Director, IDC Financial Insights:

"We see the older generations picking up technologies like tablets and smart phones much more than we ever have as digital experiences become much more intuitive than before – think of apps like Skype and Netflix.  And they can now leverage those experiences and that learning to use the same technologies within the branch as well.  So as self-service channels like kiosks and ATMs get more advanced in terms ​of their functionality, older generations like Baby Boomers are picking up and adopting those technologies just as well as the Millennials."​

Brett King, author, host of Breaking Banks Radio, @AmerBanker "Innovator of the Year", founder/CEO, Moven:

"What's really going to change this space is that the best advice is advice in real time. So think of it like Tony Stark or Iron Man, and the heads-up display. So don't go telling Tony Stark three weeks later that that missile's on its way. You have to have that information now. And that, I think, is a great illustration of the way advice, and the interface of advice, is going to change in the future. Sure there'll be times when we will still need a face-to-face interaction. But the most powerful advice is advice that can help you right now today to make a critical decision."
 

Supporting Resources:

·        The Internet of Everything for Financial Services Survey

·        Cisco Internet of Everything

·        Cisco Financial Services Blog

·        Cisco Financial Services Website

·        Cisco Financial Services Insights Website

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About Cisco

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PRESS RELEASE

Toshiba and Cisco Intend to Engage on Internet of Things (IoT) Strategy

The two companies intend to jointly drive digital solutions in manufacturing, transportation and smart cities with an Internet of Everything focused framework

TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2014 - Toshiba Corporation (Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hisao Tanaka, TOKYO:6502) and Cisco (head office: San Jose, CA; NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today that they are collaborating on new ways to utilize the Internet of Everything that can dramatically improve processes, productivity and experiences in manufacturing, transportation and city environments.

Representatives from Toshiba and Cisco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week with the intention to advance the progress of a new Smart Community.

Growth of the Internet of Things (IoT)^*1 market has accelerated dramatically in the past year throughout a wide range of industries and public sector organizations. The Internet of Everything (IoE) connects people, processes, data and things through the Internet, turning data generated from connected devices into actionable intelligence that can improve processes, decision-making and scenario planning for businesses and people. The Internet of Everything also is creating a greater need for fog computing, which stores and processes data at physical locations closer to devices and operations – or the edge – instead of handling all processes in the cloud.

This global collaboration brings together the Cisco Fog Computing^*2 network environment featuring Cisco’s network-wide security solution with the Toshiba Group’s endpoint management technology. The joint effort will help monitor and maintain multiple devices, stream computing technology for high-speed information processing collected from devices, and provide storage technology to accumulate information generated with M2M technology. Through this process, Cisco and Toshiba will explore the feasibility of technological verification, marketing activities, and the provision of solutions for promoting widespread use of fog computing.

Toshiba seeks to generate new value by connecting its energy, health care, storage products and services using cloud computing, big data and analytics technologies, to achieve its vision of creating a safe, secure and comfortable society, the “Human Smart Community”. Toshiba will apply the technologies with the IoT, M2M, and fog computing to a wider range of devices and spread it to manufacturing systems, traffic/transportation systems, and smart cities.

To allow customers to make maximum use of the opportunities for value generated by the IoT and IoE, Cisco believes that a new approach to infrastructure optimized for many distributed sensors and data processing is critical. Cisco is also encouraging fog computing architecture, in which new networking, computing, and storage for value generation in the IoT era are deployed from the cloud to the edge. To expand the market for this technology, Cisco will promote innovation with its strategic ecosystem partners.

Key Quotes

Toshiba Corporation

"The importance of fog computing is expected to increase for managing many devices in the cloud.” said Hironobu Nishikori, Corporate Senior Vice President and President and CEO of Cloud & Solutions Company, Toshiba Corporation.“We believe a synergistic convergence of Toshiba's advanced device management technologies and Cisco's rich expertise in networking will open up ways to provide outstanding excellence in the ever-growing field of the M2M/IoT."

