Dec, 2001 : Korea Telecom Selects Cisco for IDC Projects
📅 - Cisco Systems, Inc. (cisco.com) today announced that it hasbeen selected by Korea Telecom (koreatelecom.com) to provide networkingequipment to establish new Internet Data Centers in Boondang, Kwangju, andWonju, South Korea. The three new IDC locations will all use a combinationof Cisco 12016 Internet Routers and Cisco 7500 Series Routers.
Korea Telecom currently has twelve IDCs in various locations in South Korea,all of which use Cisco equipment in their backbone environments. KoreaTelecom chose Cisco Systems for the expansion of its IDC operations based onthe successful track record of the Cisco Routers in its existing network.Cisco's customer service and on-the-ground support were also cited ascritical factors in Korea Telecom's decision.
"The deployment of Korea Telecom's Internet Data Centers are one of the mostcritical issues for the company. The combination of Cisco's technology andKorea Telecom's market leadership in this area allows us to provide anexcellent service offering to our customers. We regard Cisco as a keysupplier in the development of our IDC strategy," said Mr. Seong-Rak Kim,Korea Telecom's managing director of Internet Data Centers.
The Cisco 12016 Internet Router offers an innovative distributedarchitecture design that delivers high performance, scalability, andguaranteed priority packet delivery. It features a 16-slot chassis and 80Gbps switching capacity that is upgradeable to 320 Gigabits-per-second. Witha field-installable upgrade kit, the 12016 Internet Router can supportCisco's 10 Gbps line cards, including OC-192/STM-64, 4-port OC-48/STM-16 and10-port Gigabit Ethernet.
The Cisco 12000 Series Internet Router is part of Cisco's family ofmultimillion packets-per-second Internet routing platforms. Cisco Systems'portfolio of 10 Gbps/OC-192 systems are designed to meet the challenge ofbuilding IP networks, the demand for bandwidth and the need to maintaininvestment protection. With its unique, modular distributed systemarchitecture, the Cisco 12000 Series leads the industry with the only proveninvestment protection, the highest backbone and edge performance, and theonly guaranteed priority packet delivery.
The Cisco 7500 router combines Cisco's' proven software technology withexceptional reliability, availability, serviceability, and performancefeatures to meet the requirements of growing IP (Internet Protocol)networks. Based on a multiprotocol platform, and supporting a breadth ofapplications and services the Cisco 7500 router series is adaptable to meetthe requirements of today's most mission-critical Internetworks. The series'modularity of interfaces delivers mix and match functionality, providingenterprise and service-provider networks with the flexibility needed to meetthe constantly changing requirements at the core and distribution points ofthe Internetwork.
Korea Telecom currently has twelve IDCs in various locations in South Korea,all of which use Cisco equipment in their backbone environments. KoreaTelecom chose Cisco Systems for the expansion of its IDC operations based onthe successful track record of the Cisco Routers in its existing network.Cisco's customer service and on-the-ground support were also cited ascritical factors in Korea Telecom's decision.
"The deployment of Korea Telecom's Internet Data Centers are one of the mostcritical issues for the company. The combination of Cisco's technology andKorea Telecom's market leadership in this area allows us to provide anexcellent service offering to our customers. We regard Cisco as a keysupplier in the development of our IDC strategy," said Mr. Seong-Rak Kim,Korea Telecom's managing director of Internet Data Centers.
The Cisco 12016 Internet Router offers an innovative distributedarchitecture design that delivers high performance, scalability, andguaranteed priority packet delivery. It features a 16-slot chassis and 80Gbps switching capacity that is upgradeable to 320 Gigabits-per-second. Witha field-installable upgrade kit, the 12016 Internet Router can supportCisco's 10 Gbps line cards, including OC-192/STM-64, 4-port OC-48/STM-16 and10-port Gigabit Ethernet.
The Cisco 12000 Series Internet Router is part of Cisco's family ofmultimillion packets-per-second Internet routing platforms. Cisco Systems'portfolio of 10 Gbps/OC-192 systems are designed to meet the challenge ofbuilding IP networks, the demand for bandwidth and the need to maintaininvestment protection. With its unique, modular distributed systemarchitecture, the Cisco 12000 Series leads the industry with the only proveninvestment protection, the highest backbone and edge performance, and theonly guaranteed priority packet delivery.
The Cisco 7500 router combines Cisco's' proven software technology withexceptional reliability, availability, serviceability, and performancefeatures to meet the requirements of growing IP (Internet Protocol)networks. Based on a multiprotocol platform, and supporting a breadth ofapplications and services the Cisco 7500 router series is adaptable to meetthe requirements of today's most mission-critical Internetworks. The series'modularity of interfaces delivers mix and match functionality, providingenterprise and service-provider networks with the flexibility needed to meetthe constantly changing requirements at the core and distribution points ofthe Internetwork.
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