SP360: Service Provider
CDN Caching and Video Streaming Performance
To what extent do CDN caches deep inside the ISP or the operator network also improve QoE? Does it suffice to simply deploy the CDN appliance just past the peering point? This blog post describes a project, sponsored by Cisco’s Research and Open Innovation initiative, and undertaken by Prof. Sanjay…
Rewriting the Rules for Webscale Networks
Billions of daily users. Millions of servers. Tens of thousands of application requests hitting those platforms every second. How do you keep up with the networking needs for a data center footprint like that? How do you even begin to map out what meeting those needs should look like? For most busin…
How Cisco is Paving the Way for the Internet for the Future
I guess it was a happy coincidence that the day I travelled to Cisco Live in Barcelona, LinkedIn informed the world that I had been with Cisco for 23 years. Before that, I was in the ‘Ciscoverse’ for around 5 years working as a customer and partner. The notification made me reflect not only on how…
The Very Best of Cisco Live 2020 for Service Providers
On Friday last week, Cisco Live 2020 closed its doors after five days filled with technical presentations, workshops, networking events and more. For Service Providers, our bespoke programme enabled our customers and partners to hear about our strategic vision, latest innovations, and deep dive into…
Service Providers: Join Cisco at MWC 2020
It’s February again that means Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona is just a few weeks away. I know everyone at Cisco is looking forward to seeing all of you at what is arguably the biggest and most impactful technology event of the year (well, maybe tied with Cisco Live!). We look forward to…
Broadcast Engineering Hot Topics: IP, Interoperability and the Value of Integration
Four key hot topics weaved through the 2019 SMPTE Florida Technical Conference program. This technology session for broadcast engineers was jam-packed with notable media industry thought leaders sharing the latest technology and best practices. The theme, From video to AI: where do we go from here i…
1G Bidirectional Transceivers for Service Provider and IoT Applications
Subscribe to Cisco Optics Blog by Email Written by Kaushik Mittra, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group To support the growth of service provider and IoT (Internet of Things) applications and accommodate the explosion in network bandwidth that will accompany this transformation, network…
XR7, Not Just Another Release
When IOS XR was first designed, mass-scale networking and its related challenges were not around. However, we already had a clear vision of building a highly scalable, reliable, available, upgradeable, high-performance NOS for the service provider space that caters all the way from low-end single c…
Cisco 8000 Series Powering the Internet for the Future
On December 11th 2019, Cisco announced a set of new offerings – silicon, optics, software, and routing systems – specifically designed to power the Internet for the future. In my time at Cisco, I’ve had the privilege of launching a few notable routing systems – the ASR 9000, the NCS 6000…