Cisco

“Our relationship with Toshiba is expected to strengthen the technology foundation for the Internet of Everything, ensuring fast, reliable and valuable outcomes for our mutual customers in both the public and private sectors,” said Wim Elfrink, Cisco EVP of industry solutions and chief globalisation officer. “The powerful combination of Cisco’s and Toshiba’s information technology leadership will be one more key accelerator in the rapidly growing Internet of Everything market and its critical ecosystem.”

1.  IoT: The mutual connection of devices such as sensors and industrial devices via the Internet.

2.  Fog Computing: A paradigm for expanding cloud computing to network edges, enabling the creation of computing, storage, and network services between devices and cloud data centers in a highly virtualized manner.

About Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into five strategic business domains: Energy & Infrastructure, Community Solutions, Healthcare Systems & Services, Electronic Devices & Components, and Lifestyles Products & Services. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations towards securing “Growth Through Creativity and Innovation”, and is contributing to the achievement of a world in which people everywhere live in safe, secure and comfortable society.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of more than 590 consolidated companies employing more than 200,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 6.5 trillion yen (US$63 billion).

To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com.

Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company.

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Cisco Opens Internet of Everything Innovation Center in Tokyo

The new center will be a major innovation catalyst for Japan's manufacturing industry, startups, services and developer community

Tokyo, 2014, November 13, 2014 – Cisco today announced the opening of a new Internet of Everything Innovation Center in Tokyo, where partners and developers can incubate new solutions for local and global markets. The Tokyo IoE innovation center is the seventh Cisco has opened in key innovation hubs around the world.

Part of the center will include an R&D lab for rapid prototyping of solutions for specific industries and customers. In addition to the testing and development lab, Cisco will demonstrate IoE in action by showcasing partner solutions.

Cisco has previously opened IoE Innovation Centers in London, England; Barcelona, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Songdo, South Korea; Berlin, Germany; and Toronto, Canada. Cisco aims to invest $20 million over the next 10 years into the Tokyo IoE innovation center.

Cisco selected Tokyo as the newest location for its IoE Innovation Center because of Japan's proud history of innovation and for being one of the technology leaders in the world. Cisco believes that Tokyo is an optimal location for promoting new business and services through IoE because of the established foundation for innovation across a broad range of industries that already exists in the city.

IoE, which is the intelligent connection of people, processes, data and things to the Internet, brings unprecedented economic opportunities to private and public sectors. Based on 61 real-world use cases, Cisco consultants calculate that IoE-based solutions can deliver US$19 trillion of economic value worldwide over the next decade. For Japan, that value translates to $870 billion, including $248 billion in manufacturing and $109 in the public sector. Developing a vibrant ecosystem and vertical solutions are essential building blocks to capturing the full value of IoE. The new IoE Innovation Center will help develop and test new vertical solutions that can improve business outcomes and quality of life as well as spark a new generation of startups and jobs in Japan.

Under the "Declaration to be the world's most advanced IT nation," Japanese leaders during the past year have been encouraging new innovation to improve businesses, services and quality of life in both industrial and social environments.

Initially, the innovation center will focus on solutions that leverage storage and computer processing capabilities closer to the edge, or physical location, of devices and operations in the public sector and manufacturing industries. Called fog computing, this capability to have intelligence at the edge of operations – in addition to cloud capabilities – is an essential element in realizing the potential of IoE.

The new center is designed to provide an open environment for Cisco, industry partners, start-ups and other innovators to develop applications and next-generation technology ideas. Smart-FOA Co., Ltd., a local startup focused on fog software and the first recipient in Japan of Cisco's global venture-capital investment fund, will participate in the innovation center efforts.

With the opening of the IoE Innovation Center in Tokyo, Cisco will strengthen relationships with nine existing partners, continuing to deploy innovative solutions with ecosystem partners. The new ecosystem partners Toshiba Corporation, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd., and Tokuda Lab, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus commented on the launch of the Tokyo center.

