Cisco Systems Inc. , the No. 1 maker of gear that directs Internet traffic, on Tuesday announced new software designed to protect against network failures on its high-end routers.
The San Jose, California-based company said the software, called Globally Resilient IP (Internet Protocol) and available starting next month, eliminates data or information loss on the network due to circuit failure or human error on its high-end 12000 Series routers.
"Even though a fault occurs in the network, packets (of information) continue to be forwarded and go to the user," said Sangeeta Anand, Cisco vice president of product marketing for the Internet technology division.
A router is a machine that connects two computer networks for the transmission of data and information, while packets are tiny chunks of digital data that have been divided up in order to more efficiently route data over the Internet.
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