Cisco enters mobility network business with Cisco Motion interface

Mumbai: Cisco plans to venture into the mobility network business with a new advanced interface, which supports a wide range of mobility services across wireless and wired networks.

The new Cisco 3300 Series Mobility Services Engine (MSE) known as Cisco Motion is the company's innovative vision for business mobility, designed to deliver practical solutions to integrate mobile devices, applications, security and other networks into a unified platform.

This appliance-based platform offers an open application programming interface (API) for consolidating and supporting mobility services across wireless and wired networks. Cisco MSE is offering four software offerings initially including Cisco Context-Aware Software, Cisco Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS), Cisco Secure Client Manager and Cisco Mobile Intelligent Roaming.

Flextronics, a valued Cisco partner and global leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider for Cisco and OEMs, is looking to the Cisco Context-Aware Mobility solution to track Cisco's capital assets as a service at its global manufacturing sites. In Austin, Texas, the company tracks high-value assets like thermal chambers and testing equipment used to manufacture products, enabling it to account for Cisco capital equipment and easily locate it in real-time.

The Cisco MSE and its software integrate with the Cisco Unified Wireless Network portfolio, Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco-compatible devices to expand the reach and value of an enterprise's mobility system.

Several application and solution partners have integrated or plan to integrate with the MSE including Nokia, Oracle, AeroScout, Agito Networks and Airetrak, as well as industry-specific application partners such as IntelliDOT and Johnson Controls (healthcare) and OATSystems (manufacturing).