Shigeyoshi Shimotsuji, Corporate Vice President, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Executive, Cloud & Solutions Company, Toshiba Corporation

"Toshiba is working to generate new values by connecting energy, healthcare, and storage products and services by using cloud computing and big data technologies, with the aim of realizing a safe, secure, and comfortable Human Smart Community. By combining cloud technology with IoT, M2M, and edge computing, we will apply Human Smart Community to a broader range of devices, expanding it to manufacturing systems, traffic/transport systems, and Smart Cities."

Prof. Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University

"At Keio, we have many IoT, M2M, Cloud and Big Data related projects and are working on the ClouT project that realizes smart cities based on the fusion of IoT and Cloud computing.  We strongly believe that the IoE Innovation Center Tokyo will have a key role to make connected communities smarter with open and innovative collaboration among various members."

Masaki Saito, President & CEO, MITSUI KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

"MKI sincerely welcomes Cisco G.K.'s launch of the IoE Innovation Center Tokyo. While people, things, and processes are generating an ever-increasing amount of data, most of this data has never been utilized. At the same time, there is a growing need for real-time management and tracking, sometimes as a key factor for making decisions. MKI will work with Cisco G.K. to promote initiatives to realize intelligent edge computing utilizing this Innovation Center."

Wim Elfrink, Executive Vice President of Industry Solutions and Chief Globalisation Officer, Cisco

"The Internet of Everything can generate $19 trillion of economic value globally over the next ten years, including $870 billion in Japan alone. Innovation will play a key role in the digitization of industry and society, and Tokyo is an ideal location for our newest center (Center of Innovation) because of its long history of leadership in technology and manufacturing leadership. We are excited to have new ecosystem partners in this endeavor such as Toshiba, Keio University, Tokuda Lab and MKI."

Related resources:

Internet of Everything initiatives

http://www.internetofeverything.com

Tokyo IoE Innovation Center

http://www.cisco.com/web/JP/innovationcenter/tokyo/index.html

About Cisco
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ScaleMatrix Safeguards 100 Terabytes of Data and Continuity of Cloud Services with CA Technologies

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ScaleMatrix Safeguards 100 Terabytes of Data and Continuity of Cloud Services with CA Technologies

CA ARCserve Forms the Basis of Managed Data Security Services That Uses Cloud Storage to Minimize Cost

ISLANDIA, N.Y., August 2, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that ScaleMatrix, a colocation, private cloud hosting and managed services provider, is using CA ARCserve® to support its managed data security service that protects more than 100 terabytes of customer data for disaster recovery, business continuity and highly available business services.

ScaleMatrix offers cutting-edge IT solutions that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase agility and safeguard compliance.  The company’s customers – many from heavily regulated sectors such as finance, biomedical and government – demand exceptional data availability and service continuity.  The company needed a recovery management solution that would work across physical and virtual environments and a robust platform for simple cloud management.

“Our customers are under pressure to reduce IT spend while complying with regulations that impact the storage and management of data,” said James Heller, marketing director, ScaleMatrix.  “To help our customers meet these goals, we need to ensure that our services combine data and system high availability with efficiency and cost-effectiveness.”

The need for effective disaster recovery was highlighted last year when south Texas suffered a series of prolonged power outages.  “The incident acted as a wake-up call for many businesses, as it impacted their ability to continue operating,” said Heller.  “Four to six hours of downtime is manageable, but beyond this, organizations’ operations are significantly impacted.”

To ensure ScaleMatrix’s services would provide the business continuity demanded by its clients, the company needed to extend its disaster recovery capabilities while simplifying the provisioning and management of its private cloud services.

CA ARCserve forms the basis of a ScaleMatrix managed data security service that uses cloud storage to minimize costs. The company also uses the CA AppLogic® cloud platform to support its private cloud services.

“We selected the CA Technologies solutions as they are scalable, easy to configure and integrate, and require minimal support,” adds Heller.  “They enable us to help organizations bring new services to market faster, comply with regulations and get more from their IT budgets.”

