Cisco's wireless unit shifts emphasis to "mobility"

Posted on May 18, 2012 in IT Security News

Cisco’s Wireless Networking Business Unit doesn’t actually talk so much about wireless networking these days. Increasingly, its message aimed at IT groups is about the broader concept of “mobility.”

The change, not only for Cisco but its rivals, reflects the fact that mobile workers are no longer focused simply on replacing an Ethernet cable with a Wi-Fi signal and being able to carry their corporate laptop to the conference room. The real question has become: what can they, and the company, and the company’s customers, now do once they’ve made that replacement?

“Connecting a device to my corporate network is just step one. The question is: what happens after that?”says Sujai Hajela, vice president/general manager of Cisco’s wireless networking business unit, who spoke with Network World this week regarding Cisco’s announcement of three new pre-tested bundles of products and services designed to cut through the confusing complexity of enterprise mobility.

The new Smart Solutions packages are by themselves not exactly new: they’re formed of existing Cisco hardware and software, third-party partnerships, and consulting services from Cisco or its partners. But Cisco says they represent a shift in the company’s thinking about how to deploy mobile technology for businesses. Instead of a grab bag of separate products, the new approach sees mobility, in effect, as a whole that’s greater than the sum of its many parts, including devices, operating systems, apps, Wi-Fi access points, VPNs, authentication and security. The overarching enterprise benefit, according to Cisco, is summed up in a new term, “Cisco Unified Workspace.”

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“Enterprises are looking at the next generation of users coming into their ranks,” says Tim Zimmerman, principal analyst for network services and infrastructure with market watcher Gartner. “Most of them don’t even know what an RJ-45 plug is. The iPad doesn’t even have one. There’s a presumption of wireless connectivity [being available anywhere, anytime]. That puts more responsibility on IT organizations to manage that.”

Cisco’s main challenge in the enterprise market, he says, is execution and optimization – in effect, turning PowerPoint slides of talking points into concrete capabilities that enterprises buy into and then buy to mobilize business.

Cisco still dominates the enterprise wireless LAN landscape, but its dominance is less complete than it was a few years ago. By revenues, Cisco’s share of the total worldwide market for enterprise WLAN equipment is now about 50%, down from the more than 60% it commanded for years, according to IDC. Its nearest rival, publicly held Aruba Networks, finally broke into a double-digit share of global revenues only last year, capturing 11.5% according to IDC.

Cisco continues to invest heavily in radio frequency technologies, leveraging its own Wi-Fi chip designs with Cisco-developed, on-chip code to boost signal reliability and consistency, and throughput. The focus is less on raw chip-level data rates, though that’s important, and more on optimizing the connection to provide the reliability, security and throughput of a wired Ethernet link.

Cisco’s Hajela, who formerly ran Motorola’s WLAN group and came over to his current job at Cisco in August 2011, sometimes sounds like a network version of Dr. Phil. “More and more of our messaging is about customer ‘care-abouts,’” he says at one point. And at another point, “The end user is looking for an uncompromised experience, regardless of the network” connectivity.

These bromides actually mean something, and Hajela becomes specific and insistent when pressed. “The network doesn’t matter to the user,” he says. “What he wants is to be able to use his app wherever he is.”

And that use must be optimal. “If my device and my network connection supports high-def video, then I should get high-def video,” he says. “And if I’m using a smartphone, I should get optimal battery life. These things should be handled by intelligence placed in the network.”

Cisco’s job is to cram more and more intelligence into the networks and applications and infrastructure that supports the enterprise’s mobile users and mobile business.

“What’s really resonating with enterprise IT is this: the system looks at who the user is, and what he’s trying to do, rather than how he’s connecting” by wire or wireless, Hajela says.

Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a key part of this approach, identifying and authenticating users regardless of how they connect, and adjusting their access and security privileges based on variables such as their location, connectivity, and time of day. [See "Cisco enterprise management tools take on new network realities".] Tightly integrated with ISE is Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS), which replaced the standalone Wireless Control System management application for Cisco WLANs, and creates single console for managing both wired and wireless.

