Cisco announced innovative solutions targeted especially for small company IT networks and engineered to provide high levels of security and collaboration at a budget-friendly price. Solutions introduced by Cisco were the Cisco Spam and Virus Blocker, Cisco's NSS2000 and NSS3000 Network Storage Systems, and the newest version of the Cisco Smart Business Communications System.
The Cisco Spam Blocker is a dedicated antispam and antivirus security device that essentially eradicates email attacks with no set up. Cisco's NSS2000 and NSS3000 Small Business Network Storage Systems are economical small-footprint network-attached storage appliances that provide protection for valuable data and enable workers to share files easily. The Cisco SBCS Release 1.4, a full sharing and communications solution that easily connects offices, employees, and customers anywhere. The latest version incorporates the industry's debut of a wireless small-footprint Internet Protocol (IP) handset with Bluetooth support. To see Cisco's press release, refer to Cisco Announces Networking Products for Small Companies.
Cisco Spam Blocker
The Spam and Virus Blocker protects small organizations by offering powerful protection against spam, viruses and phishing as well as other email threats to guard your network and corporate information while at the same time improve productivity. Since the device stops spam and viruses with minimal set up and updates on its own, it eliminates the expense and hassle associated setup and continuing and management. By eliminating unwanted email, Cisco's Spam Blocker appliance increases the throughput of network connections, servers, and workstations. The Spam Blocker is an end-to-end defense against email attacks by including hardware, intelligent software, ongoing updates, and product assistance in a single bundle.
Notable benefits of the Spam Blocker are:
Cisco Small Business NSS2000 and 3000 Network Storage Systems
The Cisco Small Business NSS2000 and NSS3000 Network Storage Systems provide the dependable protection and advanced data backup features that your business requires, at a cost small organizations can handle. The NSS3000 accommodates up to 4 TB of data and up to 15 simultaneous clients per enclosure, offering the ideal solution for storing, accessing, and backing up your mission-critical corporate information. Unlike less sophisticated network-attached storage systems, the Cisco Small Business NSS3000 provides the state-of-the-art backup, cryptography, user authentication, and high availability your business needs.
The Small Business NSS3000 four-Bay Gigabit Storage System enclosure supports any certified hard disk. The chassis provides a wealth of features in a desktop-size system engineered specifically for small businesses. The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Storage enclosure also provides your business the flexibility to deploy the system without any connected hard disks, to modify the product at any time, and to chain multiple Cisco NAS chassis with one another, offering a platform that can continually expand with your company.
Your business can use the NSS2000 or NSS3000 Network Storage Systems to:
Cisco Smart Business Communications System (SBCS)
The Smart Business Communications System Version 1.4 is an easy-to-manage and comprehensive sharing and communications system that permits small organizations to connect at-home workers, on-the-road workers and office workers in disparate locations to improve their options to communicate with clients and teammates. In the new release, the aggressively priced system offers enhanced wireless features including the industry's first wireless desktop IP phone with built-in Bluetooth, the SPA525G IP phone, which enables companies to grow easily by installing phones in places where conventional telephone lines or network wiring is missing or cannot conveniently be added.
Additional innovative components of the Smart Business Communications System (SBCS) Release 1.4 include:
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