NSO
A Network That Thinks for Itself
Networking today is a world of big opportunities – and big challenges. Telecoms, mobile, cloud and cable service providers are all facing increasing demands on their systems. Old approaches are no longer going to be enough. If they want to succeed in future, service providers are going to have to re…
Network Automation Update – the Maturing of NFV Deployment
We at Cisco have been delivering network orchestration and automation products for a number of years now. Our customers have deployed Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) with NFV Orchestration (NFVO) and Elastic Services Controller (ESC) to orchestrate physical and virtual network in productio…
Service Models and Automation are Transformational
This blog was authored by Carl Moberg. Carl has spent many years trying to solve network management with special focus on automation and orchestration. He is a Technology Director leading the engineering product management team for the Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) product. As a member…
Cisco Celebrates Wins at Telecom Asia Awards
Cisco recently put up an impressive showing at Telecom Asia’s 10th Annual Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards, to clinch 2 awards despite strong competition. The annual awards ceremony held on November 16 in Singapore, recognizes the advancements and contributions by leading telecom and tech org…
Cisco Networking Software Helps Build the New Network
Clearly, there is a massive transformation going on in the Service Provider sector. In fact, Cisco predicts that by 2021, the number of connected devices will be three times the global population, IP traffic will reach 3.3 zettabytes on an annualized basis, and broadband speeds will double to 53 me…
Think Fast: The Impact of Automation in Today’s Hybrid World
Customers want it fast. They don’t want to wait for human intervention to get what they want, when they want it. They want resolution at the click of a button. The pace of change is increasing and customer behavior is pushing significant transformation in business models. 10 years ago, who would hav…
Experience the Next Level of Network Automation at Cisco Live Las Vegas
We all know, as a Service Providers you have to operate much faster. You have to adopt much faster and to respond much faster to consumers like us. The good news is, we see many examples of how this can be done. Network operations is picking up speed fast. And as technology matures the momentum is p…
Orchestrated Assurance: What is it and why do I need it?
Service Providers aim to deliver network services faster with assured customer quality. But, as networks are becoming increasingly software-defined and programmable, the rate at which they change is also rising, driven by network-on-demand offerings and self-service portals. In this dynamic environ…
Cisco NSO Shines in First ETSI NFV Interoperability Plugtest
Interoperability standards have posed an elusive challenge for the NFV industry. Cisco recently participated in ETSI’s first Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Interoperability Plugtest, held in Madrid, Spain, between January 23 and February 3, 2017 with great success, further validating Cisco N…