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Cisco unveiled new solutions targeted especially for small business IT networks and engineered to deliver outstanding security and connectivity at an affordable cost. Solutions announced by Cisco included the Cisco Spam and Virus Blocker, the Small Business series NSS2000 and NSS3000 Network Storage Systems, and the newest version of Cisco's Smart Business Communications System (SBCS).

The Cisco Spam and Virus Blocker is a purpose-built antispam and antivirus security product that virtually eradicates email-based threats with no set up. The Cisco NSS2000 and NSS3000 Small Business Network Storage Systems are economical small-footprint NAS appliances that offer security for valuable information and allow employees to exchange information effortlessly. Cisco's Smart Business Communications System Release 1.4, a full collaboration and communications solution that seamlessly connects offices, employees, and clients however dispersed. Cisco's current release incorporates the industry's debut of a wireless desktop Internet Protocol (IP) handset with Bluetooth wireless support. To view Cisco's news release, refer to Cisco Unveils Connectivity and Collaboration Solutions for Small Companies.

Cisco Spam Blocker Appliance
The Spam Blocker appliance protects small companies by providing powerful protection against junk mail, viruses and phishing as well as other email-borne threats to guard your network and corporate data while enhance productivity. Because the appliance stops spam and viruses right out of the box and stays current on its own, it does away with the cost and hassle required for setup and continuing and administration. By eliminating spam, Cisco's Spam Blocker appliance helps the performance of network connections, application servers, and workstations. The Spam Blocker is a comprehensive defense against email-born attacks by including hardware, intelligent software, ongoing patches, and product assistance in a single bundle.

Key features of Cisco's Spam and Virus Blocker are:

• Accuracy: Assists to ensure that email-borne threats and spam are caught and legitimate messages are allowed through.
• Continuous self-installed patches: Non-stop communication with SenderBase services, a network database of email safety threats, makes sure that your Cisco Spam Blocker installs the latest patches to guard your corporate email.
• Simple setup and use: User-friendly web-based setup tools allow you to install the Spam and Virus Blocker appliance in almost any network within 15 minutes, providing immediate security for your company.
• Streamlined administration: From the moment your company deploys the the Spam Blocker appliance, you benefit from junk mail and malware filtering with no additional hassle required of your network support group.

Cisco NSS2000 and 3000
The Cisco NSS2000 and 3000 offer the dependable protection and comprehensive data backup capabilities that your business needs, at a cost small organizations can handle. The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 supports as much as to 4 TB of data and as many as 15 simultaneous clients on each chassis, offering the ideal answer for storing, sharing, and backing up your mission-critical corporate data. Unlike entry-level network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the Small Business NSS3000 delivers the advanced archiving, cryptography, client authentication, and high availability your organization requires.

The NSS3000 4-Bay Gigabit Storage enclosure handles any approved drive. The chassis provides a wealth of capabilities in a desktop system designed specifically for small companies. The Cisco NSS3000 Storage Chassis also provides your business the versatility to deploy the product without any attached hard disks, to modify it easily, and to link multiple chassis with one another, providing a solution that can continually expand with your business.

Your company can utilize the Cisco Small Business NSS2000 or 3000 Network Storage Systems to:

• Automatically copy vital data from every workstation and application server on your network
• Provide centralized storage and distribution of key files
• Employ Continuous Data Protection to copy unattended every version of every file saved by workers, allowing your company to restore data easily
• Store and save video from your video security system

Smart Business Communications System
The Cisco Smart Business Communications System Release 1.4 is a simple and complete collaboration and communications solution that permits small companies to interconnect at-home workers, mobile workers and employees in separate locations to enhance their options to interact with customers and teammates. In the new release, the aggressively priced solution has improved wireless capabilities such as the first wireless desktop IP handset with Bluetooth, the SPA525G IP phone, which enables businesses to expand cost-effectively by adding phones in locations where conventional telephone lines or Ethernet wiring is missing or cannot easily be run.

Other new pieces of the Smart Business Communications System 1.4 version include:

• The Cisco 520 Secure Router product to help protect a small business infrastructure and give workers safe access to the Internet and important corporate information any time, anywhere
• The Cisco Configuration Assistant Release 1.9 to enable stakeholders to streamline the configuration and deployment of solutions designed specifically for certain companies

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