Achieving New Wi-Fi Heights
When it comes to the mobile internet at Cisco, there has been a great deal of coverage lately around the need for and advances in small cells to...
Doug Webster
Vice President
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Cisco Evolved Services Platform: OPEN for business
In the announcement of the Cisco Evolved Services Platform last week, we not only highlighted our initial service offers in mobility and video and the business benefits it enables, but also that it was open, extensible and elastic. Openness is critical for providers by nature of the fact that their networks – often global in […]
Virtualization Technology for the Real World, Today
A few years ago at Mobile World Congress (well more than a few, perhaps…), I was speaking with the CTO of a top tier Mobile Operator about a newly emerging technology called IMS. It seemed that every vendor was promising how IMS was going to change the world. This very wise CTO stated that he […]
Executing on Virtualization
With all the talk around virtualization in our industry, it’s easy to get a bit confused. Between our industry’s love of acronyms and passionate evangelism of technological specs, it can be far too difficult at times to determine what’s really important, what is real, and what is just talk. Our announcement of the Cisco Evolved […]
Virtualizing the Cloud
Virtualizing something like a cloud that is already virtual in so many respects may seem a bit redundant, and certainly the concept causes a mental double-take. But virtualizing the cloud is exactly what Cisco InterCloud does. Announced today at Cisco Live here in Milan, Cisco InterCloud effectively acts as a way for clouds of all […]
Virtualizing Video
Here today at CES 2014, the show is kicking off in full swing. With attendance of over 150,000 people expected, the buzz is building off of last year around the latest 4K/UltraHD televisions, smart devices, and wearables with the overall theme of the show being the Internet of Everything. But while the name of the […]
Comcast’s “Take” on VNI Forecast Implications
Cisco recently released the latest version of our VNI Forecast, a 5-year look ahead at data traffic growth trends. I caught up with Kevin McElearney, SVP Network Engineering at Comcast, to talk about the implications this latest VNI Forecast has for Comcast’s planning. You can check out what Kevin has to say here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7t2V8ViSCM
Unlocking the Value of Data in Motion Through Analytics
Written By Kiran Matty, Marketing Manager, and Ola Mabadeje, Marketing Manager If “Big Data” is crude oil, then Analytics is its refinery. According to a Cisco IBSG report, “if ‘crude” data can be extracted, refined, and piped to where it can impact decisions, its value will soar”. The trends, patterns, and insights that can be […]
A Router for the Ages
CRS Family Exemplifies Cisco’s Commitment to Innovation, Internet Networking Leadership Last month, when we formally introduced the Carrier Routing System X (CRS-X), we said it was joining the CRS family. As I reflect on the last 10 years, the term family certainly feels appropriate to those of us fortunate enough to work on a product […]