Yvette Kanouff

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As our premise is that 5G is greater than simply a new radio technology, it requires a transformation of the entire network and business. So what kind of services can we expect in the near future from 5G? 

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As broadband consumption grows more than 50% every year and service provider margins continue to shrink, Yvette Kanouff explains why automation is crucial in driving the future of the network.

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More than 150 service providers have deployed our next generation containerized/virtualized IOS XR, the richest networking stack available on the market.

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Jonathan Davidson is joining our Service Provider Business Unit and my senior leadership team as SVP/GM - SP Networking.

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At MWC, we are making a dozen innovation and customer momentum announcements including 5G Trials with Verizon.

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Cisco is at Mobile World Congress (MWC), showing off new technologies and solution capabilities, 5G offerings, demonstrations, and new customers.

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We launched Cloud Scale Networking about a year ago to address the initial wave of software and hardware innovations that were built to enable co-development with Web Scale companies. Last July I offered my views on how Service Providers can thrive in the future. Since that time I have had the privilege of meeting with […]

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I have been privileged throughout my career to work with and for service providers. And these days, it’s particularly exciting to be a service provider.   Nearly every aspect of our lives is being impacted by the explosion of IP devices, apps and services. We believe this creates a $2 trillion opportunity for service providers over […]

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Here’s an observation that happened to serve as the basis of a keynote I had the opportunity to give the other day, at the TIA 2016 “Network of the Future” conference, in Dallas: Yes, it would be wonderful indeed if broadband service providers saw 50% annual revenue growth — if only to offset that 50% […]

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CableFAX just gave us the good word that our own Conrad Clemson is officially a Most Innovative Person in Multiscreen. If you don’t know Conrad, here’s the top line: He runs our Service Provide Video Software and Solutions group, as Senior VP and General Manager. Conrad leads a global team focused on delivering Cisco’s industry-leading […]

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  I was recently talking to an industry colleague about how incredibly focused we are, as a company, on the video marketplace. I meant it, so I was surprised to see the eyebrow-spiked reaction and their response: “How can you say that, when you just unloaded your CPE including set-top boxes, modems, etc.?” It kind […]

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A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about the increased volume of encoder solution bakeoffs, inside the global service provider community. Today, I am happy to share another success story: MLBAM – Major League Baseball’s technology company. MLBAM is using our AnyRes Live encoders for adaptive bit rate (ABR) streaming to help support more […]

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If there’s one common element across the major television/video trade shows this year — the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, and likely those that follow, it’s the focus on “the rest of the ecosystem,” as it relates to 4K, Ultra High-Definition (UHD) TV. Meaning, the televisions are […]

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We interrupt the 2014 IBC convention with this 10-point bonus question: What do the Olympics, World Cup, and the Commonwealth Games have in common? Hints: It’s a two-part answer. Both big topics at IBC, and everywhere else; one of them is a word simultaneously associated with both weather and software; it rhymes with “plowed.” The […]