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Cisco Networkers, the networking company's twice yearly showcase, was held in Barcelona last week and boldly branded "Ignite Innovation".

The slogan was a nod of recognition towards the company's 22,000 engineers and the 4,200 technology patents they have created over Cisco's 24-year history, and to the need for companies to invest in technology to become more productive.

Cisco was keen to demonstrate its technical leadership, and brought to the show a subject-matter expert for each of its key technologies.

In the exhibition, Cisco showed off its latest acceleration technology, WAAS Mobile, and its new Power-over-Ethernet-enabled switches, as well as its extensive data-centre range.

As is usually the case at vendor conferences, delegates were given the opportunity to buy branded clothing: polo shirts, body warmers and baseball caps — and even a Cisco logo-sporting teddy bear.