video

November 27, 2017

EDUCATION

Video in the Classroom? The possibilities are endless.

Located on the eastern banks of the Hudson River, just minutes from Albany, New York’s capital city, Troy, N.Y., is home to some very imaginative and talented educators and students. They’re using video solutions to open a “window to the world,” and they’re seeing some amazing results. Video technol…

October 26, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Securing the Video Streaming Business

It is that time of year again; leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and every week teams from the National Football League line up to participate in the ‘ultimate team sport’, American football.  As a lifelong fan, I watch every Patriots game and I am certainly not alone. It is that diehard devotio…

October 20, 2017

SMALL BUSINESS

Cisco Small Business and Golf!

This is a quick wrap-up as we wish Brian, our fine Wireless Product Manager good luck this weekend as he plays in his hometown city golf tournament.   We have been fortunate to have multiple calls over the last two weeks with our regional teams including Brazilian Marketing Team and the Sales…

October 10, 2017

HEALTHCARE

Health IT innovations come to life at virtual event

After a while, all of the hopeful press on futuristic health technology can start to feel like, well, hype. Breathless headlines touting telemedicine, artificial intelligence, and related technologies sound cool—but somewhat disconnected from reality. Last week, these perceptions were shattered duri…

September 17, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

IBC 2017: A Media Blueprint for the Intersection of Sports and the Transition to IP

Written by Joey Bischof, Sales Lead – Sports Broadcaster & Leagues Sports: Few (if any!) other categories of live entertainment garner as much “return on emotion,” to borrow a clever phrase coined by my colleagues over at EVS. And they’re right. Consider this: Sports is the least time-shif…

September 16, 2017

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Looking for the most refined weapon to combat piracy? Use data

By Orly Amsalem, data scientist at Cisco Who is Stealing Credentials? Imagine a hacker.  You’re probably visualizing a blurred image in a white mask or a black hoodie, typing lines of code, determined to hack into secure sites, steal credit cards, and collect valuable, previously private data. Now i…

September 14, 2017

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IBC 2017: On Making Deposits into the Broadcast/Media Ecosystem

It’s the last holiday weekend of the summer as I write this, on a perfect afternoon, filled with no prior engagements, or camp pickups/drop-offs. Excellent conditions for blogging. As I consider how to characterize the “state of the state,” as it relates to the technology partner “ecosystem” of the…

September 12, 2017

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Strong Partners Make Strong Solutions

Authored by Tracy Geist, Head of Global Partner Strategy – Service Provider Video  It’s been 9 months since I joined Cisco to lead efforts around partner strategy for video.  Having spent more than 25 years in the world of digital television, pay-tv, and the evolution of video distribution and…

September 12, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Is the glass half empty or half full?

IBC is here again. And so just before all the noise begins, perhaps it’s a good time to take a step back and look at where the pay video industry, and service providers in particular, are going. So let’s get one thing clear; video is still the king of entertainment. Yes, the industry is changing, it…