ScaleMatrix’s data security managed service integrates CA ARCserve with cloud storage offerings and an appliance-based solution to provide robust data availability at an affordable cost.  The level of availability can be varied according to individual customer or system needs, from simple backup to high availability and various options in between.

In addition to its customer offerings, ScaleMatrix uses CA ARCserve to replicate its own systems and data between its San Diego and Texas datacenters – mitigating the impact of local events such as power outages or natural disasters.

In total, more than 100 terabytes of ScaleMatrix and customer data is protected across a wide range of systems.  Recovery time varies from up to a day for those customers using basic backup services, to microseconds for those with real-time replication and failover.

The CA AppLogic cloud platform allows ScaleMatrix to establish and scale services very quickly, maximizing profitability while meeting customer demand for scalable and highly available services.  ScaleMatrix has ‘wrapped’ a number of applications, including CA ARCserve, to create pre-defined services that can be provisioned with CA AppLogic’s drag and drop interface.

“The success of ScaleMatrix underscores the value that service providers get from partnering with CA Technologies to quickly bring new, scalable offerings to market,” said Steve Fairbanks, vice president, Data Management, CA Technologies.  “CA Technologies enables them to do exactly that with ARCserve and AppLogic, which deliver reliable data protection and simplify the provisioning and management of cloud services.”

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Growth Markets Embracing IBM PureSystems to Help Ease IT Complexity and Skills Shortage

-- 700+ Business Partners adopt IBM PureSystems, 1,300 Complete IBM Training
-- 160+ Solutions and Patterns of Expertise from IBM and Business Partners across 20 industries
-- New financing options for IBM PureSystems allow organizations to defer first payment for 90 days

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Armonk, N.Y. - 02 Aug 2012: As organizations around the world increasingly look for ways to reduce IT complexity and overcome the growing worldwide skills shortage, IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced growing momentum of IBM PureSystems among global clients and business partners. In addition to education and technical guidance, IBM is also announcing new financing options as well as increased support from more than 700 of its Business Partners.

According to industry experts, approximately three-quarters of global employers cite a lack of experience, skills or knowledge as the primary reason for the difficulty filling IT positions. As a result, organizations are searching for new computing models that don’t require the additional commitment of significant resources or employee training to set up and maintain. [1]  

IBM PureSystems meets this demand by providing patterns of expertise – a new technology model that builds on the experience of thousands of IBM clients and radically streamlines the set-up and management of hardware and software resources. 

Global Clients Embrace IBM PureSystems  

Since launching in April, clients around the world are using IBM PureSystems to reduce IT cost and complexity. For example: 

·        BPTP, a leading Indian real estate company, selected IBM PureSystems to streamline its IT infrastructure to improve the overall home buying experience for its customers. Established in 2003, BPTP has experienced rapid growth over the last decade. Sustaining and building upon this growth required BPTP to find a better computing and storage solution. To meet these challenges, it selected IBM PureSystems for all of its processing and storage requirements. 

·        PCCW, a leading information technology outsourcing company based in Hong Kong, has selected IBM PureSystems as the foundation for its new Enterprise Solutions Superstore – an online environment for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). As a result, they are now able to offer customers applications on the cloud using a Software-as-a-Service model. 

·        ValeCard, a multi-industry conglomerate based in Brazil, has achieved 40 percent growth annually over the past three-years. Facing rapid expansion of its business, ValeCard turned to IBM PureSystems to manage thousands of transaction records from contracts with large companies and government entities. Additionally, ValeCard is using IBM PureSystems to help it meet an increasing set of new regulations and standards for data availability.  

“One of the driving factors behind ValeCard’s growth is our ability to provide clients with customized solutions,” said Jose Geraldo Ortigosa, ValeCard Operations Manager. “IBM PureSystems provides us with the latest Cloud technology and other key capabilities we need to maintain and accelerate this growth.” 

