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functionality for virtual machines and are designed to operate in a complementary fashion with virtual services to optimize
security and application behavior.
We announced our ACI solution, Cisco ACI, in fiscal 2014. Cisco ACI consists of the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches, a Cisco
APIC and accompanying centralized policy management capability, integrated physical and virtual infrastructure, and an open
ecosystem of network, storage, management, and orchestration vendors. During fiscal 2015, we have seen rapid adoption of both
the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches and Cisco ACI across all geographies and customer segments. As of the end of fiscal 2015,
we have over 4,100 Cisco Nexus 9000 and Cisco ACI customers.
In fiscal 2015, we saw the continued adoption of Cisco’s Unified Access architecture based on the Unified Access Data Plane
ASIC, which was first made available on the Cisco Catalyst 3850 and then added to the Cisco Catalyst 4500-E and the Cisco
Catalyst 3650. The Unified Access platform has been adopted across all geographies and customer segments. During fiscal 2015,
we announced an infrastructure initiative focused on bringing “network as a sensor” and “network as an enforcer” capabilities
across the portfolio. With security as top of mind for many clients, these capabilities provide analytics and control through the
network for threat mitigation before, during, and after an attack.
Individually, our switching suite of products is designed to offer the performance and features required for nearly any
deployment, from traditional small workgroups, wiring closets, and network cores to highly virtualized and converged corporate
data centers. Working together with our wireless access solutions, these switches are, in our view, the building blocks of an
integrated network that delivers scalable and advanced functionality solutions—protecting, optimizing, and growing as a
customer’s business needs evolve.
NGN Routing
NGN technology is fundamental to the foundation of the Internet. This category of technologies interconnects public and private
wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications. Our NGN Routing portfolio of hardware and
software solutions consists primarily of physical and virtual routers, and routing and optical systems. Our solutions are designed
to meet the scale, reliability, and security needs of our customers. In our view, our portfolio is differentiated from those of our
competitors through the advanced capabilities, which we sometimes refer to as “intelligence,” that our products provide at each
layer of network infrastructure to deliver performance in the transmission of information and media-rich applications.
As to specific products, we offer a broad range of hardware and software solutions, from core network infrastructure and mobile
network routing solutions for service providers and enterprises to access routers for branch offices and for telecommuters and
consumers at home. Key product areas within our NGN Routing category are as follows:
High-End Routers Midrange and Low-End Routers Other NGN Routing
Cisco Aggregation Services Routers
(ASRs):
Cisco Integrated Services Routers
(ISRs):
Optical networking products:
• Cisco ASR 901, 902, and 903 Series • Cisco 800 Series ISR • Cisco NCS 2000 Series
• Cisco ASR 1000 Series • Cisco 1900 Series ISR • Cisco NCS 4000 Series
• Cisco ASR 5000 and 5500 Series • Cisco 2900 Series ISR • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V
• Cisco ASR 9000 Series • Cisco 3900 Series ISR • Other routing products
Cisco Carrier Routing Systems (CRS): Cisco ISR-AX
• Cisco CRS-1
• Cisco CRS-3
• Cisco CRS-X
Cisco Network Convergence System
(NCS):
• Cisco NCS 6000 Series
Cisco 7600 Series
Cisco 12000 Series
Cisco Quantum Software Suite
Small cell access routers
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