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Xiamen Government Collaborates With Cisco to Develop City's Information Infrastructure and Software Industry
Xiamen Municipal Government First Public Sector Customer to Deploy Cisco TelePresence
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
XIAMEN, CHINA--(Marketwire - September 9, 2007) - China International Fair for Investment and
Trade -- Cisco® China (NASDAQ : CSCO ) today announced that it is working
with the Xiamen Municipal Government to promote the development of Xiamen's
information and communications technology (ICT) capabilities, with a focus
on the software industry. The collaboration is aimed at establishing a
long-term, stable and mutually beneficial strategic tie between Cisco and
Xiamen. As part of the initiative, Cisco will deploy its advanced
TelePresence communications solution in Xiamen, a major seaport on the
southeast coast of China, in the Fujian province.
Cisco will be assisting the Xiamen Municipal Government in preparing and
implementing ICT development strategies. The company plans to provide
support for the development of the Xiamen software industry, participate in
building the online public service and technology platform of the Xiamen
Software Park, jointly set up the Cisco Innovations Experience Center,
train networking professionals for the city and develop local Cisco channel
partners. The municipal government will also be the first customer in the
Asia-Pacific public service sector to deploy the Cisco TelePresence Meeting
solution.
Cisco TelePresence, underpinned by intelligent Internet Protocol (IP)-based
networks, helps enable people in different corners of the world to have
unique and "in-person" communications with each other. By taking advantage
of a wide range of innovations and breakthroughs in IP-based audio, video
and telecommunication technologies, Cisco TelePresence has given
"face-to-face" contact new meaning.
Deployment of the Cisco TelePresence demonstration platform, scheduled to
take place at the Cisco Innovations Experience Center in the Xiamen
Software Park, marks the first use of the Cisco TelePresence technology in
the Asia Pacific public sector. This will have profound implications for
the widespread adoption of the technology among governments.
The Xiamen Municipal Government has stated that it places great importance
on its ICT development strategy and welcomes multinational companies like
Cisco to bring leading networking technologies and global best practices to
the area.
With a long and cooperative history with the Fujian province in key sectors
such as finance, telecommunications and education, Cisco held the third
board meeting of the Networking Academy® at the end of last year in
Xiamen, where it explored the prospect of providing greater education in
networking technologies. Cisco China also set up an office in Fuzhou, the
capital city of Fujian, in January of this year to explore opportunities to
become involved in economic developments across the Taiwan Strait with
local governments, businesses and partners.
"Cisco is honored to cooperate with the Xiamen Municipal Government
concerning the building of an intelligent network platform for
communication and collaboration, so as to bring added value to businesses
and the public, and let people perceive the power of the network and the
rich experiences it provides," said Thomas Lam, president of Cisco China.
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