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Cisco Launches Cloud-Based Security Portfolio

In particular, Cisco said that the new products target distributed and mobile businesses that may need full coverage for headquarters, branch offices, or even employees connecting to the network from the field.

Security is central to protecting as well as leveraging a company’s assets as business models become more data-driven and consumer relationships more data-dependent, Brad Russell, research analyst, Parks Associates, told us via email.

From the article "Cisco Launches Cloud-Based Security Portfolio" by Jef Cozza.

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