In our last blog, we talked about mediatrace which is one of the medianet media monitoring features. In this blog, let’s talk about IPSLA video operations (VO), another media monitoring feature.

IPSLA VO generates realistic synthetic traffic similar with the same characteristics of real media traffic (e.g. burstiness, packet size, packet rate, etc.). Without involving the endpoints, IT operators can generate traffic and observe its impact on the network and other existing applications. This makes IPSLA VO a powerful tool to validate network configurations and capacity:

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Tags: business video, enterprise networks, IPSLA VO, medianet, mediatrace, rich media applications, video

A few days ago we announced new products that now support medianet media monitoring . Media monitoring helps you to assess and measure the impact of video, voice, and data applications in the network. It gives IT operators more confidence and peace of mind to deploy and manage different video and voice applications in their network by enhancing visibility into the network and accelerating troubleshooting.

One of the features of media monitoring is mediatrace which allows IT operators to troubleshoot an issue while it occurs. Mediatrace works like a traceroute that follows a specific flow hop-by-hop collecting performance statistics end-to-end. It can be started from an endpoint with Media Services Interface or in any router or switch that supports the capability.

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Tags: business video, enterprise networks, medianet, mediatrace, rich media applications, video

We are just days away from the world’s largest international trade show dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology, and Out-of-Home networks. The Digital Signage Expo (DSE) show is being held in Las Vegas from March 6^th – 9^th and with the rapid evolution of the digital signage market, I am very excited to attend this year’s show.

Come visit Cisco in booth 1011 and see first-hand the latest innovations from Cisco and its ecosystem partners. From video walls, to live streaming on a digital sign, to engaging interactivity see how Cisco Digital Signage Solutions bring new and innovative experiences to life. While you are at the booth, don’t forget to enter for a chance to win an iPhone 4S! Read More »

Tags: business video, Cisco, cisco digital media suite, digital sign, digital signage, digital signage expo, enterprise video, interactive media, on-demand video, signage, streaming, video, video content

We are very pleased to announce a new medianet release  including new products that support the medianet features:

• Cisco Prime™ Assurance Manager which provides an end-to-end proactive, network based monitoring, troubleshooting & analysis of application traffic. It supports a variety of data sources including performance monitor.
• Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers  now provides support for performance monitor.
• Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches, in their next release that is coming up soon, will support performance monitor,  mediatrace and IPSLA video operations.

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Tags: business video, enterprise networks, medianet, rich media applications, video

The month of January always seems to be a very busy time at gyms; everyone starts the New Year off with good intentions. Now that February is here I can definitely see the trail off of in attendance at the local gym. Have you resolved to deploy video this year, or maybe your users have resolved for you J ? You’ll need to ensure your network is fit for the job. It won’t be difficult at all. There are features to make it easy to stay on track.

The first  of those features is AutoQos.

The concept of Auto Qos is that the hard work of defining a QOS strategy and implementing it on the network is already done for you. Two main things compromise that strategy, what are the DSCP settings that should be used and how to interpret those setting into a configuration that implements classification, policing and queuing mechanisms within the network.

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Tags: AutoQoS, business video, enterprise networks, medianet, rich media applications, video