IBM’s Ecosystem of 700 Partners Drives PureSystems Adoption 

For IBM Business Partners, PureSystems creates a new opportunity to help clients solve the complexity of enterprise IT, reduce costs and encourage innovation. From resellers to distributors and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), more than 700 Business Partners are supporting IBM PureSystems. PureSystems currently run tens of thousands of existing ISV applications across four operating environments including Windows, Linux, AIX, and IBM System i. Additionally, Business Partners have created more than 160 new solutions and applications that are optimized to run on PureSystems. These patterns of expertise, which span 20 industries, can be accessed through the IBM PureSystems Centre. They include leading solutions from some of the world’s largest ISVs, including ERP systems and applications for the banking, marketing, healthcare and energy industries.  

Numerous partners are also installing PureSystems in their own datacenters. For example Computer Gross, a managed service provider in Italy, and OneTree Solutions, an ISV from Luxembourg are both using the cloud capabilities of IBM PureSystems as a way to more easily meet the needs of their customers. 

"Because IBM offers all this technology in one solution, PureSystems provides benefits that are more than the sum of the parts," said Denis Avrilionis, Managing Director, OneTree Solutions. "Using the new expert integrated system and the patterns of expertise, OneTree Solutions was able to slash deployment of our PriceLenz software from three weeks to eight minutes. In our understanding, PureSystems is the most advanced integrated cloud solution in the market." 

To help address the new opportunity that PureSystems presents, IBM is also providing training, marketing, certifications and technical validation support to business partners. For instance, dozens of IBM Innovation Centers in cities such as Bangalore, Dublin, Johannesburg and Shanghai are helping Business Partners develop and test their applications using IBM PureSystems. Business Partners can also bring their clients to IBM Innovation Centers to see PureSystems technology at work.  

In addition, more 1,300 business partners -- ISVs, managed service providers, resellers, system integrators and distributors – have been showing their support and interest in PureSystems by attending Business Partner Day and training events in 27 cities around the world. PureSystems cloud capabilities are also drawing interest, with 500 developers using thePureSystems Cloud Trial to create applications through IBM's SmartCloud that are ready to run on IBM's new expert integrated systems. 

IBM Offers New Financing Options for PureSystems      

While technology options for businesses are growing rapidly, companies are also searching for strategic solutions to help them shift spending away from maintaining infrastructure and toward innovative investments.  

For example, to help credit-qualified clients easily acquire IBM PureSystems, IBM Global Financing is making available a range of financing options. As a result, clients will be able to avoid paying cash up-front, while lowering their total cost of ownership. This is the first time that clients can lease the entire value of the system, including hardware and software. 

Credit-qualified clients that elect financing can see immediate benefits with PureSystems while deferring their first payment for 90 days. Additionally, IBM Global Asset Recovery Services can buy back servers, including those made by HP and Oracle, for clients migrating to IBM PureSystems.  

Several clients are already taking advantage of this new financing as they deploy their new IBM PureSystems. For instance, BPTP chose to finance the PureSystems solution with IBM Global Financing, which assures them a faster return on investment and lower ownership risk.  

PureSystems, the result of $2 billion in research, development and acquisitions over four years, has been designed to help change the economics of IT and help organizations meet skills shortages by reducing IT costs and complexity so they can put more resources towards innovation and growth. With PureSystems, IBM has taken the unprecedented step of completely integrating all of the technology components – virtualized servers, storage, networking and cloud management software – needed to enable a customer to turn on a private cloud system within minutes. In addition, the highly scalable PureSystems cloud is delivered with built-in security. 

There are two models of the PureSystems family available – PureFlex System and PureApplication System. PureFlex System enables organizations to more efficiently create and manage an infrastructure, while PureApplication System allows organizations to quickly deploy and reduce the cost and complexity of managing applications. Both have already shipped to leading clients in 5 continents. 

For more information on IBM PureSystems visit: www.ibm.com/press/pure  

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1. ManpowerGroup, 2011 Talent Shortage Survey Results.  

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