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CISCO ’ S NEW DATA CENTRE IN FRANKFURT IS A SHOWCASE OF THE COMPANY ’ S LATEST TECHNOLOGIES .
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Cisco announces new data centre to serve collaboration customers in the region

Cisco announced that it is bringing a new data centre to Frankfurt , Germany , to serve customers using its Collaboration platform , Webex , in the European Union ( EU ) and Europe , Middle East , Africa and Russia ( EMEAR ) region . The new data centre in Frankfurt is scheduled for operation by end of June 2021 .

Over the past months , public and private actors from all sectors expanded telework to provide vital citizen and business services . The rapid Digital Transformation that occurred with the shift to remote working , combined with the need to keep distributed teams connected have increased the demand for cloud-based collaboration platforms . Since the beginning of the pandemic , the use of digital collaboration tools , such as Cisco Webex , has increased by 74 %. Webex alone has grown to nearly 600 million participants quarterly on average .
Webex has a rich history of helping employees innovate and remain productive wherever they are . Since the pandemic , Webex has continued to help businesses by enhancing the smart workplace and providing numerous digital solutions . The platform has also been integral for governments to continue to lead remotely , doctors to meet with patients safely and educators to teach students at a distance – enabling connected classrooms .
In December 2020 , Cisco announced a new wave of Webex innovations with the vision to drive 10x better experiences for virtual meetings and enhance the digital workplace .
Eliminating language barriers is a key step to enabling a truly global , hybrid workforce . Since March 2021 , Webex customers can preview real-time translations from English into 100 + languages .
In 2021 , Cisco is scaling and unifying Cisco Webex data centres to provide customers with more flexibility . The new data centre in Frankfurt , Germany , is part of this effort and complements existing data centres in the region , providing additional opportunities to host data in the EU .
Innovative data centre technologies Cisco ’ s new data centre in Frankfurt is a showcase of the company ’ s latest technologies . This includes the Cisco ASR routing platform that provides a high-throughput connectivity into the data centre , ideal for high bandwidth applications , such as streaming audio or video , or video conferencing .
Within the data centre , the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure ( ACI ) connects all components in a secure and highly scalable way , and it also offers capabilities for ease of management and troubleshooting .
The other key component of the architecture is the Cisco Unified Computing System ( UCS ) that combines industry-standard , x86-architecture servers with networking and storage . UCS provides all the server capacity needed for the solution and can offer automated computing scalability based on user demand . In addition , Cisco ThousandEyes ’ Internet and cloud intelligence platform is used for visibility and insights into the digital delivery of applications and services . p

CISCO ’ S NEW DATA CENTRE IN FRANKFURT IS A SHOWCASE OF THE COMPANY ’ S LATEST TECHNOLOGIES .

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