Visit Cisco Live Virtual on Wednesday, September 7th at 10am Pacific to view the live TechWiseTV Workshop “SAP and the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)”. The Cisco Unified Computing System serves as an ideal server platform for SAP since it provides a unique Intel Xeon processor-based industry-standard infrastructure for enterprise-critical applications such as SAP. The Cisco UCS platform offers stateless computing capabilities with dynamic server provisioning, unified fabric, and comprehensive management across both physical and virtual environments for reduced total cost of ownership (TCO). When you combine the UCS platform with Tidal Intelligent Automation software for SAP, you now have a safe, secure, platform that is protected from within the platform itself. As a result the Cisco UCS platform is quickly becoming the server platform of choice for mission-critical solutions from SAP. Experts will be available for live Q&A.

Access is free. Attendees to Cisco Live Virtual can access over 1,600 keynotes, super sessions and technical sessions, as well as network with peers, visit our World of Solutions, and play games.

Speaker: Jimmy Ray Purser
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m. PT / 17:00 GMT
Location: www.ciscolivevirtual.com

For more information on TechWiseTV and to access on-demand video content, visit: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/learning_center/techwisetv

Tags: cisco live virtual, data center, Enterprise, JimmyRay_Purser, Service Provider, smb, TechWiseTV, virtual events, virtualization

By David Flesh

Planning on attending TM Forum Management World Africa? We hope you’ll join us.Cisco is going to have a table top demonstration area, plus a discussion regarding service provider management offerings, and the opportunity to meet with key members of the Cisco executive team at TM Forum’s Management World Africa this September 20-21, 2011.  This event will take place at the Hilton Sandton in Johannesburg.

TM Forum’s Management World provides a unique opportunity for senior executives to network with peers to learn about the latest trends in the industry. Cisco is sponsoring executive meetings and has hospitality suites reserved at the event. Executives from the Cisco Network Management Technology Group and Advanced Services teams will be available to meet with customers to discuss the Cisco service provider offerings. Read More »

Tags: Cisco, cisco advanced services, Cisco Network Management, cisco prime, IP NGN, Management World Africa 2011, Service Provider

By David Flesh

IPv4 addresses have run out. Many service providers today are implementing or beginning to plan for the transition to IPv6. One service provider at forefront of this activity is Comcast, one of the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Starting in 2005, Comcast began putting together deployment plans for IPv6 in order to address the IPv4 address run-out and to be ready to offer their customers new services that take advantage of IPv6. The Comcast IPv6 program is run by John Brzozowski, Distinguished Engineer & Chief Architect for IPv6. Read More »

Tags: Cisco, Cisco Network Registrar, comcast, dns, John Brzozowski, Service Provider

If you’ve been following the research from Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group, you may have already seen the survey on Service Providers and their viability in the Cloud at the end of last year. Yesterday I was preparing for a customer briefing when this report came to mind and I thought it may be useful to summarize the high points if you haven’t read it yet.

The custom research found that Network Service Providers have an advantage when offering Cloud services if they use their unique assets to differentiate their services. Over-the-Top (OTT) players may have seen success in offering plain vanilla Infrastructure as a Service at large scale and low prices but the opportunity for supplying the high-end and high-value spectrum of Cloud services is still underway. You will probably agree with me that security is critical for any service these days. It is a challenge that requires proper design and planning and proper vigilance and quick responses are what differentiate the winners from the losers. Cloud is a large market in the midst of a transition and it will be fun to watch how everything plays out, I’m placing bets on the Service Providers to scoop up a valuable share of the ~$43 billion XaaS market by 2013. Read More »

Tags: cloud, data center, ott, Service Provider, sla

The Edge of the network is a major focus for our customers, the market as a whole, and certainly for us at Cisco.  The ASR 9000 System is the leading Service Provider Edge router in all three cases, and admittedly, the system is on quite a roll.

In our June ASR 9000 blog, we announced to the market the newest innovations in the platform – nV technology and the ability to scale the system to a whopping 96 Tbps (more than 36 times the capabilities of the nearest competitive platform and enough bandwidth for man, woman, and child in Beijing, London and Moscow to watch a streamed High Definition movie simultaneously).  Along with that news, we had the honor of announcing five new customers joining the 500+ strong ASR 9000 family — China Telecom, NTT Playa in Japan, Tata Communications in India, Fastweb in Italy, Cox and Comcast in the US. Read More »

Tags: 3 Scandinavia, ACG, ASR9000, Charter, china telecom, Cisco, comcast, Consolidated Communiations, Cox, Fastweb, Kabel Deutchland, North State Communications, NTT Plala, Service Provider, Synergy, tata communications