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Service Provider Video
Our end-to-end, digital video distribution systems and digital interactive set-top boxes enable service providers and content
originators to deliver entertainment, information, and communication services to consumers and businesses around the
world. Key product areas within our Service Provider Video category are as follows:
Service Provider Video Infrastructure Video Software and Solutions
Set-top boxes: Content security systems
• IP set-top boxes • Digital content management products
Digital cable set-top boxes Digital headend products
Digital transport adapters Digital media network products
Integration services
Cable/Telecommunications Access: Service provider video software solutions (Videoscape)
Cable modem termination systems (CMTS)
Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access network products
Quadrature amplitude modulation products (QAM)
Cable modems:
Data modems
Embedded media terminal adapters
Wireless gateways
On July 30, 2012, we completed our acquisition of NDS Group Limited (“NDS”), a provider of video software and content
security solutions that enable service providers and media companies to securely deliver and monetize new video
entertainment experiences. The acquisition of NDS will be combined with the delivery of Cisco Videoscape, Cisco’s
comprehensive content delivery platform that enables service providers and media companies to deliver next-generation
entertainment experiences.
Collaboration
Our Collaboration portfolio integrates voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks across a wide
range of devices and endpoints, including mobile phones, tablets, desktop and laptop computers, and desktop virtualization
clients. Key products areas within our Collaboration category are as follows:
Unified Communications:
IP phones
Call center and messaging products
Unified communications infrastructure products
Web-based collaborative offerings (“WebEx”)
Cisco TelePresence Systems
During fiscal 2013, our Unified Communication offerings expanded with the introduction of the Cisco Unified IP Conference
Phone 8831 and Cisco Desktop Collaboration Experience DX650. The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 is designed to
deliver superior acoustic sound and room-size flexibility and features both wired and wireless extension microphones. The
Cisco Desktop Collaboration Experience DX650 offers high-definition voice and video communications, integrated
collaboration, end-user personalization, and cloud readiness in a single package powered by the widely used Android
operating system. We combined these product introductions with infrastructure developments across the Collaboration
portfolio, with the aim of driving interoperability across vendor, business, and consumer boundaries. Additionally, we
announced a new release related to our Unified Communications Manager platform to deliver voice, video, messaging,
mobility, and security functionality in a manner designed to enhance flexibility, to increase the ability to bridge disparate
systems, and to protect the customer’s investments.
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