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Cisco announced new products intended especially for small company networks and designed to deliver exceptional protection and connectivity for an affordable price. Solutions introduced by Cisco included Cisco's Spam and Virus Blocker, the NSS2000 and NSS3000 Network Storage Systems, and the newest version of the SBCS.

The Cisco Spam and Virus Blocker appliance is a dedicated email security device that virtually eliminates email attacks right out of the box. Cisco's NSS2000 and NSS3000 Small Business Network Storage Systems are affordable desktop NAS appliances that offer security for important information and allow employees to share files easily. Cisco's SBCS Version 1.4, a complete collaboration and communications solution that easily interconnects offices, employees, and customers however dispersed. The latest release incorporates the debut of a cordless desktop Internet Protocol (IP) phone with Bluetooth wireless capabilities. To see Cisco's press release, visit Cisco Introduces Networking and Security Solutions for Small Companies.

Cisco Spam Blocker
The Spam and Virus Blocker appliance safeguards small organizations by offering extensive defense against spam, malware as well as other email threats to guard your system and corporate data while at the same time improve productivity. Because the appliance stops spam and viruses right out of the box and stays current on its own, it does away with the expense and hassle with initial configuration and ongoing and management. By filtering out unwanted email, Cisco's Spam and Virus Blocker appliance increases the throughput of network connections, servers, and computers. The Spam and Virus Blocker represents an end-to-end solution email-born attacks by featuring a physical appliance, software, ongoing updates, and technical support in a unified bundle.

Key benefits of Cisco's Spam and Virus Blocker include:

• Accuracy: Helps to ensure that email-borne attacks and spam are caught and business email is delivered.
• Ongoing automatic updates: Constant interaction with SenderBase services, an online database of email security threats, makes sure that the Spam & Virus Blocker appliance installs the latest updates to protect your corporate email.
• Simple installation and use: Easy-to-use browser-based installation tools permit you to install the Spam Blocker appliance in nearly any environment within minutes, providing immediate security for your company.
• Streamlined administration: As soon as your company installs the the Spam and Virus Blocker, you get spam and virus protection with no additional hassle demanded from your IT staff.

Small Business NSS2000 and NSS3000 Network Storage Systems
The NSS2000 and 3000 provide the robust security and advanced backup features that your business needs, at a price small businesses can afford. The Cisco NSS3000 accommodates up to 4 terabytes of data and up to 15 simultaneous users per chassis, offering the ideal answer for storing, sharing, and backing up your mission-critical corporate information. As distinct from ordinary network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the Small Business NSS3000 delivers the state-of-the-art backup, cryptography, client authentication, and high availability your organization requires.

The Cisco NSS3000 four-Bay Gigabit Storage Chassis supports any certified disk drive. The chassis provides a wealth of features in a desktop-size footprint engineered for small businesses. The Cisco NSS3000 Storage System enclosure also gives you the flexibility to configure the system without any connected hard drives, to modify the product at any time, and to chain several chassis with one another, offering a platform that can continually grow with your business.

Your company can utilize the Small Business NSS2000 or NSS3000 Network Storage Systems to:

• Automatically copy vital data from each PC and application server in your organization
• Offer centralized preservation and sharing of important information
• Run Continuous Data Protection to back up unattended every version of every file archived by workers, allowing your company to restore data easily
• Store and save digital video from your company's surveillance system

Smart Business Communications System (SBCS)
The Cisco Smart Business Communications System (SBCS) Version 1.4 is an easy-to-manage and complete collaboration and communications solution that permits small organizations to connect telecommuters, mobile workers and office workers in separate sites to enhance their options to interact with clients and colleagues. In the latest release, the aggressively priced system offers enhanced wireless features such as the first wireless desktop VoIP phone with built-in Bluetooth technology, the SPA525G VoIP phone, which enables companies to expand cost-effectively by deploying phones in places where traditional phone wires or Ethernet wiring is missing or cannot easily be added.

Additional new pieces of the Smart Business Communications System 1.4 version are:

• The Cisco Model 520 Secure Router to help guard a small business infrastructure and give employees safe access to the Internet and key corporate data from inside or outside the office
• The Cisco Configuration Assistant Release 1.9 to permit stakeholders to streamline the setup and installation of solutions created custom for individual businesses

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