Cisco introduced the infusion of multiple innovations into its flagship Catalyst 6500 Series Switches, the most widely deployed network switches on earth. The new innovations will provide Catalyst 6500 with the capability to evolve the current network infrastructure for the coming decade’s proliferation of connected devices, growth of video traffic, cloud computing business models and increasingly mobile workforces–without requiring “rip and replace” upgrades. Awarded more than 500 patents, the Catalyst 6500 has been the de facto industry standard switching platform at the heart of the world’s campus, data center, WAN, and Metro Ethernet networks since its introduction in 1999 and has a $42 billion installed base, nearly 700,000 systems/110 million ports deployed and more than 25,000 customers worldwide.
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