NFV
Developing Products and Solutions in the 21st Century
On November 3rd, 2014 at the Software Defined Network-Multiprotocol label Switching SDN-MPLS (Software Defined Networking-Multiprotocol Label Switching) Conference in Washington D.C: I moderated a stellar panel titled, “Developing Products and Services in the 21st Century.” Quite a few of the attend…
SP Network Transformation at the Cisco Live Cancun World of Solutions
By Igor Dayen, Manager, SP Product and Solutions Marketing The excitement starts on November 3rd in Cancun, Mexico where Cisco is holding our next Cisco Live event. A great opportunity for the service provider community to study with industry experts, get inspired, and understand how Cisco’s Open…
Cisco Succeeded in Network Functions Virtualization System Trial
I’ve had the opportunity this year to meet with mobile operator leaders from around the globe. Whether they are large or small, focused on consumer services or businesses, or engaged in video or mobility, their ambitions are much in line with our strategy: to help them monetize and optimize their ne…
Learn How to Transform your Network with Cisco Innovations at MEF GEN14!!
By Gina Nienaber, Marketing Manager, SP Product and Solutions Marketing Cisco is a sponsor of a new show this year, the Metro Ethernet Forum Global Ethernet Network 2014 show or “MEF GEN 14” to be held on November 17-20th, at the Gaylord National in Washington, DC. The event promises to bring toge…
Cox Communications and Cisco Jointly Present on Innovations in Network Monetization and Optimization
Project Illustrates How Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Work in Concert to Enhance How Networks are Designed, Operated, and Monetized Last week, I blogged about some joint research with Cox Communications related to our Evolved Services Platform (ESP) and NF…
Transform Service Provider Architectures to Support Virtualized Managed Business Services
By Gina Nienaber, Marketing Manager, SP Product and Solutions Marketing Cisco estimates over 50 billion new devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020. To support the Internet of Everything, service providers must undergo an infrastructure transformation. The network needs to become more op…
Broad Industry Support Taking Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) to Next Level
Cisco will Leverage OPNFV Efforts in Evolved Services Platform (ESP) Development Most people following industry trends are aware of the ETSI Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Industry Specification Group, which was formed in 2012 and kicked off its first set of specifications in October 2013. T…
Cox Communication Automates Virtualized Services with Cisco Evolved Services Platform
There is a video available on YouTube describing a collaborative project with Cox Communications on virtualized residential services. Dave Ward, Senior VP and CTO at Cisco Systems, is joined by Jeff Finklestein, Executive Director of Architecture at Cox Communications, and Alon Bernstein, Distingui…
Operators Accelerating Pace with NFV and SDN
Save Money Here and Now When was the last time you won the lottery? If you are like me, it’s a pretty rare occasion indeed. The same probability can be applied to increasing the budget allocation for any business and especially for service providers. What can service providers do to save money no…
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