The need for such an approach “just plain makes sense,” commented Network World wireless blogger Craig Mathias in a post about NCS. “Along with [unified]security and integrity comes a fundamental need to handle the ever-increasing capacity demanded by an ever-growing population of wireless users with equally-demanding applications,” he wrote. “A single-pane management console adds convenience, lowers cost (Cisco points out that generalists with the right tools can be just as productive as more-expensive specialists), and just plain makes sense….”

Cisco isn’t the only WLAN supplier taking this unifying or converging approach, as Gartner’s Zimmerman points out. “We see this in HP, in Aruba, which is now offering a [LAN] switch ] along with end-to-end, multivendor support,” he says. “Vendors are addressing the multiple elements within this infrastructure layer.”

The reality is that Cisco faces a rapidly changing enterprise mobile environment, and enterprise customers have plenty of options. Earlier this month, Aruba announced that Texas AM University, a major Cisco shop, is replacing its existing Cisco WLAN with Aruba’s products, after extensive testing. The school will eventually install 6,000 to 7,000 Aruba 802.11n access points, along with Aruba’s AirWave wired/wireless network management application.

John Cox covers wireless networking and mobile computing for Network World.

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Red River Achieves Advanced Borderless Network Architecture Specialization from Cisco

Posted on May 18, 2012 in IT Security News

CLAREMONT, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Red
River, a widely recognized national leader in providing IT products
and services to government and healthcare sectors, today announced that
it has met the criteria to achieve Advanced Borderless Network
Architecture Specialization from Cisco.

The Cisco
Borderless Network Architecture is the technical architecture that
allows organizations to connect anyone, anywhere, anytime and on any
device – securely, reliably and seamlessly, according to Cisco. It is
the foundation for the Cisco Intelligent Network, providing
optimization, scale and security to collaboration and virtualization.
The architecture is built on an infrastructure of scalable and resilient
hardware and software. Components of the architecture come together to
build network systems that span organizations, from network access to
the cloud.

“Before the emergence of cloud computing, a worker would interact with
his or her networks from one device in one location,” said Dave Levin,
Red River’s senior director, Partner Operations. “Today, workers are
using multiple devices from multiple locations, yet they still expect
the same responsiveness and security of traditional networks. Cisco
borderless networks are a response to that changing dynamic of
anytime-anywhere access.”

As part of this Cisco Specialization, Red River has fulfilled the
role-based training requirements and program prerequisites to sell,
design and deploy Cisco Borderless Networks Architecture solutions in
the U.S. Recognition of this achievement will be noted on the Cisco
Partner Locator site, at www.cisco.com/go/partnerlocator.

“Red River is now well-positioned to sell and implement Cisco borderless
networks,” Levin added. “However, the preparation and training we
engaged in to earn our new Cisco Specialization – which involved a
larger percentage of our technical staff – has made great strides to
prepare Red River more broadly as a company to offer borderless networks
solutions to our clients.”

About Red River

Red River was founded on the core values of hard work, honesty, modesty
and the desire to always lend a helping hand. Red River is proud to
serve the government and healthcare sectors by providing technology
products and services. We pride ourselves on our ability to help our
customers leverage the latest technologies to optimize business
processes and maximize the value of their IT investments. Combining an
uncommon work ethic with exceptional customer service enables Red River
to deliver performance beyond expectations to its customers and
suppliers. For more information please call 800-769-3060, or visit www.redriver.com.

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Cisco RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction Router

Posted on May 18, 2012 in IT Security News

The Cisco RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction Router ($246 MSRP) makes it easy to set up a firewall, a VPN server, a router, and a wireless network with a single, compact box. The company also offers the RV180 ($182), with all the same features minus the wireless network. The RV180W addresses a lot of the things that were missing in the Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, such as increasing the number of VPN users supported and adding Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The RV180W aims to offer security, remote access and simple configuration. Even though Cisco is marketing this dual-band wireless router as a small business product, it is comparable to some of the higher-end consumer routers tested recently, such as the Netgear N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 and AirStation Nfiniti High PowerGiga Wireless-N Router Access Point from Buffalo Technology. Pricewise, the RV180W is  comparable to Netgear’s N900, although it has more features in common with Buffalo’s AirStation line of routers.

