segment routing

ASR 9901 – More choice and flexibility in your hands

Innovation, quality and customer focus are part of Cisco DNA. Our customers expressed the need to have a platform that is compact, dense, flexible, feature rich and supports programmability. I’m thrilled to announce the availability of ASR 9901 – a compact Two-Rack-Unit (2RU) platform designed for a…

Interoperability in an open networking world

In an industry where open networking is increasingly valued by Service Providers, the need for interoperable solutions becomes even more important. At Cisco, innovation is in our DNA. Each year, we spend a significant amount of revenue on research and development (R&D) – up to 12.8 percent in 20…

Highlights from Cisco Live Barcelona: Transformation through Innovation

Mobile World Congress followed Cisco Live Barcelona, and with it came many important announcements and blogs. With that excitement now behind us, I am writing to you today to share some of the key messages I conveyed during my Cisco Live keynote, “Transformation through Innovation”. Thousands of tec…

February 13, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Continuous Innovation with IOS XR

Digitization impacts every industry and makes software more predominant than ever. The networking industry is no exception to it. As barriers to entry get much lower than in the past, merely delivering software innovations no longer suffices – it needs to be done with high velocity and quality. More…

January 25, 2018

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Flexible Algorithm makes Segment Routing Traffic Engineering even more agile

As more and more Service Providers and Enterprises operate a single network infrastructure to support an ever-increasing number of services, the ability to custom fit transport to application needs is critically important. In that respect, network operators have been exploring Traffic Engineering te…

December 13, 2017

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IOS XR, Networking without Compromise

When discussing next-generation architectures with our Service Provider customers, I am often asked  how they can have silicon diversity for roles in their network, but maintain common operational model, carrier-class features and performance. The IOS XR offers just that. It runs on Cisco and mercha…

December 8, 2017

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Driving by Cellular! – Cisco, Vodafone and Ericsson Push the Possibilities of 5G

On 25 September 2017, Vodafone, in collaboration with Cisco, Ericsson and a number of auto technology partners, successfully drove a BMW car around a test track in Düsseldorf by remote control, connecting the operations of a remote driver to the car over a cellular network. As we reach the end of th…

December 4, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Bell Canada implements Cisco Segment Routing

Over the past few weeks, Bell Canada has successfully rolled out Segment Routing in its next-generation core network, marking a milestone as the first Canadian carrier to actively use this innovative technology for network automation and software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities. Internet traff…

November 24, 2017

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Mind the Gap: 5G Network Strategy Ahead

A new solution that uses plug-in technology makes it cost-effective to deploy segment routing across the whole network The pressure on service providers is rapidly increasing. Globally, demands for bandwidth are doubling every 18 months and the number of devices being used to connect to the internet…