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Notes 58 Cisco 1800 Series (Cisco 1861 Router Modular) Cisco 1861 is a new platform focused on unified communications to the Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers portfolio. This new, affordable unified communications system makes anytime, anywhere secure access to information possible, thereby facilitating more effective and efficient ways of communicating with customers and employees. The award-winning Cisco integrated services router is the ideal platform for delivering IP communications in enterprise branch offices, commercial offices, and small- and medium-sized business (SMB) offices. Through the integration of voice gateway, call processing, voicemail, Automated-Attendant, conferencing, transcoding, and security capabilities, Cisco integrated services router platforms deliver a complete office unified communications solution. Benefits and Advantages Product Overview The Cisco 1861 Integrated Services Router, which is part of the Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Router portfolio, is a unified communications solution for SMBs and enterprise small branch offices that provides voice, data, voicemail, Automated-Attendant, video, and security capabilities while integrating with existing desktop applications such as calendar, e-mail, and customer relationship management (CRM) programs. This easy-to-manage platform takes full advantage of business-class, proven unified communications technologies and supports flexible deployment models based on your needs-a wide array of IP phones, public switched telephone network (PSTN) interfaces, and Internet connectivity. Core components include the following: • Integrated Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express or Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) for call processing • Optional Cisco Unity® Express for voice messaging and Automated Attendant • Integrated LAN switching with Power over Ethernet (PoE)-expandable through Cisco Catalyst® Switches • Optional support for range of High-Speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) • Optional security with firewall, VPN, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and intrusion prevention system (IPS) capabilities Converged IP Communications The Cisco 1861 Integrated Services Router can meet the IP communications needs of SMB and enterprise small branch offices while concurrently delivering an industry-leading level of security within a single communications system. The Cisco 1861 offers the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) integrated as default through Cisco IOS® Software that provides call processing for Cisco IP phones. This solution is targeted at customers interested in deploying a converged IP telephony solution for up to 8 IP phones, and need an integrated WAN for data connectivity. Figure 2 illustrates the CME application for a standalone business using the 59