Infrastructure as a Service - Deliver Tangible, Revenue-Generating Services

Hello again. I trust this finds you well! I have some exciting news to share - Cisco has announced Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) enabling technology. We are convinced that with Cisco-enabled IaaS, the Service Provider (SP) has the potential …Read more.

Posted by Simon Aspinall on October 09, 2009 at 02:39PM

ITU 2009: The Cisco and Bharti Airtel Alliance for Services

P.K. Peruvemba and I talk about the Cisco/Bharti Airtel Alliance for Services. Bharti Airtel and Cisco today announced a strategic business alliance to create products and services for the small, medium and large enterprises. A suite of jointly created unique …Read more.

Posted by Doug Webster on October 07, 2009 at 09:55AM

What is Cisco White Label?

Here’s a trivia question for you: What is White Label? No, it isn’t the latest hip hop album from Jay Z. Guess again? Nope, not a new brand of pasta sauce. No fair Googling it! Give up? If you didn’t …Read more.

Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 29, 2009 at 04:38PM

Launching Today: Next Generation Managed Services Channel Program

What do electric cars, social media, and managed services have in common? These three hot technology trends are not only bringing to life innovative new ideas that were mere dreams a few years ago, but they are making the earth …Read more.

Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 01, 2009 at 12:16PM

Creating Value: Hardware + Application Virtualization

Recently VMWare announced its intent to acquire the privately-held Java tools vendor SpringSource. Perhaps it’s one more indication that applications and workloads will increasingly rely on a virtualized (and eventually a cloud-based) infrastructure. For service providers, this represents yet another …Read more.

Posted by Simon Aspinall on August 28, 2009 at 05:00AM

The New Collaboration Effect : Cisco , Verizon and You

When Cisco talks about collaboration, Cisco talks about people connecting creating, and innovating .Together. That’s exactly what Cisco , Verizon and their customer are doing with Verizon Managed Optimization Service that uses Cisco WAAS In this short video, Steven Capozzi, …Read more.

Posted by Didier Rombaut on July 09, 2009 at 10:17PM

One Busy Week to Start the 2nd Quarter of Calendar 2009

Click here for more on the AT&T story Click here for more on The Cable Show (NCTA) Click here to learn more about the Clearwire Innovation WiMAX Network

Posted by Doug Webster on March 30, 2009 at 03:56PM

Mobile World Congress 2009: Monetizing the Experience

Jeff Spagnola, Vice President of Worldwide Managed Services talks about what’s top of mind for mobile operators from a recent European tour and how they can monetize innovative services and applications and make the experience for end users better. Highlights …Read more.

Posted by Doug Webster on February 20, 2009 at 08:57AM

Experience What’s New in Hosted and Managed Services

Attend the Cisco Powered Virtual Summit 2008 from your desktop! Register today to join us for two 3-hour virtual sessions, November 18 and 19 (November 19 and 20 in Asia Pacific). Learn how managed services can help grow your business …Read more.

Posted by Al Safarikas on November 17, 2008 at 12:21PM

Managed Service 3.0 -The Market Opportunity Solution Providers Cannot Ignore

In prior posts, I’ve submitted for your consideration some thoughts as to why now is the time for managed services and how today’s end user community is primed like never before to adopt managed services. An important aspect to the …Read more.

Posted by Al Safarikas on July 22, 2008 at 12:15PM

Managed Services 3.0 – End Users Feeling the “-tion” Effect

For managed services providers, a combination of market forces for today’s end user businesses have combined to create a ‘tipping point’ that offer a new opportunity for a variety of providers to capitalize on the promise these services. These forces …Read more.

Posted by Al Safarikas on July 08, 2008 at 10:02AM

Managed Services 3.0

“Another X.0 expression”, you say. “How original.” Certainly, the trend du jour is to update a way of doing things and label it with an “X.0” after most any phrase or expression.  But, you know, I’m not ready to abandon …Read more.

Posted by Al Safarikas on July 01, 2008 at 10:32AM

Cisco Leads Managed Services Market Share

Cisco’s market leadership is no longer the “best kept secret” in managed services.  Today, in its inaugural Total Managed WAN (CPE) and Network Based Services Equipment Market Share report, leading research firm Synergy Research Group, outlined vendor market share for …Read more.

Posted by Al Safarikas on June 30, 2008 at 10:28AM

Approaching the Zettabyte Era

This week, at NXTcomm in Las Vegas, we introduced the Cisco Visual Networking Index, an ongoing Cisco initiative designed to provide quantitative and qualitative information regarding trends in IP network demand and usage. Part of a collaborative effort from throughout …Read more.

Posted by Doug Webster on June 20, 2008 at 10:29AM

NXTcomm Update: Dr. Ray Mota on the Rise of Managed Services

Dr. Ray Mota, Chief Strategist, Synergy Research Group discusses his thoughts on the rise of managed services in the SP marketplace. Suraj Shetty, VP SP Marketing Guest Blogger

Posted by Al Safarikas on June 18, 2008 at 08:19PM