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Adopting a Simpler Network Structure Has Brought Significant Financial and Operational Benefits to Cisco

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Overview Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco wanted to replace the hub and spoke network throughout its European and emerging markets operations. The challenge was to maximize the benefits of a converged environment, which needed a topology that was simpler and more cost effective to operate. Cisco deployed CW for its solution and implemented MPLS IP-VPN built on end-to-end Cisco solutions connecting 80 Cisco sites and 30 partner sites in 32 countries.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Cable & Wireless	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2006
Format	Case Studies
Topics	VPNs, MPLS

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