Lending new credence to the saying, "the more, the merrier," Cisco Systems plans to announce 14 security products and services on Tuesday. The offers are part of the company's new aim to provide end-to-end security for its customers, including selling . . .

Lending new credence to the saying, "the more, the merrier," Cisco Systems plans to announce 14 security products and services on Tuesday. The offers are part of the company's new aim to provide end-to-end security for its customers, including selling more software to an area that Cisco has rarely touched: the corporate desktop PC.

"Companies are looking for a single, integrated solution in the form of a single provider, to keep control of their networks," said Jeff Platon, senior director of product and technology marketing. "Using three different boxes and three applications to control them is not going to cut it anymore."

The updated and new products include three security management products, three hardware-based accelerators for the company's VPN (virtual private network) products, and five new components to its intrusion detection system, one of which protects desktop PCs from potential threats, and another that does the same for servers. Three others, including a new version of the company's VPN client for desktop PCs, are also due to be announced.

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