Behind some of the world's most important scientific projects - the Human Genome, fusion energy research, nanotechnology and research on climate change ? one will find ESnet, a high-speed network serving thousands of scientists and collaborators conducting research for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science at more than 1000 locations worldwide. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory wanted to facilitate collaboration among scientists in geographically dispersed locations and simplify participation in rich-media conferences. The challenge was to reduce resources needed to administer collaboration solution. As a solution the company deployed Cisco MeetingPlace, Cisco routers and switches.
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