SDN

December 5, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

RST Fiber’s High-speed Network powered by Cisco’s Evolved Programmable Network

1 min read

By Gina Nienaber, Marketing Manager We’ve been discussing the Evolved Programmable Network for some time now, knowing the transition from an IP NGN to an EPN is not something that will happen overnight (See EPN Blogs 1 , 2, 3). The Cisco® Evolved Programmable Network (EPN), represents an idea, an end-to-end unification of network, storage, […]

December 3, 2014

DATA CENTER

Part 3 – SDN Questions to Ask at the Gartner Data Center Conference

5 min read

My final observation from my days at the London Gartner Data Center Conference is related to SDN and ease of network management – or otherwise.  Hopefully this discussion will give...

December 2, 2014

DATA CENTER

Part 2 – SDN Questions to Ask at the Gartner Data Center Conference

3 min read

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, last week I attended the Gartner Data Center Conference in London.   I came out of the conference with some questions...

December 2, 2014

NETWORKING

Defeat IT Complexity To Free Time For Innovation

1 min read

When Apple Pay was announced in September this year, it brought a lot of attention to the digital payment business. But this is certainly not the first sign that we are moving rapidly towards a digital society. For example, Starbucks has been doing this for years by handling millions of mobile wallet payments every week. […]

December 1, 2014

DATA CENTER

SDN Questions to Ask at the Gartner Data Center Conference

5 min read

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Gartner Data Center conference in London.   I attended 3 different sessions on SDN-related topics.  Here are some...

November 19, 2014

DATA CENTER

Network Services Headers (NSH): Creating a Service Plane for Cloud Networks

5 min read

In the past, we have pointed out that configuring network services and security policies into an application network has traditionally been the most complex, tedious and time-consuming aspect of...

November 13, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco SPotlight Series – The Year Ahead in Mobility

1 min read

To address many questions about mobility, I am delighted to share with you our point-of-view through our “Cisco SPotlight Series,” an ongoing course of videos in which we answer questions and provide commentary on many hot topics in the service provider industry. In this latest video, I reveal what mobile operators and their customers, including […]

November 10, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Developing Products and Solutions in the 21st Century

2 min read

On November 3rd, 2014 at the Software Defined Network-Multiprotocol label Switching SDN-MPLS (Software Defined Networking-Multiprotocol Label Switching) Conference in Washington D.C: I moderated a stellar panel titled, “Developing Products...

November 3, 2014

NETWORKING

Take 2: Is Your WLAN Ready for Unified Communications and Collaboration?

1 min read

In the previous blog, we covered details about Cisco AVC enhancements with AireOS 7.6 that allow you to classify various collaboration applications such as Cisco Jabber™, Cisco WebEx®, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Lync, and Microsoft Skype. Many customers have deployed voice-over-WLAN in mission-critical environments. The goal in this blog is to walk you through the […]