SP360: Service Provider

Vodafone Idea Limited automates the India mobile enterprise with Cisco

Vodafone Idea Limited, the largest telecom service provider in India, is deploying a state-of-the-art, automated multicloud network across the country to enable an unmatched experience for its retail and enterprise customers. Vodafone Idea Limited’s automated cloud scale architecture is synchronized…

Cisco “Show-verview” for NAB 2019 in Las Vegas

It’s NAB time, and we’re excited to bring you a series of blogs detailing our intentions and presence at this year’s show. As we put the finishing touches on our Vegas plan, it seemed useful to try to capture it all in one place – a “show-verview,” if you will. Let’s start with where we’ll be: Booth…

NAB 2019: A Sneak Peek at What’s In Our Booth This Year

Man, am I excited about this year’s NAB! I’m serious. Telling a technological story that involves phrases like “driving adoption of IP and cloud-based workflows within the media supply chain” isn’t the easiest thing to get excited about, as you may have guessed (or experienced yourself.) But! The ex…

How 5G Will Make the Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) Model a Reality

Cellular networks have become an important connectivity asset for businesses, allowing them to support mobile workers and devices that sit outside the enterprise. Despite the importance of connectivity, mobile networks have been limited in their ability to provide unique experiences for different ty…

A More Efficient Media Operation Starts Where? If You Said “In the Cloud,” Take the Rest of the Day Off!

And now this, from the Department of the Obvious: The media and entertainment industry is transitioning. It’s a transition that’s happening as a result of the need to deliver content more quickly and in a higher quality — and there is no better way to do it than streamlining the content produc…

Unleash a more dynamic network – IP Fabric for Media

In my previous post, I noted the hastening of the ‘content cadence’, in terms of the volume and speed at which new TV shows and films are vying for our individual and collective attention. And when a faster pace is one of the goals, it’s vital to streamline content production. One aspect of producti…

Straight Talk About the IP Transition in Media

By now it’s clear that IP-based technologies are threading into the media supply chain with alacrity, whether we’re talking about content ingest, signal processing, or distribution. That’s good, because of the flexibility and collaborative power IP brings to just about everything – from how content…

Shoot, Share, Edit, Retake, Perfect – On Set, in Real Time

Maybe this is happening to you: You’re talking with a friend, and learn of yet another new TV show, from yet another online media source, that sounds really interesting – and it’s the third time it’s happened that week. Unmistakably, the media and entertainment industry is developing content at a mu…

NAB 2019: How Balance Matters in Media and Entertainment

I think this will be my 15th or so NAB, and each year it’s both exciting and intriguing to see the Media & Entertainment industry shift, pivot and evolve. I love the newness that comes about: The investment patterns companies are making, and the start-ups showcasing the next great rounds of inno…