Perspectives on the Future of Service Provider Networking: Software Defined Access Networks

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Worldwide we are seeing initiatives to expand connectivity to tens of millions of homes and millions of businesses for wireless services, satellite broadband, and most notably fiber network infrastructure. Software-Defined Networks are being expanded to include the access domain and will enable new applications to be monetized by Service Providers

How to Make Coherent Optics Small and Pluggable (Part 5 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 24 notes

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Join us for Episode 24 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue our conversation with Tom Williams, Director of Technical Marketing in the Cisco group that came to us through the Acacia acquisition.

Perspectives on the Future of Service Provider Networking: The Role of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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A high level exploration of the potential for machine learning and artificial intelligence systems to impact future service provider networking. The blog outlines a path to that future and recommends getting started by simplifying existing network infrastructures and moving toward a common end-to-end forwarding architecture.

Wholesale Carriers Benefit from the Cisco/Qwilt Solution

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The Cisco Qwilt open caching solution is a CDN use case that can be taken full advantage of by both Communication Service Providers as well as Wholesale Carriers.

Perspectives on the Future of Service Provider Networking: Evolved Connectivity 

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The digital transformation in this decade is demanding more from the network. The world of north-south, east-west traffic flows is quickly disappearing. The evolved connectivity demand is for more connections from more locations, to and from more applications, with tighter Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and involving many, many more endpoints.

The Broadcast and Media Ecosystem Family Reunion: NAB Show 2022

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With approximately 55,000 attendees gathered for the event, our team at Cisco had the awesome privilege and opportunity to reconnect with our customers, partners, and industry ecosystem after a two-year hiatus. Like any family reunion, our time at the show was filled with great discussions, laughs, hope for the future, and reflection on how far we’ve come.

The Next Wave of Productivity Demands 5G and Wi-Fi

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Cisco Private 5G as a Service provides our partners with more flexibility for expanded future growth and the ability to provide new services. Cisco knows how to build solutions that avoid both complexity and lock-in, enabling partners to empower customers to extend what they already own.

How to Make Coherent Optics Small and Pluggable (Part 4 of 5): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 23 notes

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Join us for Episode 23 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue our conversation with Tom Williams, Director of Technical Marketing in the Cisco group that came to us through the Acacia acquisition.

IP for Broadcasters: Broadcasters Get Enhanced and Simplified Operations with Cisco and Nevion

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The transition to internet protocol (IP) networks from SDI (Serial Digital Interface) has been underway in the broadcast industry for some time. Nevion and Cisco have partnered to deliver world-class, future-proof, and multi-location IP-based Media Solutions to support both studio production and remote production use cases.

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