Cisco's ASR 1000 router built for 10-year tenure

Tests show ASR 1000 to be powerful, versatile swap for 7200-series routers Product Test Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Epicor CRM Strategies for SMBs Methodologies and practices to finding and installing the right CRM solution for your SMB are presented in this whitepaper. Discover these proven recommendations and methodologies explained here. Put them to work in your organization and improve customer service today. Download this whitepaper now. Spotlight Story Cisco's ASR 1000 router built for 10-year tenure Cisco's new ASR 1000 router is super-fast and provides a rich set of features that could make it a mainstay in enterprise data centers for the next decade. The ASR 1000 is a single box that can replace racks of Cisco 7000 series routers, according to our exclusive test results. Read more. 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