Service Provider

Transport Modernization Can Help Service Providers Achieve Massive Footprint Savings

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Before heading to OFC 2017, Bill Gartner connects with Verizon’s Vice President of Network Planning, Lee Hicks to get his perspective on Verizon’s network modernization plans.

Prognosticating a Cloud Native Mobile Service Provider

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Service providers have in general struggled with providing competitive cloud based services. NFV and Automation will be key to ensuring success.

OFC 2017 Demo: Cisco 400GbE Optical Module

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We’re excited to announce that Cisco will have two demonstrations of the QSFP-DD form factor at OFC 2017. The QSFP-DD standard is important because of these reasons. Read more.

Key Takeaways from Mobile World Congress

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We are witnessing explosive growth demand for devices, data, and applications, with the move to 5G. How is Cisco uniquely positioned to supply the network of tomorrow for our customers?

Service Provider Security Architecture – Part 2

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Service providers can use an architectural approach to pervasive security, building upon the Open Network Architecture, to solve the challenges around delivering agile and secure services.

Ethernet VPN – just one more protocol to consider or dismiss?

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EVPN is a unified control plane to provide Ethernet and IP VPN services in a scalable and simplified fashion. EVPN is based on industry standards.

Service Provider Security Architecture – Part 1

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The need for pervasive security and architectural approaches to enable secure, agile services against increasingly sophisticated attackers.