Cisco to add wireless functionality to its ISR line

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Vancouver - Cisco Systems Inc. plans to add wireless capabilities to its Integrated Services Router (ISR) line of networking products, the company's chief technology officer told partners. During a presentation to about 2,000 participants of its partner conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Charlie Giancarlo described the ISR series as an example of a Cisco product line that combines security, voice and caching functions into one router. Adding wireless capabilities to the ISR series will be a "slam dunk" for the San Jose, Calif.-based network equipment manufacturer, said Zeus Kerravala, vice-president for enterprise infrastructure with The Yankee Group, a Boston-based market research firm. "There's no reason to not do it," Kerravala said during an interview, adding he predicts Cisco may also add Wide Area File Services (WAFS) technology — which is designed to reduce the amount of time it takes to access and save files over wide-area networks — to the ISR routers.