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Transport Modernization Can Help Service Providers Achieve Massive Footprint Savings
Over the next five years, global IP networks will support up to 10 billion new devices and connections—near tripling IP traffic growth by 2020, according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index forecast. The proliferation of connected devices, video, and over-the-top (OTT) traffic are pushing SONET/SDH t…
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…
Data Center Interconnect: Next-Gen Apps and Platforms
We invite you to attend a free webinar Thursday, February 28 that will explore how network operators can solve Data Center and WAN interconnect challenges by leveraging cutting edge data center interconnect (DCI) technology from Cisco – the Network Convergence System (NCS) 1000 Series.…
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…
Introducing Cloud Scale Solutions
If you’ve been to an industry event over the past five years and heard a service provider speak, it’s pretty apparent that our industry can no longer continue with business as usual. Cost and agility are critical business needs driving major industry transformation. But, things are a bit different t…
Cisco’s Packet Optical Network Conference Comes to Rome
Guest blog by Leonard Luna, Marketing Manager, Cisco This year’s fall Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) convenes on November 3 and 4, 2015 in Rome Italy. Cisco executives and technology experts will convene in the “Eternal City” to present Cisco’s strategy and vision to help service provid…
Cisco EPN Manager Helps Carriers Drive Packet Optimized Transport
TDM transport remains the backbone of service provider networks throughout the world, but technology has matured to the point that we’re finally able to see a path toward truly converged, packet optimized transport networks. This shift puts service providers on a plan to eventually retire their SONE…
Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 6000 wins Best-of-Show Award at Interop Tokyo 2014
Written By Sultan Dawood, Marketing Manager Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, SDN, NFV, Next generation Data Centers and Wireless Broadband are all technology themes that were discussed at the annual Interop 2014 show in Tokyo, Japan this week. The week-long event which was co-located with IMC To…
Cisco Technologies featured at OFC/NFOEC’14: Programmable, Converged & Highly Scalable
By Leonard Luna, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Solutions This past March at OFC/NFOEC’14 in San Francisco, California, Cisco was a once again a significant part of the leading edge dialog. Organizers took full advantage of the dynamic Moscone Center facilities to create a highly…