Cisco's first push in this smarter-is-better crusade lies in pervasive network security.

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When completed, the wireless network will be used for everything from public safety applications to providing a pervasive network for Internet telephony and Wi-Fi cell phones.

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The social fabric created by the pervasive and smart use of an enterprise social network emboldens and empowers people.

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The standard's global deployment is pervasive, and the span of stakeholders in its ongoing development is sweeping, including network component and system manufacturers (optical transceivers, cabling, integrated circuit, powering devices, switches and network interface cards, for example) and network, software and bandwidth providers, as well as LAN and Internet users worldwide.

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