Cisco has announced a series of new technology solutions and multi-vendor architectures. According to the official press release, these solutions will help retailers improve security and reduce complexity of store systems.

Cisco is launching the Lean Retail Architecture, which features information technology (IT) improvements.  Additionally, Cisco is jointly announcing the expansion of the Cisco Payment Card Industry (PCI) Validated Network Designs to the Internet edge and data-center environments with NCR Corp.; RSA, the Security Division of EMC; SAP; VeriFone and Verizon Business.

"Cisco’s Lean Retail Architecture offers retailers the opportunity to drive down the cost of the daily operational IT maintenance and management" said Jon Stine, director, Cisco Internet Business Solution Group, Retail. "By migrating business-appropriate applications and servers out of stores and into regional or central data centers, retailers can realise data efficiency gains of up to 30 percent."