Hardware Specifications
The Cisco RV180W has one WAN port for Internet connectivity and four Gigabit LAN ports in the back. There are two external antennas on the back for wireless networking. Square and compact, it measures 1.18” x 5.91” x 5.91” (HWD) and weighs a mere 0.61 lbs.

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The glossy front panel has indicator lights for power, wireless activity, Internet connectivity, and for each of the four LAN ports. The front panel also has an AP indicator that lights up steady green when the router is being used as an access point. The Bridge indicator is green when it is acting as a bridge.

The back panel has a power button, a reset button to reboot the router or to restore factory settings, and a port to plug in the AC power cable. Unlike the previous RV110W, the four LAN ports on the back of the RV180W support Gigabit Ethernet. While Gigabit Ethernet is not yet a must-have on most business routers, the increasing number of applications, file-sharing, and video streaming within the office make it a should-have.

Features
Like the earlier RV110W, the R180W would be attractive to many businesses because of its built-in VPN server. Considering how expensive and time-consuming it can be to deploy a VPN server for remote workers to connect and access office printers, databases, and applications, a router with built-in VPN is a bargain. The RV180W supports both the widely-supported PPTP and QuickVPN protocols and allows up to 10 VPN connections at time. This is an improvement over the RV110W, which supported only five users at a time.

Cisco upgraded the RV180W to broadcast on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz-band and included WDS bridging/repeating and WEP/WPA/WPA2 consumer and Enterprise wireless security. The router can also be configured to broadcast on four VLAN-based SSIDs. Businesses would appreciate the various options available for setting up the wireless network.

The well-organized Web interface is chock-full of firewall and routing options, including port forwarding, firewall access rules, quality of service, and creating VPN user accounts.

The RV180W supports IPv6 out of the box, making it a sound investment for any business planning to upgrade their networks to adopt the newer Internet address standard down the road. Businesses should pay careful attention to make sure new equipment have IPv6 support, or the eventual transition is going to be really painful.

Cisco Quick Start
Setting up the RV180W was a snap, as I followed the enclosed printed Quick Start Guide to connect the router to the computer and to the network. When I opened up the Web interface with the default IP address and login credentials, the Setup Wizard launched automatically. The entire process took less than 10 minutes, and included setting up security on the wireless network, changing the password for the default account, configuring the router’s WAN gateway settings, and testing to make sure I had Internet connectivity. Plenty of on-screen tips and explanations were available at every step.

I also had the option to configure the router to broadcast a different MAC address. Many ISPs secure customer connections by locking the IP address to a specific hardware MAC address to prevent someone from swapping routers or firewalls without the administrator’s knowledge. The RV180W can broadcast the MAC address of the computer being used to run the Setup Wizard, or an entirely different address (such as the previous router being replaced).

I appreciated the Setup Wizard’s focus on security. The interface warned me when I selected a password that wasn’t strong enough and defaulted to a secure wireless setup by default. When I tried to set up an open wireless network, the wizard displayed several warnings.

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Cisco CCNP TSHOOT Training & CCNP Training Package Released by TrainSignal

Posted on May 16, 2012 in IT Security News

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — TrainSignal, the global leader in professional computer training, announced the release of their Cisco CCNP TSHOOT training course.

The new Cisco troubleshooting course rounds out the CCNP Training Package, designed to fully prepare viewers to earn the CCNP certification. To earn the CCNP, one needs to pass the CCNP ROUTE (642-902), CCNP SWITCH (642-813), and CCNP TSHOOT (642-832) exams in no particular order, although most candidates begin with CCNP ROUTE.

