SP360: Service Provider
IPAM is Essential to Network Management
By Tim Rooney, Director, Product Management, BT Diamond IP The discipline of network management has long offered technical and business benefits to organizations with the centralization of the monitoring, control, and provisioning of distributed network elements such as routers and application or se…
Cisco’s TV Technology Footprint Spans Nearly 300 Million Homes
By Joe Chow, VP & GM, Connected Devices Business Unit, Cisco Headsup: Worldwide, Cisco’s TV technologies are present in nearly 300 million homes. Three. Hundred. Million. Homes! As my kids would say: Get. Out! That means that nearly a quarter of the homes on planet Earth are watching TV powered…
The Top Six Things to Ask a Prospective DRM Provider
With over 25 years’ experience in content protection and over 250M VideoGuard secured devices, we at Cisco know a thing or two about security. We are harnessing this knowledge to further develop VideoGuard DRM, an open, comprehensive solution built to meet the Pay TV provider’s unique needs. For tha…
Behind the Scenes of Cloud DVR
In the three months that passed between this year’s Cable Show, in Washington, D.C., and this week’s IBC conference, in Amsterdam, one thing is certain: Cloud DVR. It’s on. Comcast started the buzz, with its X2 platform. Ever since, we’ve seen a surge of interest in cloud DVR from service providers…
The Programmable Network: IP and Optical Convergence
Someday soon, personal sensors, wearable gadgets, and embedded devices and services may make today’s PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones look quaint by comparison. But as the Internet of Everything (IoE) ─ with its diverse array of devices accessing a plethora of existing and new services ─ cont…
Open UX Snowflake: Making Great Even Greater
Visitors to the Cisco booth at this year’s IBC will no doubt be curious to see our new Open UX Snowflake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IdZl31B69w Snowflake, the Videoscape Unity flagship UI, is now offered on HTML5, powered with cloud technology. As a multi-award winning UI, Snowflake never fail…
What Does It Take to Stay Ahead in Today’s Dynamic and Competitive Video Market?
One critical factor to stay ahead in today’s dynamic and competitive video market is the agility to deploy new services and hardware fast. But what do service providers really need in order to be agile? An open client software is a great start. It provides a core software base so service provi…
Updates from our SP Video Business and Welcome Joe Cozzolino!
Right now, with business up 23% year over year, we’re proud to continue to see good performance in our Service Provider Video business– which underlines the importance of having a finger on the pulse of a thriving industry. And, when one works for a company like Cisco that is focused on helping its…
“Network as a Service” Brings the Benefits of Virtualization to Network Operators
By Carlos Cordero, Cisco Consulting Services, Service Provider Cloud consumption models are gaining traction across all company sizes and industries. Whether software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), or platform as a service (PaaS), the value propositions of virtualization a…