Service Provider

Cisco Continues to Invest & Grow Mobile Packet Core

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So according to a recent report by the ITU, at the end of 2015 there were more than 7 billion mobile cellular subscriptions globally, or the equivalent of 98% penetration of the world’s 7.14 billion population. With the average length of a mobile phone as 4.5, if laid end to end that would equal more […]

How Does XL Axiata Spell LTE Expansion – NFV

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Rapid advances in digital technology and the demand for high quality customer experiences, has spurred XL Axiata to develop a network solution capable of supporting their business strategy effectively and efficiently. One of the new innovative technologies solution adopted by XL is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). As a leading provider of mobile services in Indonesia, […]

April 26, 2016

SECURITY

The Service Provider Security Question

4 min read

I talk to a lot of customers and partners in the Service Provider space, and among the many conversations, I notice a common set of concerns centered around a simple...

April 18, 2016

SECURITY

Cybersecurity in the Media and Entertainment Industry… Who Has Your Back?

3 min read

Today’s broadcast media production companies are facing an environment of enhanced formats, evolving platforms, faster processor speeds, and OTT delivery that allows for video to be watched on pretty much...

A BIGGER HELPING OF INTERNET PLEASE!

27 min read

Co-written with Maciek Konstantynowicz, Distinguished Engineer, Chief Technology & Architecture Office “Holy Sh*t, that’s fast and feature rich” is the most common response we’ve heard from folks that have looked at some new code made available in OpenSource. A few weeks back, the Linux Foundation launched a Collaborative Project called FD.io (“fido”). One of the […]

NAB 2016, Cisco, and “Cloud-Scale Media Experiences:” Are You Ready?

4 min read

The world’s video content leaders head to Las Vegas in a few weeks for the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, where a sustaining theme is how to get to “cloud scale” – meaning a media optimization weaving all through the content ecosystem, from the camera to the end screen (and whether that screen […]

Sparking a Revolution in Collaboration

3 min read

You can think of collaboration tools—messaging, meetings, calling—as the central nervous system of the modern organization. But traditional collaboration platforms, with their disparate applications, interfaces, and delivery models, have often been complex and frustrating—both for end-users and the businesses implementing them. Part of the problem has been balancing everything that global enterprise and government customers […]

The Connection between Long Ski Centre Queues and the Cloud: The Service Provider Internet of Things Opportunity

6 min read

Back in 2010, not long after I started blogging here on Cisco.com, I discussed some of the challenges customers were fearing regarding the feasibility of cloud adoption. In my market...