Beiersdorf North America, a worldwide manufacturer of Nivea skincare products, has selected Cisco Systems' (www.cisco.com) Gigabit Ethernet-over-copper switching solution to support an increasing number of users and deploy more robust, intelligent services. Specifically, Beiersdorf credits the Cisco Catalyst 2950T-24 and Catalyst 3550-12T series switches with allowing Gigabit Ethernet transmission over Category 5 cabling.
Beiersdorf will replace its 10Mbps, hub-based local area network (LAN) infrastructure with the Catalyst 2950T-24 and Catalyst 3550-12T switches throughout its corporate headquarters in Wilton, CT and its production center located in Norwalk, CT. Both switches are 1000Base-T products that enable mid-sized and enterprise customers to deploy intelligent services across the network.
An statement from Cisco announcing the contract said that users in departments including production, manufacturing and shipping logistics will experience a fourfold improvement in the speed and performance of the network.
Once deployed, Cisco Cluster Management Suite (CMS) Software will allow Beiersdorf to simultaneously configure and troubleshoot its Catalyst desktop switches using a standard Web browser. This embedded tool makes common, time-consuming tasks easier by allowing network managers to perform upgrades or do maintenance of up to 16 switches via the Web, regardless of location.
