Cisco Express-Network on Wheels rolls into Vietnam

Cisco today kicked off the Vietnam leg of the Asia tour of the Cisco Express-Network on Wheels (NoW), a mobile showcase featuring US$1 million worth of key Cisco technologies. The 40-foot retrofitted container serves as a platform to bring Cisco's technology to the doorsteps of more than 20,000 customers, business owners and individuals across Asia.

Vietnam is the fifth country after Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia to host the Cisco Express-NoW. The mobile showcase will spend the next three weeks in Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho.

Rick Justice, Cisco's executive vice president for Worldwide Operations and Business Development; Owen Chan, president for Cisco in Asia Pacific; and Chris Khang, vice president for Cisco's Asia region, were in Hanoi to officiate at the launch of the Cisco Express-NoW.

The Cisco Express-NoW showcases technology solutions such as unified communications, public safety, digital signage, building automation, energy control and facilities management systems that enable the network to connect people across boundaries. Equipped with satellite and mobile Internet connectivity and rapidly deployable communications, this specially outfitted vehicle can also be called on to provide essential communications services for first responders in the event of a natural disaster.

The mobile showcase also features solutions from regional sponsors CNA, EMC, Emerson Network Power, Linksys, Panduit and SingTel. Also participating in the tour are Cisco Express-NoW Vietnam sponsors SBD, FPT Information System, DTS, FPT Distribution and VNPT.

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