Cisco Integrated Services Router: Reduce Power Consumption through Integrated Services Delivery
Jan 28, 2008 by Nathan SwartzBy Cisco Systems
Cisco understands and appreciates that IT is critical in helping meet green-related challenges. IT-related power demands, worker travel, and e-waste are all critical areas of concern in any organization’s green efforts. Recognizing that branch-office needs—and related branch IT systems—also accelerate resource demands both in the data center and at remote sites, Cisco is working to improve resource usage associated with remote branch offices. The Cisco Integrated Services Router is an integrated network infrastructure platform designed to replace multiple devices in today’s existing networking environments. Businesses can consolidate six disparate devices (router, switch, voice IP private branch exchange (PBX), security appliance, application acceleration device and wireless access point) into a single platform, reducing physical space requirements, energy and cooling consumption costs by more than 76 percent, as well as overall management expense.
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The topic is important but I was personally insulted by the paper.
Cisco’s mathematical comparison of ISR with the AVERAGE of 6 unnamed competitors with one or more unnamed appliances (to deliver multi-service functionality), is like saying your favorite team is leading in the division of 10 teams because it has won more games than the average of 6 other teams! Totally meaningless statistic! I believe that enterprises shouldn’t be blind-sighted by such marketing BS and look at alternatives. Nortel’s Secure Router 4134 would be one place to start, both from a price/performance and energy efficiency basis.