Cisco IPICS

Cisco IPICS, short for IP Interoperability and Collaboration System, is a platform from Cisco that controls media and information. It supports communication and cooperation inside and between organisations.

What Cisco IPICS does

• Radio-to-IP bridging: connects existing and proprietary radio networks to IP networks and devices, using IP standards and protocols.
• Push-to-Talk Management Center: a client application for push-to-talk communication over the IP network.
• Phone support: works with supported models of Cisco Unified IP Phone.
• Incident management interface: a graphical framework for tasks tied to operations and incidents.

Customers and markets

Organisations that run several separate wired and wireless networks, including enterprise operations, safety and security teams, and the oil and gas industry.

Key facts

• Vendor: Cisco
• Category: emergency notification software
• Problem addressed: older push-to-talk radio networks, hoot bridges and VoIP networks that do not work together