SP360: Service Provider

Live ABR Streaming at Scale: Base Camp to Summit

This post was authored by Chief Technology and Architecture Office Sangeeta Ramakrishnan and Video Strategic Marketing Lead Brian Ring. Video – it’s the ultimate shiny object; a huge bandwidth hog; and consumers love it. That’s driving massive traffic growth on our public, private, fixed &…

Cisco Offers Expanded Media Blueprint Portfolio to Accelerate Potential of Cloud and IP Technology

Adoption of cloud and IP technology in the media industry continues to progress rapidly as companies meet the challenges associated with delivering any-screen digital experiences that are more viewer-driven, over-the-top-styled, and cloud-based. The technology revolution in media and entertainment b…

Elevate Your Security Profile

If you are a regional telco, cable company, data center, or mobility and wireless provider in the US, read on. On March 27th and 29th Cisco launched our Cisco Service Provider Security Webinar. Watch here. Why should you care? This is a webinar specifically targeted to the security needs and best p…

Cisco Crosswork – Part 2: Network Insights

In February, Cisco announced its latest innovation – Cisco Crosswork Network Automation – a new network automation portfolio for Service Providers.  Read Jonathan Davidson’s blog for an overview to understand our comprehensive approach to enabling a closed-loop, mass-scale automation solution. Follo…

Cisco @NAB 2018: Driving Operational Excellence by Industrializing the Media Ecosystem

The run-up to the 2018 National Association of Broadcasters Show is once again upon us, which means it’s time to preview what we’ll be focused on, in our booth and around the NAB Show floor. It’s a preview that necessarily relies on a string of industrial progressions, from SDI (serial digital inter…

Winning business customers with automated mobility management

If you are a mobile network service provider, you’re probably facing an uphill battle when competing for business customers. When everyone offers the same mobile devices, services, and coverage, how do you win customers? Usually, it comes down to lower price. But a lower price typically means lower…

An Architectural Approach to Flexible Consumption for Service Providers with IOS XR

Today, Yvette Kanouff, posted a blog explaining how Cisco is expanding our software disaggregation capabilities in the areas where it makes the most sense, for added scale and functionality, and to provide more flexible options for customers who need it. What does this mean for Cisco Service Provide…

Cisco Crosswork – Part 1: Change Automation

In February, Cisco announced its latest innovation – Cisco Crosswork Network Automation – a new network automation portfolio for Service Providers.  Read Jonathan Davidson’s blog for an overview to understand its comprehensive approach in enabling a closed-loop, mass-scale automation solution. Follo…

Multi-Vendor Networks Require Open Thinking and Collaborative Working

In response to growing customer expectations, service providers are changing the way they think about networking. Emerging services like 5G and ultra high definition video will require more bandwidth, speed and agility than many networks can currently support. Service providers are realising that th…