Cisco's gateway, which underwent a trial in Honolulu, functions similarly but is more hardware-based, complementing its line of network routing equipment and voice-over-IP telephony.

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In 1988, Pierre Mauroy, the city's mayor and a powerful figure in France's Socialist Party, engineered the routing of a new network of domestic and international high-speed train services through Lille and used that coup to turn the city into a logistics and service hub.

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Adoption has been even stronger in businesses, where corporations can replace their expensive phone networks and save money routing calls over their computer network.

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Last year Morton, 52, obtained his own CCIE certificate in routing and switching, and followed up with his CCIE in network security earlier this year.

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Under the new system, software will analyze the entire Norfolk network every hour and, to keep traffic flowing efficiently, suggest changes in speed, routing and train meeting places.

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