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With a new set of possibilities for digital communications in mind, Cisco Systems is introducing the fully integrated Cisco Digital Media System to business customers this week, laying the foundation for future applications and video communications. "The new emerging technology of digital media systems opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for all kinds of organizations to easily connect ...

September 7, 2006 In the year 2000, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, which provides financing for agribusinesses and rural homeowners in the mid-Atlantic region, underwent a five-company merger. When the merger was complete, the company had inherited 18 sites, many with fewer than 10 people, and a jumble of disparate phone systems and networking equipment. "We needed to make our whole networking system more manageable and improve communication between our branches. We promised ...

SAN JOSE / PALO ALTO, Calif. - Sept. 6, 2006 - Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced today that they have entered into a joint marketing agreement for the United States and Canada that will address governance, risk and compliance (GRC) business processes and IT control issues across the entire IT infrastructure-from the network layer all the way through the application layer. The joint effort will help further enhance the effectiveness of SAP® solutions for ...

September 1, 2006 The certified public accountant (CPA) industry has a reputation for traditional business processes and not always being on the forefront of technology; however Tedder, James, Worden & Associates, public accountants in Orlando, Florida, wanted to break free of that tradition. An SMB-sized organization with about 90 employees, it contracted with Cisco Premier Certified Partner i-Tech Support, Inc. to bring in new communications technology that would accommodate the ...