cloud scale
We Transform Together! Cisco IOS XR Cloud-Scale Networking In Action!
MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress 2017 was a great success this year. I was extremely pleased with momentum in the area of Cisco’s IOS XR Software Innovations supporting our customers network transformation use cases for Cloud-Scale Networking. In the pre-show blog I alluded to this conference as the pla…
Radical Transformation of Network Operations – Transformation Through Automation
It is a disruptive time for communications service providers, and more is coming along the way. So why not disrupt it ourselves? Service providers must contend with rising costs due to applications’ explosive bandwidth consumption, commoditization and erosion of traditional business, new business mo…
Cloud Scale Networking, Finding Common Ground
We launched Cloud Scale Networking about a year ago to address the initial wave of software and hardware innovations that were built to enable co-development with Web Scale companies. Last July I offered my views on how Service Providers can thrive in the future. Since that time I have had the privi…
The Evolution of IOS XR with Cloud Scale Application Hosting
Before Apple came out with the iPhone’s iOS, there was Cisco IOS—the original Internetworking Operating System. The two operating systems serve different purposes; however, the concept of applications is becoming more of a similarity. Developments in Cisco IOS XR, a carrier grade train of IOS, beg…
Cisco Cloud Scale ASIC switches – deliver a 2 year advantage over Merchant silicon switches
Ever drive through a tract housing development where two to three models are repeated over and over again. All the houses have the same look, same layout, same square footage, etc. Over the last few years, it seems like a similar trend is happening in data center switching. Since most data center sw…
Double Down on the Service Provider Technology at Cisco Live 2016 Las Vegas
Cisco Live has never been the same since this event was first launched. One of the key recent accomplishments has been adding the service provider booth to the main campus thus establishing SP presence on the main show floor. This year we are enjoying the redesigned SP booth with new additional feat…
Paving a Path to Success for Service Provider at Cisco Live Berlin 2016
We are faced with challenges and driven by opportunities. Our job at Cisco Live Berlin was to show and demonstrate how we: Enable providers to generate new revenue: New service offerings with rich, personalized experiences optimized to each screen and environment with data and insights from all sou…
Cisco Service Provider is Bringing Cloud Scale Networking to Cisco Live Berlin
Cisco Live Berlin 2016 is almost here and we would like to highlight a few key points that this event can bring your way. As you know networks are an essential part of business, education, government, and home communications. Every company in every vertical industry is facing unprecedented competiti…
New DC Cloud Scale Platforms – What You Really Need to Know
The Cloud Scale launch in November focused on software enhancements to the industry’s most widely deployed high-end network operating system, IOS XR. While those points were important and well received, I want to emphasize a few points on the new NCS1002 platform that was launched within the Cloud S…
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