video

Mobile Video – The Next Big Thing is Here

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Are you ready for the new mobile gold rush? Of course you’re not. Though truth be told, the pending growth in mobile video may be more like a video tornado and only a handful of mobile operators are prepared. Mobile operators across the world face the same twin challenges of slowing growth and ongoing disruption […]

MWC Shanghai: Talking Digital Transformation

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Here at MWC Shanghai there is a lot of talk about the Digital Transformation, and the impact on Service Providers. Let me share some of the discussions and my perspectives on what it all means for the evolution of Mobile networks. Global Digitization The evolution of the internet and the resulting global digitalization, has had […]

Upskill U on Designing Dynamic Video Delivery

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Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading. As more OTT players emerge and consumers demand for mobile video increases, service providers are tasked with rethinking their content delivery infrastructure strategies to ensure quality of experience, performance and reduce latency. The emergence of 5G promises to increase network capacity to […]

June 23, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Where ‘Digital’ and ‘People’ Meet, a Sweet Spot for Banks

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In a world of roboadvisors, mobile payment apps, and automated processes, do people still matter in banking? I believe the answer is a resounding “Yes!” In fact, as agile, online “fintechs” continue to challenge retail banks, I see people as more of an advantage than ever. After all, those online-only disruptors can’t match banks for […]

June 20, 2016

COLLABORATION

Corporate Silos are the Nemesis of Collaborative Decisions

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A recent study analyzed more than 100 million emails and 60 million calendar entries from a 100,000-employee company over three months. The results are interesting. When two people were in the same business unit, function, and office, they interacted 1,000 times more often than two people in otherwise similar roles, but different units. This is […]

June 20, 2016

GOVERNMENT

Cisco Successfully Demonstrated Secure Mobile Device at Trident Spectre 2016

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Last month Cisco was thrilled to participate in the Department of Defense (DoD) Trident Spectre 2016 annual exercise conducted at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, VA. Trident Spectre is an annual event for special operations, intelligence, interagency, and law-enforcement personnel to test and evaluate emerging technologies both from government and commercial industries in tactically-focused […]

June 14, 2016

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 16: Acano

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing Acano. Get the Podcast

Live #CiscoChat June 30th – Cisco VNI Complete Forecast

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On June 7th of this year, Cisco’s Visual Networking Index released its annual Global Traffic and Service Adoption forecasts, for the years 2015-2020. The reports predict fixed and mobile IP traffic growth, as well as application trends for the next few years. Some of the topics covered in the report include how fast IP traffic […]

Boom! Five Applications that Showed Explosive Growth in 2015

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We’re always on the lookout for the next big application to drive Internet traffic. When we see a type of traffic almost doubling in a year, we put it on our watch list. Below are five that topped our watch list based on the most recent Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast. VIRTUAL REALITY […]