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February 18, 2019

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Connected Car – The Driven Hour

It’s time to get real about Connected Cars and the volume of data that they will generate. Connected vehicles are often mentioned as being a major driver for 5G, especially with respect to the provision of low-latency communications for safety-related use-cases. With the 5G capability to provide ‘ne…

February 13, 2019

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The “Plane” Truth: Skyport, Ensoft, and Singularity Acquisitions

Last week, I was boarding a flight home from the always great Cisco Live Barcelona. I travel a fair amount, so the plane routine is, well, routine. #CLEUR had been a long but productive week of phenomenal conversations with our customers, partners, and fellow Cisco-ites. Reflecting on the week, and…

February 13, 2019

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Digital Transformation: Lessons Learned at Cisco’s Media and Entertainment Industry Roundtable

Recently I had the great opportunity to host and moderate Cisco’s most recent Media Roundtable in Barcelona, Spain in conjunction with Cisco Live EMEAR with over 30 attendees.  During this event we had representation from some of the leading European Media organizations and partners including…

February 7, 2019

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25-Gigabit Pluggable Transceivers for Data Center Applications

Written by Craig Pasek, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco Upgrading Seamlessly From 10G to 25G With exponential growth in Internet users and applications, data center traffic continues to experience explosive growth. Driven by increases in social networking, data and video content d…

February 6, 2019

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Cisco Live 2019 Closes its Doors After a Highly Successful Week

It’s been a busy week! Cisco Live 2019 finally drew to a close last Friday after five days filled to the brim with technical presentations, workshops, networking events and more. For Service Providers, it was a rich opportunity to learn about Cisco’s strategic vision from our top-level executives, w…

February 4, 2019

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Is this the World’s Most Ambitious Rural 5G Trial?! #TheBridgeToPossible

Lots has been happening on our 5G RuralFirst co-innovation, Country Digitization Acceleration (CDA) project being run by Cisco UK & Ireland. Within Cisco UK & Ireland, it is the Cisco Innovation team that is leading this ambitious 29 partner consortium. My own part of Cisco, the Customer Exp…

January 25, 2019

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Awards, Certifications & Record Collaboration Revenues Highlight Winning Year for Cisco-CenturyLink Partnership

Winning teams have a few things in common: they bring together diverse skills, their individual players collaborate to get the job done, and they are driven to succeed. All of those elements aligned in 2018 for the Cisco-CenturyLink partnership. Americas Service Provider Collaboration Partner of the…

January 20, 2019

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Counting down the days to Cisco Live 2019!

We’re now less than two weeks away from the start of the EMEAR edition of Cisco Live 2019, so it’s time to start thinking about what you hope to get out of the event — as well as what to pack! We’ve put together a few tips on what you can expect over the five days of this much-anticipated event, as…

January 15, 2019

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Growth of Submarine Cables and How the Cisco NCS 1004 Fits

Submarine cables form the backbone of the Internet, and there are over 300 subsea cables today that interconnect continents and countries. In recent years, as cloud and content providers attempt to reach more users and provide reliable and bandwidth intensive services, submarine infrastructure has e…