CCNP Training is taught by CCIE Joe Rinehart, and this troubleshooting course covers models, methodologies and tools for troubleshooting everything on a Cisco network. The lessons cover steps for working on support tickets related to VLANs, IP services, EIGRP, OSPF, border gateway protocol, and more. Here are the more advanced topics covered in the Cisco TSHOOT course:

• IPv6: specifics of IP Version 6 routing protocols
• High Availability: building redundancy into networks
• 802.11 Wireless: mechanics, traffic characteristics and common issues
• Troubleshooting Security

CCNP TSHOOT Training is designed to prepare students for all objectives of the Cisco 642-832 exam. Instructor Joe Rinehart authored other Cisco courses (ROUTE, SWITCH and CCNA Wireless), and uses the practical hands-on labs in each lesson to make sure students prepare for Cisco certification exams while improving aspects of networking in one’s current workplace.

Joe Rinehart’s CCNP TSHOOT training, and other Cisco courses, is certification-driven while placing strong emphasis on internalizing the concepts for each student.

On the difficulty of Cisco’s CCNP certification track, Joe intimates, “You have to set aside time to be able to setup labs, to be able to go through scenarios. Memorize what might be some very tedious things. For example, binary math. It’s not exactly something that you’re going to discuss at a cocktail party, but it’s essential to be able to do well in the networking world.”

This Cisco CCNP TSHOOT Training course contains 16 lessons in over 8 hours of video instruction. Students will receive 2 DVDs of video lessons and 1 DVD of additional content. Each lesson is available in several formats, iPod Video, Mp3 Audio, .WMV and high quality AVI, allowing students to use course materials on a variety of devices. Students can view all materials online after purchasing the course, ensuring instant access.

Cisco CCNP TSHOOT Training is available for just $397. TrainSignal backs each and every course with their exclusive 90-day Total Experience Guarantee. All courses are shipped worldwide at no charge.

The CCNP Class includes the previously released Cisco routing switching courses, as well as the new troubleshooting course. Students can purchase all three courses together for $1191, saving almost two-hundred dollars compared to purchasing the three courses individually.

About TrainSignal: Founded in 2002, TrainSignal provides computer-based “Total Experience” training that gives individuals the tools and confidence to tackle real-world challenges, pass their certification exams and succeed in today’s competitive global IT market.

TrainSignal offers a wide range of computer training packages covering Microsoft, Cisco training, Citrix, CompTIA, VMware, and Microsoft Office. In addition to its Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2010, and Windows 7 courses, TrainSignal offers training for over fifty different training courses including VMware vSphere training, Cisco CCNA training, Citrix XenApp training and more.

A privately-held company, TrainSignal is based in Schaumburg, IL. For more information about TrainSignal, please visit www.trainsignal.com.

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Cisco Study: IT Saying Yes to BYOD

Posted on May 16, 2012 in IT Security News

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire -05/16/12)-
Cisco (CSCO) today announced findings from the Cisco IBSG Horizons Study of 600 U.S. IT and business leaders that shows IT is accepting, and in some cases embracing, “bring your own device” (BYOD) as a reality in the enterprise. The study shows some of the quantifiable benefits and complexities associated with allowing employees to use their own mobile devices on their employers’ networks. Coinciding with the publication of the study, Cisco also highlighted “Smart Solutions” for the enterprise and opportunities for service providers to help customers, and end users, make the most of mobility experiences in the office, at home, or on-the-go.

The study found most organizations are now enabling BYOD in the enterprise, with a staggering 95% of respondents saying their organizations permit employee-owned devices in some way, shape or form in the workplace. This study also concluded that the average number of connected devices per knowledge worker is expected to reach 3.3 by 2014, up from an average of 2.8 in 2012. IT managers are balancing security and support concerns with the very real potential to reap significant cost and productivity benefits from the BYOD trend.

What’s more, the survey found that BYOD is just the gateway to greater business benefits. Over three-fourths (76%) of IT leaders surveyed categorized BYOD as somewhat or extremely positive for their companies, while seeing significant challenges for IT. These findings underscore that BYOD is here to stay, and managers are now acknowledging the need for a more holistic approach — one that is scalable and addresses mobility, security, virtualization and network policy management, in order to keep management costs in line while simultaneously providing optimal experiences where savings can be realized.

These research findings support Cisco’s assertion that mobility needs to extend well beyond BYOD to include the integration of service provider mobility, enterprise mobility, security, collaboration and desktop virtualization solutions.

