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Observations from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
I am just back from attending the 2013 Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas where I was meeting with customers and visiting the massive show floor. CES is an intriguing blend of extremes and contrasts: biggest and the smallest; connected and unconnected; wired and wireless; high tech – low tech. …
CES 2013: An Explosion of Innovative New Devices
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, held last week in Las Vegas, has been called the “Super Bowl of Technology.” This year’s event was no exception. The largest in the 45-year history of CES, it featured 3,250 exhibitors, 150,000 attendees, and more than 20,000 new products unveiled. But while it…
Cisco Behind the Scenes of AT&T’s New “Digital Life”
By Joe Chow, VP, Connected Devices, Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group Today Cisco announced the launch of a UL-certified, all-digital, wireless-based home security and automation service with AT&T Digital Life. Cisco built and will provide the Digital Life control panel and back-offi…
From Internet Video Consumers, a Call for Content
By Leszek Izdebski, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) These days, professionally produced video can be accessed through a dizzying array of hardware and delivery choices. But which concerns are top of mind for typical video consumers? To better understand the dramatic changes in the con…
Cisco and Verizon showcase the Connected Athlete Experience – a pathway to Internet of Everything
By Kiran Matty, Marketing Manager, SP Mobility Solutions Doesn’t it boggle your mind to see how more objects are becoming embedded with sensors and gaining the ability to communicate? Indeed, we live in a “Connected World.” According to Cisco IBSG, a whopping 37 billion intelligent things would be…
Cisco and Cox at CES: Evolving Second Screen TV with Next-Gen Mobile App
Today at CES in Las Vegas, Cox Communications took the wraps off of a slate of expansions to second screen TV today, during a private press reception at the Wynn Hotel. Working with Cisco, Cox evolved their video services platform to deliver more personalized video experiences, offering their custom…
Videoscape Unity: Live at CES
If the start of a New Year is the best time to create new resolutions, then we’re defining our resolution for 2013 to be unity in video experiences. Now that our SP and media customers have deployed services to tablets and IP devices in addition to TVs, the next step is to unify and innovate the vid…
End of the World Revisited: No More IPs!
We’ve posted this before, but in honor of the end of the Mayan calendar and the destruction of the world which was forecast for today we’re posting it again. In our mind, not having any more IP addresses would be a terrible event – if you’re going to build the Internet of Everything you need…
Streaming Is Going Mainstream: The Upward Arc of Online Video, Driven By Consumers
Only a short time ago, consumers had limited choices for accessing professional video content. Today, a smorgasbord of options continues to multiply—from premium cable and DVDs, to online choices such as Apple, Netflix, and Hulu. Hardware options are equally dizzying, as traditional TV gives way to…