Cisco Borderless Networks Released in the Wild?

Back in October 2009, Cisco announced a plan to launch its Cisco Borderless Networks. Recently, the company announced the release of its Cisco Borderless Networks line. This new product direction is aimed at supporting increasingly mobile businesses with distributed, in-the-field networking needs. Cisco Borderless Networks is designed to securely connect business workers to anything, anywhere, and anytime. Cisco delivers on this architecture through video, energy management and highly secure networking services that are embedded across its routing, switching, wireless and security platforms to form a comprehensive borderless networking solution.

An interesting aspect of this new line of Cisco products is that the company is makings its prices. We mentioned yesterday that the competition between HP and Cisco is heating up. This could be a concession or a new salvo, in that battle.

Some highlights of the Cisco Borderless Networks products include a much expanded switching line. The Cisco Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X, the flagship of the Cisco fixed-switching portfolio. They are enterprise-class stackable and standalone these enterprise-class switches. The company also updated its router line.The Cisco Integrated Services Router G2 3900 E-Series was introduced last year in October. Cisco's latest announcement, though, includes the fact that they have tripled the performance of its ISR G2 router line. The line is now more than capable of handling challenging video applications and service integration.

These new Cisco products are an exciting addition to the networking marketplace. Competition is a good thing.