Service Provider

September 11, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The Programmable Network: IP and Optical Convergence

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Someday soon, personal sensors, wearable gadgets, and embedded devices and services may make today’s PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones look quaint by comparison. But as the Internet of Everything­ (IoE) ─ with its diverse array of devices accessing a plethora of existing and new services ─ continues to rapidly evolve, user friendly interfaces mask growing […]

September 10, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Open UX Snowflake: Making Great Even Greater

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Visitors to the Cisco booth at this year’s IBC will no doubt be curious to see our new Open UX Snowflake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IdZl31B69w Snowflake, the Videoscape Unity flagship UI, is now offered on HTML5, powered with cloud technology. As a multi-award winning UI, Snowflake never fails to turn heads, which makes it the Formula One race […]

September 9, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

What Does It Take to Stay Ahead in Today’s Dynamic and Competitive Video Market?

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One critical factor to stay ahead in today’s dynamic and competitive video market is the agility to deploy new services and hardware fast. But what do service providers really need in order to be agile? An open client software is a great start. It provides a core software base so service providers can focus on […]

September 5, 2013

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Updates from our SP Video Business and Welcome Joe Cozzolino!

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Right now, with business up 23% year over year, we’re proud to continue to see good performance in our Service Provider Video business– which underlines the importance of having a finger on the pulse of a thriving industry. And, when one works for a company like Cisco that is focused on helping its service provider […]

“Network as a Service” Brings the Benefits of Virtualization to Network Operators

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By Carlos Cordero, Cisco Consulting Services, Service Provider Cloud consumption models are gaining traction across all company sizes and industries.  Whether software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), or platform as a service (PaaS), the value propositions of virtualization are being sought by IT decision makers. Cisco Consulting Services sees an opportunity […]

Behind the Contours of the Contour

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Earlier this week, our colleagues at Cox took the wraps off a beauty of a next-new version of personalized television, branded “Contour.” It’s a continuation of its service extensions earlier this year into screens “beyond the TV,” such as iPads, tablets, laptops, and smartphones. Until Contour, the app was called “Cox TV Connect,” and offered […]

Next-Generation Knowledge Workers: Accelerating the Disruption in Business Mobility

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Business mobility is driving better productivity, heightened customer experience, and harmonious work/life balance. It also offers freedom for knowledge workers beleaguered by accelerating demands on their time and talents. Indeed, workers themselves have taken much of the initiative toward business mobility. It is now up to enterprises to support and shape their further adoption of […]

August 5, 2013

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Join us August 8th for Next-Generation Knowledge Workers TweetChat — #CiscoYourWay

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When? Thursday, August 8, 2013 @ 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (EDT) Where? Twitter Chat The explosive growth in mobility is transforming the ways in which we live,...

Cloud and Advanced Services Are Service Providers’ Keys To Tapping the Fragmented $200 Billion Small and Medium Busine …

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By Neeraj Kumar and Kevin Suh, Cisco Consulting Services The small and medium sized-business (SMB) commercial-services market is important for all types of service providers (SPs). SMBs account for more than half of total U.S. commercial-services spending, according to AMR Research/Gartner. And, the portion of the U.S. SMB commercial-services market that service providers could capture […]