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To what extent do CDN caches deep inside the ISP or the operator network also improve QoE? Does it suffice to simply deploy the CDN appliance just past the peering point? This blog post describes a project, sponsored by Cisco’s  Research and Open Innovation initiative, and undertaken by Prof. Sanjay…

According to the latest VNI forecast, global service provider networks are getting edgier. By 2022, a third of service provider network capacity will be at the edge or within the metro, growing up from 27 percent in 2017.  While the capacity in core regional networks will be 24 percent (down from 25…

2018 Complete VNI Forecast Update – What’s Trending? This week, we released our annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, which covers global, regional, and country-level projections and trends associated with fixed and mobile networks. The full report includes information and an…

This one’s for everyone careening out of the holidays and into 2017 — while necessarily keeping an eye on what’s about to happen at the upcoming International Consumer Electronics Show. We’ll be at the Wynn Hotel again, with a hot lineup of products demonstrated– way more than I could possibly…

I’m often asked, “What can Cisco Videoscape do for my organization?” The best answer is to look at what it did for yes, Israel’s biggest satellite TV provider. Yes launched its over-the-top (OTT) multiscreen video service, yes GO, in Israel last year based on the Cisco Videoscape Video Everywhere So…

The Internet has emerged as one of the most powerful ways for businesses and consumers to communicate and learn. Its global reach, accessibility and speed have opened doors to areas of knowledge that in the past were available only to a privileged few. With the emergence of popular video-streaming s…

This post is coauthored by Andrew Tsonchev. Anyone can purchase an exploit pack (EP) license or rent time on an existing EP server. The challenge for threat actors is to redirect unsuspecting web browsing victims by force to the exploit landing page with sustained frequency. Naturally, like most cri…

The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) confirms much of what we already know: Service providers will need to carry more video traffic to more devices delivered as unique on-demand streams. All at the time and place of the end-user’s choosing. But the sheer scale of this demand makes interesting rea…

In Sao Paulo, GVT TV needed a way to protect its satellite-delivered video content. In New Delhi, direct broadcast satellite provider Tata Sky needed a way to outfit its customers to stream video to IP-connected screens. In Mexico, Megacable — the first in the country to launch broadband Inter…