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And That’s a Wrap – Big 5G Event

Well the Big 5G Event in Denver has come to a close for this year. Cisco was the Diamond sponsor at the Big 5G Event in Denver this week. This event is a merger of Light Reading’s Big Communications Event and Informa’s 5G North America. This event focuses the industry conversation on the…

November 1, 2018

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Cisco @ Light Reading – Software Defined Operations & the Autonomous Network

We are incredibly excited to be the premier sponsor at Light Reading’s Software Defined Operations & the Autonomous Network event in London on November 7th and 8th! Light Reading has established this event as an opportunity for service providers and telecom industry leaders to engage in high-lev…

February 19, 2017

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Join Cisco and Light Reading to Learn About SD-WAN

Software-defined WAN describes a new trend in building overlay SDN networks over existing broadband and MPLS networks to provide many of the features and functions that businesses are used to getting but in simpler networks and at a lower price point. Join Cisco and others on Tuesday, February 21, 2…

September 28, 2016

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Upskill U on Gigabit & the Great Migration

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading While the number of gigabit broadband deployments are rapidly increasing, service providers continue to face growing challenges in identifying the right architectures to support advanced networks, how to migrate from legacy…

September 13, 2016

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Upskill U: How to Adapt to Agile & DevOps

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading Just as service providers are moving away from traditional networks to all-IP virtualized networks, their software development processes are also undergoing a major overhaul. Yesterday’s work silos can’t keep pa…

Upskill U on Open Source for Virtualized Networks

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading Open source software plays a key role in developing an efficient and agile virtualized network architecture at a reduced cost. Interest from operators in building their own open source services is on the rise, but this shif…

Upskill U on Designing Dynamic Video Delivery

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading. As more OTT players emerge and consumers demand for mobile video increases, service providers are tasked with rethinking their content delivery infrastructure strategies to ensure quality of experience, performance and red…

Re-Focus on the Fundamentals of Big Data Analytics With Upskill U & Cisco

Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading. In order to reap the full benefits that virtualization provides in greater network flexibility and reduced opex, service providers need a strong strategy for developing their big data and advanced analytics capabilities. T…

Light Reading & Cisco Dive Into Cloud on Upskill U

Submitted by Elizabeth Coyne, the Managing Editor at Light Reading, who is responsible for driving the curriculum and direction of Upskill U. The impact of cloud services and platforms on the telecom sector has been nothing short of revolutionary. Without the cloud, there would be no NFV, SDN, IoT,…