SP360: Service Provider

Written By Daniel Etman, Director Product Marketing CABU We often get asked what we mean by claiming that the Cisco cBR8 is designed from the ground up for DOCSIS 3.1 and beyond. In fact, there is a lot of confusion out there with regard to different hardware architectures in use by the various CCAP…

Smartphones may have become ubiquitous, but the demand for internet connections shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, the opposite is true: the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly boosting the number of devices that need a connection. The growth of IoT presents a real opportunity for…

There was a time when launching a virtual network meant creating an mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). From enabling access to the network, to launching the brand, to developing a customer base – everything took its time. But the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is now changing all…

The release of the sixth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (GCI) reveals some interesting new findings on global data center and cloud trends. For those of us who are not data center operators, these infrastructures are largely invisible or nebulous (pardon the pun). Maybe you’ve walked by the server…

In the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, we witnessed the stunning and unexpected defeat of a methodology in addition to a candidate: poll-based election predictions. November 8, 2016 was a spectacular failure of poll-based predictions, fast on the heels of the spectacular failure of the poll-based p…

Cisco has long been known for its vast partner ecosystem, encompassing resellers, integrators, consultants, and many more from around the globe. But one year ago today, we announced a completely new and, for many in the industry, an unexpected type of partnership. On November 9th, 2015, Ericsson and…

For as long as anyone can remember, making a car trip has involved the risk of hitting a traffic jam. Your journey might grind to a standstill for any number of reasons: bank holiday traffic, unexpected roadworks – or a local street party you never knew about… But new developments in traffic managem…

For the past year Americans have read about polling data almost daily, so the casual observer may be forgiven for thinking there are mountains and mountains of data being collected to help make sense of this year’s unusual election. The truth is, though, that polling data is not big data, either in…

Top digital brands today move fast. Their products can be accessed and adjusted on demand, through self-service portals. From configuring cable TV to tweaking a cloud hosting package, people expect to be able to do things online – and that their choices will take effect immediately. Until recently,…