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The Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System

On March 9, 2010 Cisco announced the Cisco® CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS) designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and set the pace for the astonishing growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online services through this decade and beyond.

With more than 12 times the traffic capacity of the nearest competing system, the Cisco CRS-3 is designed to transform the broadband communication and entertainment industry by accelerating the delivery of compelling new experiences for consumers, new revenue opportunities for service providers, and new ways to collaborate in the workplace.

Check below the amazing features of this device which can support for sure the future technologies:

Defining Scalability

• Total capacity of up to 322 Tbps – 13 times the competition

• Proven multichassis architecture with 3-stage fabric

• Tried and tested QuantumFlow Array chipset to help prevent bottlenecks

Defining Core and Data Center Services

• Built-in service intelligence allows the network and cloud to work as one

• Multi-directional capabilities handle traffic between data centers and from core to subscriber

• Cloud VPNs automate network connectivity

Defining Cost Savings

• Lower cost per Gbps – uses up to 40% power of competitors

• Optional modular power system that grows with capacity

• Smart design uses the existing CRS-1 chassis and many components, requiring only fabric and line card upgrade

Traffic capacity / module:

Introducing the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System by Mr. John Chambers:

Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System presentation:

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Cisco and IDG international Innovation Awards 2010

Austrian Companies ASFINAG & X-Tention Win the Cisco and IDG international Innovation Awards 2010
ASFINAG scoops award for implementing reliable communication network in Austria’s tunnels and X-Tention takes prize for its use of innovative IT solutions to link doctor’s surgeries, care homes and hospitals.

Quoting Cisco Press release:

“ASFINAG rewarded for highly secure and reliable communication in Austria’s tunnels

ASFINAG Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs-Aktiengesellschaft won the Cisco Innovation Award 2010 in the Most Innovative Unified Communications and Collaboration Project category for implementing the Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) in Austria’s tunnels. This system permits ASFINAG to connect analog and digital networks, including landlines, mobile phones and the radio networks used by the fire and ambulance service and the police. These services all use different networks, which are not compatible with each other. In the event of an emergency, IPICS facilitates rapid and reliable communication with all the emergency services. IPICS has already proven its worth and is being used extensively in the Arlbergtunnel, Europe’s longest road tunnel.

X-Tention awarded prize for standardised exchange of patient files

X-Tention Informationstechnologie GmbH took the Cisco Innovation Award 2010 in the Most Innovative Data Centre Project of the Year category for its role in the Cisco Medical Data Exchange Solution (MDES) project. MDES is a technology for highly secure, standardised exchange of patient data between hospitals, care homes and doctor’s surgeries. MDES was developed by Cisco in cooperation with Tiani Spirit of Austria, a world leader in its area. X-Tention, a hospital IT specialist, implemented the system at the Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, currently Cisco’s international e-health reference for connecting hospitals, care homes and doctor’s surgeries via networks. X-Tention is also working with Cisco on a number of similar projects in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Africa.”

Read the full news on Cisco.com Press release…

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Cisco: CUCM DoS Vulnerabilities

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly Cisco CallManager) contains multiple denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities that if exploited could cause an interruption of voice services. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) and Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Manager services are affected by these vulnerabilities.

To address these vulnerabilities, Cisco has released free software updates for select Cisco Unified Communications Manager versions. There is a workaround for of one the vulnerabilities.

The following products are affected by vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory:

* Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.x
* Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.x
* Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.x
* Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.x

Administrators can mitigate the SCCP- and SIP-related vulnerabilities by implementing filtering on screening devices to permit access to TCP ports 2000 and 2443, and TCP and UDP ports 5060 and 5061 only from networks that require SCCP and SIP access to Cisco Unified Communications Manager appliances.

It is possible to mitigate the CTI Manager vulnerability by disabling the CTI Manager service t is not necessary; however, this workaround will interrupt applications that reply on the CTI Manager service. Administrators can also mitigate the vulnerability by implementing filtering on screening devices to permit access to TCP port 2748 only from networks that require access to the CTI Manager service.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100303-cucm.shtml

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA 5500 Series

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances are affected by the following vulnerabilities:

* TCP Connection Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability
* Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Inspection Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
* Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) Inspection Denial of Service Vulnerability
* WebVPN Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Denial of Service Vulnerability
* Crafted TCP Segment Denial of Service Vulnerability
* Crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Message Denial of Service Vulnerability
* NT LAN Manager version 1 (NTLMv1) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

These vulnerabilities are not interdependent; a release that is affected by one vulnerability is not necessarily affected by the others.

There are workarounds for some of the vulnerabilities disclosed in this advisory.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100217-asa.shtml

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