Service Provider
Standing out from the cloud: why agility is key in tomorrow’s TV
Written by Nick Thexton, Vice President and CTO, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco With almost a quarter of our waking time spent watching TV, video consumption is on a definite rise. Rather than competing, different devices and platforms are proving to complement each other, coll…
How are Cloud Services Challenging the Network?
The seemingly endless demand for Cloud Services is driving the need for more data center capacity. This trend is also driving the need for greater bandwidth and intelligent networks for users to access these Cloud services. It is not just Enterprises driving demand for data center capacity from comp…
Yvette Kanouff Joins Cisco to lead Service Provider Video Software and Solutions Organization
I am extremely pleased to announce Yvette Kanouff is joining Cisco to become leader of our service provider Video Software and Solutions (SPVSS) organization, the home of Cisco’s Videoscape software and solutions for pay-TV service providers and media and entertainment companies. Yvette is joining C…
Cisco Introduces Elastic Access
With operational costs rising at a rate of 13% a year, carriers need to simplify their networks while leveraging virtualization and automation technologies to reduce the costs involved in bringing on new customers. What’s more, as bandwidth demands increase for video, mobile, and cloud services, net…
ANGA 2014: Igniting Growth for Service Providers
By Mike McKeown – Director of Business Development for Service Provider Video at Cisco, EMEAR It may be a month of bank holidays in Europe, but there’s no standing still for the video industry in May. We’re proud to say that it started with an announcement from Synergy Research (at the end of…
Finally offer your viewers the packages they’ve wanted all along
To keep their viewers happy, video broadcasters find themselves increasingly eager to offer the best possible deal. Crafting offers that win business has not always been easy. Traditionally, offers have been tied to a single device, such as a set-top box, and limited to rudimentary models such as su…
Top Five Mobility Trends CXOs Should Watch
As technology becomes smarter and capable of more connections and interactions, we will begin to see certain trends arise in the mobility industry. Trends such as, low-cost mobile devices will positively impact developing regions around the world, Internet of Things (IoT) partnerships will drive tra…
Looking for an orchestration taxonomy
In recent years, there have been a number of discussions around the subject of orchestration as a key enabler for different Cloud technologies. The ETSI NFV Management and Network Orchestration (MANO) working group is defining the main interfaces for resource orchestration, a fundamental layer in ma…
How Service Providers Can Profit From Smart Cities
The UN estimates that at some point between 2008 and 2009 the world’s urban and rural populations became equal in size for the first time in human history. Urbanization is set to continue as the rural population seeks the wealth and social opportunity that cities offer. In the period from 2007 to 2…