mobility

February 25, 2020

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Accelerate Deployment of a World Class 4G/5G Infrastructure – Faster, at Lower Cost

Co-authored by David Roberts and Bhavik Adhvaryu. The race to 5G is on! Market and Markets recently estimated that the market for 5G service provider-delivered services will grow to $123B by 2025, compounding at 18% annually. Both 4G and 5G technologies rely heavily on new cloud-based infrastructure…

February 24, 2020

NETWORKING

Will we recognize Networking in 2 years? Exploring Networking Trends in Europe

I just got to spend a week at Cisco Live Barcelona, where I spent time with our European customers to learn about their most pressing networking needs. What did I hear? Over and over, one of the recurring themes was that teams are feeling overwhelmed by the unprecedented changes their networks need…

November 4, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

5G Shopping? A Match Made in Retail Heaven

Co-Authored with Ron Kjelden, Global Director of Financial Services & Retail at Cisco Imagine this: you walk into a fancy, big-box electronics retailer, excited to buy your next major purchase. You are approached by a salesperson who doesn’t know what you want and therefore isn’t sure how…

November 1, 2019

NETWORKING

The Future is Now: 2020 Global Networking Trends Report

Our very first Networking.Next event was a huge success, and we appreciate the questions and feedback we’ve gotten from our attendees. During the event, we heard from analyst Will Townsend, futurist Radha Mistry, and Cisco experts on what to expect in networking technology, operations, and talent. S…

October 22, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Open vRAN at MWC Los Angeles 2019

It seems that you can’t write about mobile without talking about 5G, and for good reason – what a year it has been! Launches around the globe have accelerated at a pace that is even faster than prior generations. While some deployments are larger scale, like we see in South Korea, many of thes…

October 18, 2019

NETWORKING

Five Networking Trends You Can’t Ignore at Gartner IT Symposium/XPO

Whether you’re the CIO of a Fortune 500 company, or you’re managing the still-complex network strategy of a smaller company, you need to know what to prepare for—what are the trends in networking you can’t ignore? I am delighted to speak at next week’s Gartner IT Symposium/XPO in Orlando, where I wi…

October 11, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Making 5G Possible – with Cisco

Do you know how you are going to maximize the profitability of your 5G investment? If not, while at MWC19 Los Angeles, Cisco would like to speak with you about building a 5G network that works for all your customers as well as for you. Cisco at Mobile World Congress 2019 – Los Angeles To ensure you…

September 26, 2019

NETWORKING

You’re invited to Cisco’s Networking.Next Virtual Event

The world around us is changing at an enormous pace. Organizations and businesses need to keep up. So the timing couldn’t be better for the emergence of new networking models and advanced technologies that give IT leaders and network professionals the option to stay ahead. Inevitably, with all our v…

September 4, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Mobile Operators and 5G: Evolving into Digital Service Providers

5G is a revolutionary technology that’s expected to enable Industrial Digitization. It envisions a digital network that enables society to become mobile and connected, while driving value creation in sustainable business models. 5G implementation will have an impact in social and business developmen…