Service Provider

10/29/18 Update: Permira funds has completed the acquisition of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) business and created a new company named Synamedia.   I would like to share with you an important change we are making in our Service Provider (SP) video business. Today, Ci…

BroadSoft is delighted to be participating in this year’s Cisco Collaboration Summit as a new member of the Cisco family. I’m personally thrilled to be joining along with other BroadSoft colleagues, including our co-founders Mike Tessler and Scott Hoffpauir. We’re looking forward to meeting with Cis…

MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress is almost here, and what a great forum it is for those interested in learning about and understanding the software-defined wave. The conference, taking place in Paris, gathers a broad group of industry experts from Hyperscale providers, Telcos, Enterprises, Universities a…

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 was a tremendous success. It was a very productive event, and the Cisco Services team and I enjoyed very positive interactions with many of our customers, partners, and colleagues from around the globe. What struck the team at MWC, was how our strategy is aligned to…

It was a busy week last week at Mobile World Congress 2018. We had great conversations with attendees about accelerating their success, met with the MWC team for an exec interview, and ate lots of local food. After this valuable opportunity to network and learn, our Cisco Services team is back home.…

  Authored by Hidde Beumer, Cisco Cybersecurity Manager   Today’s mobile service providers connect more devices, data, and services than ever before. Mobile networks have become critical infrastructures in modern societies, so with security threats growing around the world, there is increa…

    authored by Bryan Doerr, Cisco Cybersecurity Manager As the threat landscape continues to become more complex, more and more businesses are looking to outsource their security needs. According to the 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Report, 44 percent of enterprises and 54 percent of small bus…

You might not always think of the network as a source of implicit funding, but when it comes to digital transformation projects, consider taking a closer look. It’s no surprise that digital transformation remains top of mind for CEOs. As a recent Gartner CEO survey reported, 42 percent of CEOs are n…

It has been almost a year since I rejoined Cisco. The one question I have been asked hundreds of times by co-workers, former co-workers, employees, reporters and others is: “Why did you go back?” By way of background, I spent 15 formative years at Cisco, starting in Tech Support and moving thr…