“Routermania” (or, having and sharing the world’s most powerful edge router)

With the release of more information this week from the Visual Networking Index , it’s clear that traffic is increasing and bandwidth usage is on-the-rise (no slowdown in sight). As our video consumption becomes more voracious, service providers around-the-world are …Read more.

Posted by Doug Webster on October 22, 2009 at 02:02PM

The Connected Life of Paul van Dyk

We’ve had the opportunity to see how Paul van Dyk’s technology and home network allow him to live a connected life, in his latest Digital Cribs video. Here are a few video extras from Paul’s home that show how is …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on August 06, 2009 at 02:25PM

Cisco Digital Cribs: Paul Van Dyk’s Home Sound System

Cisco Digital Cribs star and world famous DJ, Paul van Dyk, talks about how he listens to music inside his Digital Crib with the Cisco Wireless Home Audio.  You can take the full tour of Paul’s Digital Crib here. Below, …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on July 17, 2009 at 12:21PM

Online Video Changing the Media & Entertainment Experience

Video is changing the way many of us communicate and digest content. As fans of Michael Jackson rushed online, to reminisce or pay homage to the King of Pop’s famous tracks, his music videos held nine out of the ten …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on July 10, 2009 at 07:09AM

Cisco Battles the Commoditization of Content

Dan Scheinman, SVP/GM of Cisco’s Media Solutions Group, this week addressed reporters on the growing dilemma facing media and entertainment (M&E) companies:  consumer appetite for media has never been greater, but at the same time, this valuable content is commoditizing.  …Read more.

Posted by Jim Brady on July 09, 2009 at 01:44PM

New Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Cisco Technology

CNBC Reports: “The NFL’s Dallas Cowboys begin playing in their new stadium this season, and thanks to Cisco Systems, the stadium will be one of the most technologically advanced ever.  Cisco CEO John Chambers and Jerry Jones, owner of the …Read more.

Posted by John Earnhardt on June 17, 2009 at 09:43AM

Home Network Clutter Can Go Away!

Take your home network from this: to this: Does it seem like everyone wants to sell you a different box for your home network? And every box needs a cable. And sometimes you have boxes you don’t use all the …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on June 09, 2009 at 04:22PM

Cisco and Hollywood: Partnership that Makes Sense

Yesterday (and I must admit my source for all of this is Twitter feeds), my very good friend Ross Levinsohn was speaking at AlwaysOn OnHollywood.  During his talk (again according to my #onhollywood Twitter feed), he mentioned that Hollywood needed …Read more.

Posted by Dan Scheinman on April 29, 2009 at 03:01PM

Media Consolidation & Your Sanity!

When you’re consolidating media to one device,  transferring lots of files can be a time consuming process and there is a possibility of loosing your valuable files and information about the files. Just as importantly, if you plan your consolidation …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on April 14, 2009 at 11:43AM

Media Library Housekeeping

If you consolidate your library on the Linksys by Cisco Media Hub, you will always end up with copies of the music in at least two places – on your Media Hub and in one or more original locations. That’s …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on April 10, 2009 at 08:17AM

Music for Rent?

To rent or not to rent. That is the question for music fiends. On the positive side, music subscription services like Napster or Rhapsody you get access to more music than you can imagine. On the minus side, you lose …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on March 31, 2009 at 03:47PM

Home Network Automatic Backup with the Media Hub

Backing up your music may seem like an inconvenience at the time, but it’s more than worth it and the Media Hub on your home network will automatically do it for you. Your home network should be your sanctuary (digitally …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on March 26, 2009 at 03:30PM

Social Networks & Blogs Increase to # 4 Online Activity

Social networks and blogs are now 4th most popular online activity, according to the most recent Nielsen report titled: Global Faces and Networked Places. One key finding states that, “ Social networks are now visited by over two-thirds (67 percent) …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on March 12, 2009 at 09:52AM

VIDEO: Cisco and AEG Score with Sports Summit

In this video, Ron Ricci, VP Corporate Positioning and Co-Chair Cisco Sports & Entertainment Board, discusses the 2009 Cisco Sports and Entertainment Summit presented by AEG, held this week at L.A. LIVE’s Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles.  You recognize …Read more.

Posted by Molly Ford on February 27, 2009 at 11:24AM

Our really interesting entertainment subsite (and product)

Blended into all of the excitement from last week's MacWorld and CES events was an interesting new area of Cisco.com we launched for our Cisco Eos product. Eos is a platform that allows media companies to scale a community-based entertainment …Read more.

Posted by Martin Hardee on January 16, 2009 at 06:02AM

Building an Entertainment Community - Find Your Fans First

My colleague Scott Brown wrote about how online audiences tend to go to the branded site of their favorite entertainment (whether sports, music, movie, etc) FIRST to check out the latest news and content. But not every TV show, film …Read more.

Posted by Chuck Fishman on January 13, 2009 at 08:59PM

Music Discovery Services

Last week, I blogged about how I use Twitter to connect with entertainment content. This week I wanted to follow up with a post on web tools you can use in conjunction with Twitter to share content or discover it …Read more.

Posted by Chuck Fishman on December 18, 2008 at 11:08PM

Twitter as a media and entertainment experience

Chuck Fishman here and this is my first entry here on the DigMediaRev blog. Scott Brown in my group here at Cisco - the Cisco Media Solutions Group - kicked off the blog this week.  I manage Cisco relationships with …Read more.

Posted by Chuck Fishman on December 11, 2008 at 04:56PM

Digital Revolution – What’s Next for the Entertainment Industry?

Remember when video was only watched on a TV?  And music was only on a radio, or your CD player (or your Walkman ) ?  Yeah, us neither. Today we’re kicking off the DigMediaRev blog – where we’ll be talking …Read more.

Posted by Scott Brown on December 05, 2008 at 10:50AM