Mobile Data Traffic Is Exploding—but Who Is Profiting? How Mobile Service Providers Can Monetize Mobile Data

3 min read

By Marc Latouche, Vertical Manager, IBSG Service Provider The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update projects a 13-fold increase in global mobile data traffic between 2012 and 2017 — two thirds of it video. To move all that data traffic with speed and quality, mobile network connection speeds will increase […]

DukeNet Communications Makes the Leap to 100G

2 min read

Just on the heels of our Packet Optical Networking Conference last week in San Jose we’re thrilled to announce another network operator has selected Cisco to make the transition to 100G. Last time was in the upper mountain state of Wyoming. This time it’s DukeNet Communications, a leading regional fiber network provider offering data and […]

Bringing Licensed and Unlicensed Small Cells Together

3 min read

The mobile market will be vastly different 10 years from today. We will see two and a half billion more people connected to the internet, but also 50 billion more...

Securing the Internet of Everything: An Introduction

4 min read

Towards developing a Secure Architecture for the Internet of Everything, I plan to kick off a series of blogs around this pivotal topic. In discussing security and the Internet of Everything, the first question that comes to mind is, “Which segment of “everything” is one referring to?”. A reasonable approach has been to understand the […]

Catalog Management in Digital Services Mash-Ups

1 min read

By Greg Scullard, Technical Leader, Cloud Systems Management Technology Group  In recent years, catalogs have had a major role in allowing product offer and service creation sourced from complex value chains. At the Management World conference expo held between 13th and 16th May 2013 and organized by TM Forum, which is a global, non-profit industry […]

Preparing for an Uncertain Media Future: Even Challenging Scenarios Offer Ways To Grow

3 min read

In the midst of tremendous disruption, it is impossible to tell where the global media industry is ultimately heading. But a recent analysis from the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) explores four possible future scenarios for the media industry. While they do not “predict” the future, the scenarios help build our understanding of possible […]

Real World Demonstration of MAP for IPv6

2 min read

By Andrew Yourtchenko, Technical Leader, Network Operations Systems Technology Group As any geek, I find it a lot of fun to get some hands with the new technology – be it a new gadget, new product or a solution. It’s not very often that I have a chance to play with a whole new protocol. […]

My Global Small Cell Experiences

2 min read

Traveling has been a large part of my career at Cisco. Over the last few years I have had the opportunity to travel to customer meetings around the world, discussing...

Ignore the Mouse – Get Your IPv6 Learn On at Cisco Live Orlando 2013

2 min read

By Steve Simlo, IPv6 Product Manager, Cisco Network Operating Systems Technology Group As IPv6 gains more and more ground within the Internet we are starting to see recognition amongst the wider community that technologies such as Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) have some significant drawbacks from a service and scalability standpoint. Some of the issues were […]

Cisco Portfolio Explorer

Explore the use cases and architectures that are making a difference in your industry.