SAP to support Cisco technology

By Eric Parizo, News Editor 21 Jun 2005 | SearchSAP.com

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LAS VEGAS -- Can a business run more efficiently if its network is smart enough to analyze application-based data?

Cisco Systems Inc. said yes, and today it unveiled the first components in its long-anticipated strategy to help companies manage network traffic derived from enterprise applications.

SAP to support AON SAP plans to support a new technology by Cisco Systems Inc. that would foster data integration in computer networks with equipment that links data to software applications.   Cisco launched its new technology today called Application Oriented Networking (AON) at its annual North American Networkers 2005 Conference. The new technology acts as a translator, allowing the integration of various software languages used by applications on the network.   Tibco Software and IBM also plan to build products that support the new technology.   Cisco said the components it builds using the technology will add application awareness to the network.   In addition to management software for the new technology, Cisco said it plans to launch several products this year including a blade for a Cisco 6500 Series switch to perform XML message processing, and a device that manages data from wireless and radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. - Robert Westervelt

At its annual North American Networkers 2005 Conference, the San Jose, Calif.-based vendor announced the first product and services from its application-oriented networking (AON) group, a new division created to foster the network's ability to recognize and manage packets carrying application data.

The new products, AON modules for Cisco's data center switches and branch office routers, are intended to complement existing gear by providing insight into how much application data is traversing the network at any given time and confirming that data reaches its destination.

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For example, Cisco said in a statement, customer e-commerce services firm BT Radianz said it has been using Cisco's new AON products to help its clients determine when data from financial applications passes through their network boundaries and arrives at partners' networks, measuring the total time for a transaction to be completed.

In addition to the AON modules, Cisco announced that it is working with partners such as SAP, IBM, VeriSign Inc. and Tibco Software Inc. on a portfolio of professional services that align the business and technical requirements of customers' networks and applications.

Cisco previewed its AON technology at the recent SAP AG Sapphire user conference. It has been suggested that the company's AON gear would boost Cisco into the XML and Web services data management market, perhaps challenging a number of startups focusing on Web services management and XML firewalls.

The networking giant set the stage for today's announcements last month when it announced its purchase of application performance management startup FineGround Networks Inc.

It is believed that FineGround's technology, which enhances end user application response times, cuts down application bandwidth usage and reduces the load placed on application servers, will be incorporated in future AON products.

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