SP360: Service Provider

In an industry where open networking is increasingly valued by Service Providers, the need for interoperable solutions becomes even more important. At Cisco, innovation is in our DNA. Each year, we spend a significant amount of revenue on research and development (R&D) – up to 12.8 percent in 20…

This blog was authored by Shlomi Barsheshet, Product Manager for Service Providers Network Automation As with its recently introduced Crosswork Network Automation platform, Cisco continues to show its commitment to providing management and automation solutions that support carrier-grade multi-vendor…

To see how easy it is to create your own optical network, let us take you through the steps in this video Enterprises are experiencing explosive traffic growth that is challenging the current IT infrastructure. Many have plans to modernize their infrastructure to adjust for this growth. It’s a…

Written by Ray Nering, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco Global IP traffic has been forecasted to grow at a 24% CAGR over the next 5 years according to Cisco’s VNI analysis, but traffic within the data center, according to Google, is doubling year over year. Data centers that generat…

What a great event NAB has been. The opportunity to meet with so many customers and partners really adds another layer to our relationships and helps all of us build better solutions. A few trends emerged over the past few days, so here are our top three: IP transformation in media is happening in m…

Sleep deprived?  If you are one of 200 or so people on my flight back to NYC from Vegas, you sure as heck are!  With another successful NAB in the books, vendors and customers alike make the great trek home, a little worse for the wear.  A week of non-stop meetings, events, solution showcasing, non-…

One of the great things about NAB Show is the opportunity to learn more about your colleagues. Chatting to one of her colleagues, it came up she had wedding insurance for her marriage next year. I hadn’t come across this previously but it’s a great idea. This is a major event in someone’s life and r…

Working in the media has always required a varied skill set and flexible approach. Often you need to come up with new and innovative ways to respond to the rapidly emerging demands of new devices and services. There are lots of solutions out there but they increasingly need you to use multiple tools…

This year at NAB Show, one of the coolest things – quite literally – on the Cisco stand is our ice cream roller. You can see how the ice cream is transformed from a liquid into rolls of vanilla loveliness in front of your eyes, and then you get to try it for yourself. But what’s this got…