Cisco Infrastructure for i-City

NETWORK solutions provider Cisco Malaysia Sdn Bhd will hook up the i-City commercial development project in Shah Alam with a complete information technology infrastructure.


Residents and businesses in i-City, touted as Selangor's first Multimedia Super Corridor Cybercentre, will enjoy a variety of IT services.


These range from datacentres to wireless networks to high-end videoconferencing facilities; the first phase of the project will be completed by year end.




Kumaran Singaram, managing director of Cisco Malaysia, said companies planning to have their business premises in i-City would not have to build their own IT infrastructure from scratch. Everything they need will be at their disposal as soon as they move in.

“IT services will be available to every building,” he said, adding that in i-City, IT services would be as available as basic utilities such as running water and electricity.

Eu Hong Chew, chief executive officer of I-Berhad which is developing i-City, said the company's objective is to build an IT hub in Selangor.

He said Shah Alam was chosen because it is a well-known spot for industries. “Industries here will be able to use i-City to support their R&D clusters,” he said.

Cisco IP Telephony Solution Wins Voice Industry's Premier IP PBX Competition

In a head to head comparison with solutions from other leading IP Telephony solution vendors (Alcatel, Avaya, and Nortel Networks) of large-scale IP PBX systems capable of supporting 1,000 or more users, the Cisco solution emerged as the clear winner.

The test was run by Miercom, a leading network consultancy and product test center. Miercom tested the IP PBX systems by rating each of the four vendors' products in six categories: architecture, endpoints, management and administration, features, performance and security.

Cisco took first place in the phones, management and administration, and performance categories ensuring first place overall. Cisco also attained second place in architecture and security and third in the features category.

The complete results of the review are available now in the January edition of Business Communications Review (BCR) magazine: Miercom IP PBX Review.

"Cisco took the lead in the (endpoints) category thanks to the breadth of its offerings, as well as some notable features and excellent phone design," according to the BCR report. In the management and administration category, the article states: "Cisco took the gold in this category. It's clear that the vendor has been doing its homework, and its management application has become one to beat in this market."

In the performance category, the Cisco solution was the only one which managed 100% call completion. This was measured over a nine-hour period in which the Cisco PBX handled thousands of repeated setups and tear-downs.

Marthin De Beer, vice president and general manager of Cisco's IP Communications business Unit, said "We have won what is widely considered the industry's top award for enterprise-class IP PBX systems. It is a tremendous achievement and a testament to the overall quality and performance of our system developed by the seasoned voice team we have in place at Cisco."