Key Survey Findings

More IT and Business Leaders Saying Yes to BYOD

• 95% of organizations allow employee-owned devices in some way, shape or form in the workplace.
  • 84% of respondents not only allow employee-owned devices, but also provide some level of support.
  • 36% of surveyed enterprises provide full support for employee-owned devices. In other words, they will provide support for any device (smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.) the employee brings to the workplace.
• Mobility and device use are on the rise: 78% of U.S. white-collar employees use a mobile device for work purposes, and 65% of white-collar workers require mobile connectivity to do their jobs. By 2014, the average number of connected devices per knowledge worker will reach 3.3, up from an average of 2.8 in 2012.
  • On average, mobility initiatives will consume 20% of IT budgets in 2014, compared to 17% in 2012.
• Most IT leaders (76%) consider consumerization “somewhat” or “extremely” positive for their companies.
  • Among respondents, the top two perceived benefits of BYOD were improved employee productivity (more opportunities to collaborate) and greater job satisfaction.
• Employees want to work their way: Employees are turning to BYOD because they want more control of their work experience:
  • 40% of respondents cited “device choice” as employees’ top BYOD priority (the ability to use their favorite device anywhere).
  • Employees’ second BYOD priority is the desire to perform personal activities at work, and work activities during personal time.
  • Employees also want to bring their own applications to work: 69% of respondents said that unapproved applications — especially social networks, cloud-based email, and instant messaging — are somewhat to much more prevalent today than two years ago.
  • Employees are willing to invest to improve their work experience. According to Cisco IBSG, Cisco employees pay an average of $600 out-of-pocket for devices that will give them more control over their work experience.
• Benefits of BYOD add up: The benefits of BYOD vary based on an employee’s role and work requirements. Cisco IBSG estimates that the annual benefits from BYOD range from $300 to $1,300 per employee, depending on the employee’s job role.

BYOD Does Bring Complexity: Security and IT Support

• Security and IT support are the top BYOD challenges: Respondents cited security/privacy and IT support for multiple mobile platforms as the top challenges of BYOD.
• Device proliferation requires new policy, approach to control cost: According to Cisco IBSG analysis, only 14% of BYOD costs are hardware-related, highlighting the importance of choosing the right governance and support models to control these costs.

Desktop Virtualization on the Rise

• Companies recognize the value in desktop virtualization: 98% of people surveyed were aware of desktop virtualization. 68% of respondents agreed that a majority of knowledge worker roles are suitable for desktop virtualization and 50% noted that their organization is in the process of implementing a desktop virtualization strategy.
• Desktop virtualization benefits, three key areas: (1) business continuity so that workers can access applications through multiple locations and devices even if, for example, a server goes down, (2) employee productivity, and (3) IT costs.
• Data protection is the number one concern: Ensuring that only the right people have access to sensitive company and customer data is a top priority.

Solving challenges and creating opportunities for optimal “your way” mobile experiences

Cisco offers a broad portfolio of mobility products and services to help service providers and enterprises develop a holistic, scalable approach to their mobility initiatives while keeping operational costs in line and optimizing the user experience.

Enterprise:

For the enterprise, Cisco is driving innovations around what’s called the Cisco Unified Workspace. The Unified Workspace is an integrated and strategic approach to the enterprise workspace that is squarely focused on helping employees access all of the people and resources they need to do their jobs effectively from wherever they are, on whatever device they choose and with an enhanced quality of experience. In short, with the Unified Workspace, everything that makes workers efficient and productive moves with them. For example, instead of an employee just having voice while on the road, why not also provide the worker with location and presence capabilities?

As part of the Unified Workspace, employees will access some information on the device itself, like the platform-independent versions of collaboration applications such as Cisco WebEx® and Cisco Jabber™. Other applications or data may be accessed virtually through a virtual desktop centralized in the data center with full rich-media capabilities using the Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI).

