SP360: Service Provider

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is a collaborative telecom community. Launched in February 2016, TIP was started with the goal of accelerating the pace of innovation in the telecommunications industry.  This year Cisco is proud to be a Gold Sponsor at the upcoming TIP Summit – running on 16th…

2018 to date has been the year when 5G came out of the standards and into reality, with many trials throughout Asia Pacific (APAC). The learnings from these trials have shown us not only what services could be supported, but how 5G should be deployed and what the likely investments will be required…

Written by Ray Nering, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco   On Sept 20, 2018, the 100G Lambda MSA group announced that membership to the MSA has increased from the original 22 promoters, to include an additional 16 contributors. The MSA has been developing 100G and 400G optical specif…

Authored by Jared Headley, Senior Director of Cloud Platforms and Services  Twenty-five years ago, the pain in my wrists was unbearable.  I was spending 10-12 hours a day creating presentations about the OSI model and the power of a multiprotocol network (yeah, I’m old).  After visiting a doctor and…

For the last three years, one key focus of cable operators has been to deploy 1 Gbps service offers to as much of their footprint as possible, as a means to dissuade subscribers from moving to the competition. This has been an extremely effective strategy, as evidenced by cable’s increasing market s…

California dreaming on such a 5G day (OK, three days) Well that was a really great conference.  Yes, Mobile World Congress – Americas 2018 has come and gone, and Cisco had a very positive impact during this past week.  I’m writing this blog to provide you with a recap of the event and activities wh…

The Network Redefined. Opportunities Realized. The age of digitization, 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) is upon us. With this new era of connectivity comes the need for network transformation. Be part of the Network Virtualization & SDN Asia 2018, a dedicated NFV & SDN event in the region, t…

Roll up, roll up! It’s time to get your skates on if you want to benefit from early bird prices for Cisco Live 2019, which takes place in the beautiful and vibrant city of Barcelona from 28th January to 1st February next year. Perhaps you’re still undecided about whether or not to attend. Maybe you…

So here we are at #CiscoIBC talking about the adoption of cloud and IP technology. Collectively as an industry we are creating massive amounts of data and powering expansive scale INSIDE our data centers to 40 Gig and 100 Gig endpoints. But what happens to all that traffic as it leaves the data cent…