Cisco sees new product raising core router revenue to $10 bln
Up to 72 CRS-X, or earlier generation CRS-3 or CRS-1s can be mixed or matched in a multichassis configuration, the company says. Already an Insider? Sign in Credit: CISCO Network World – Cisco this week is upgrading its Internet core routers with the CRS-X, a system whose capacity is 10x that of what the initial CRS offered when introduced 10 years ago . The CRS-X, which will be available this year, is a 400Gbps per slot system that can be expanded to nearly one Petabit per second in a multi-chassis deployment, Cisco says. Up to 72 CRS-X, or earlier generation CRS-3 or CRS-1s can be mixed or matched in a multichassis configuration, the company says. Ten thousand CRS systems have been deployed by 750 customers since the CRS routing system debuted in 2004, Cisco says. Current CRS customers can migrate to CRS-X capability with in-service replacement cards, the company says. Global IP traffic growth trends necessitate the CRS-X, Cisco says. Ciscos own Visual Networking Index (VNI) predicts Cisco routers UK global IP traffic to grow three-fold from 2012 to 2017, reaching an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes by the end of 2017, up from an annual run rate of 522.8 exabytes at the end of 2012 . [MORE TO COME? Cisco Preparing to Manufacture New CTR Routers ] The CRS-X line cards employ Ciscos new CPAK CMOS photonic technology , which is designed to reduce power consumption and the cost of sparing.
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The leading network equipment maker expects to cash in on ever increasing demand for Internet services with its new CRS-X router, its third in the CRS product series. Since the first CRS router made its debut in 2004, Cisco has brought in a total of $8 billion in revenue from the product range, according to Stephen Liu, Cisco’s director of service provider marketing. “The CRS-X is the innovation we need to cross the $10 billion barrier,” Liu told Reuters ahead of the Wednesday announcement. In comparison, Cisco reported total revenue of over $12 billion in its most recent quarterly report. Cisco said it has already confirmed that the top U.S. service provider, Verizon Wireless , and SoftBank Corp, one of Japan’s biggest mobile operators, plan to use the latest router, which Cisco will deliver later this year. The new CRS-X router can handle up to four times more network traffic than its previous version, the CRS-3, which was launched in 2010, according to Cisco. The CRS-X can handle 10 times more data than the first CRS router in 2004, Cisco said.
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Cisco introduces new switches and routers
Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake By Sinead Carew NEW YORK | Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:05pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc predicts that a new product it unveiled on Wednesday will increase its cumulative revenue from core routers, which direct Internet data traffic, by 25 percent – to $10 billion – within the next two years. The leading network equipment maker expects to cash in on ever increasing demand for Internet services with its new CRS-X router, its third in the CRS product series. Since the first CRS router made its debut in 2004, Cisco has brought in a total of $8 billion in revenue from the product range, according to Stephen Liu, Cisco’s director of service provider marketing. “The CRS-X is the innovation we need to cross the $10 billion barrier,” Liu told Reuters ahead of the Wednesday announcement. In comparison, Cisco reported total revenue of over $12 billion in its most recent quarterly report. Cisco said it has already confirmed that the top U.S. service provider, Verizon Wireless, and SoftBank Corp, one of Japan’s biggest mobile operators, plan to use the latest router, which Cisco will deliver later this year. The new CRS-X router can handle up to four times more network traffic than its previous version, the CRS-3, which was launched in 2010, according to Cisco. The CRS-X can handle 10 times more data than the first CRS router in 2004, Cisco said.
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Cisco sees new product raising core router revenue to $10 billion
For branch deployments, Cisco is expanding its routing family with new ISR 4451-AX, touted to be a performance breakthrough after its ISR in 2004. Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL modular switch is optimized for 10/40/100 Gbps, and shares the DNA of Catalyst 6500 for investment protection and operational consistency. The Catalyst 6807-XL is a 7-slot, 10-rack-unit modular chassis with up to 880 Gbps per slot capacity and 11.4TB per port switching capacity. Cisco Catalyst 6880-X semi-fixed switch enhances Cisco’s midmarket portfolio with 10 Gbps. It is a 3-slot, 4RU switch with 16 fixed 10 Gbps port Supervisor engine and four half slots for optional 10 Gbps or 40 Gbps line cards, supporting up to eighty 10 Gbps ports or twenty 40 Gbps ports. Cisco Catalyst 6800ia Instant Access switch provides programmable, one-touch deployments for Catalyst 6000 campus operations. The Cisco Catalyst 6800ia simplifies campus network IT by virtually consolidating access switches across multiple locations into one extended switch.
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