To bring this strategy to life, Cisco is offering a set of “Smart Solutions” that have been fully tested and validated and can help CIOs and IT leaders increase business efficiency and remove the cost and complexity associated with mobility. The solutions, built on a common technology framework and backed by services from Cisco and partners, help increase employee satisfaction and productivity by enabling personnel to “work their way,” helping ensure the business is highly secure and intellectual property is protected.

There are three Smart Solutions that can be offered to customers and partners:

• BYOD Smart Solution: The Cisco BYOD Smart Solution transforms the workspace, providing end-to-end BYOD lifecycle management. The solution helps secure data with unified policy, delivers uncompromised experiences with powerful collaboration tools, and simplifies operations with proactive management.
• VXI Smart Solution: The Cisco VXI Smart Solution is a desktop virtualization system that spans Cisco’s Data Center, Borderless Networks and Collaboration architectures to deliver a superior collaboration and rich media user experience in a fully integrated, open and validated desktop virtualization solution.
• Remote Expert Smart Solution: Cisco Remote Expert is an integrated solution that will enable a virtual face-to-face consultation through immersive video and online form sharing at work or in the home by identifying and accessing the most appropriate subject matter expert from any location.

Service Provider:

The enterprise solutions referenced above are key components of Cisco’s comprehensive mobility offering which also includes an extensive technology and services portfolio for service providers. Cisco offers solutions that can enable high performance mobile networks, with seamless roaming between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, all while helping to ensure the experience is optimized for the service and devices being used. These technologies enable service providers to meet growing bandwidth demands effectively, while increasing their ability to monetize the customers both on and outside of their networks. For example, just as many coffee shops advertise hotspots today, additional mobility services offered by service providers could enable those same businesses to attract additional customers.

According to the next Visual Networking Index Study (to be released on May 30), total devices and connections on the internet will grow from 10.3 billion in 2011 to a whopping 18.9 billion in 2016 — nearly doubling in only five years. This provides service providers with clear opportunities to grow their business and offer value added services to customers.

Supporting Quotes:

Neil Sutton, Vice President Global Portfolio, BT Global Services
“Cisco’s findings tally well with the latest BT research, which found that 82% of companies across 11 countries allow their employees to bring their own devices to work (BYOD), or will do so within the next two years. This is why BT and Cisco are working together to address this aspect of the networked IT market covering networking, global Wi-Fi and security.”

John Lehner, President and Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Investment Systems
“At Eagle Investments Systems, we provide technology solutions to the global financial services industry across Asia Pacific, EMEA and the Americas and have a workforce of more than 600. The findings of the survey are not surprising to us: we believe it’s critical that our employees have exceptional mobile capabilities to do their jobs. On any given day, approximately 40% of our employees may be out of the office meeting with clients or conducting related business. They need optimal ways to collaborate from any environment. We feel applications like Cisco Jabber and Cisco WebEx, backed by a critical network infrastructure, provide that mobile flexibility to our workers and enable the kind of collaboration our employees require anytime, anywhere and on any device.”

Nancy Crouch, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Wake Forest University
“Wake Forest has consistently sought out innovative technological solutions, being among the first schools to give laptops to all of its students back in 1996. Now, we’re continuing that innovation as it pertains to mobility. Our students are very much on the go, especially as many travel frequently throughout the year as part of the ‘go there’ experience here at Wake Forest. We want students to be fully engaged even when they’re not on campus and find solutions like Cisco Jabber and Cisco WebEx provide that type of capability. They help connect our extended class community. These survey results highlight the changing face of mobility and we’re addressing that transition in a way that helps our students receive the best education possible.”

Padmasree Warrior, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cisco
“As the number of devices being brought into work increases, organizations need a comprehensive mobility strategy. By leveraging the intelligent network, organizations can now provide their employees with the benefits of working anywhere, anytime: in other words, ‘work your way.’”

Additional Resources:

• Learn More About the Mobile Experience “Your Way”
• Cisco Unified Workspace
• BYOD Smart Solution
• VXI Smart Solution
• Data Center and Virtualization
• Borderless Networks
• Collaboration
• Service Provider: Mobile Internet
• Cisco IBSG Horizon’s Study (slide share)
• Top 10 Insights: Cisco IBSG Horizons Study

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