Product Bulletin, No. 1889
Cisco Content Optimization Engine Software
End-of-Sale/End-of-Engineering
Announcement
Cisco Systems announces the end of sales and end of engineering for Cisco Content Optimization Engine (COE) software, part number FL-CE590-COE-01-K9, with an effective date of August 12,2002. Cisco customers will continue to receive Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support for Cisco COE software until June 11, 2005, before which all customers are expected to transition to third-party wireless content optimization and acceleration products.
Table 1: Effective Dates
| Milestone | Definition | Timing |
|---|---|---|
|
End of sales |
Date when the end-of-life products are no longer orderable or visible on Cisco price lists |
August 12,2002 |
|
Discontinue contract renewal |
Date after which service contracts are no longer renewed |
August 12,2002 |
|
End of maintenance |
Date after which no maintenance releases are produced |
August 12, 2005 |
|
End of engineering |
Date after which software is no longer supported by Cisco Customer Success Engineering (CSE) |
August 12, 2005 |
|
End of support |
Date after which software is no longer supported by Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) |
June 11, 2005 |
Transition Strategy
As part of the company's continued commitment to the market for optimization and acceleration of wireless data, Cisco is providing a transition solution consisting of Cisco and third-party products that focus on wireless acceleration. Contact Cisco for details.
Further Information
For information about suppliers, go-to-market strategies, and contacts, send e-mail to coe_transition@cisco.com because this information changes frequently.